Fintechs: Goliaths of today, dinosaurs of tomorrow?
Innovation is not the done thing in Pakistan’s commercial banking and soon Pakistan’s financial services industry is expected to witness a David-and-Goliath contest of sorts, with Fintechs with negligible capital taking on commercial banks with billions, even trillions, in assets – and beat them
PARC becomes ‘white elephant’?
Ministry of National Food Security and Research declines additional funds worth Rs1.32 billion for PARC
SBP issues ‘Security of Digital Payments’ for banks/MFB in the wake of recent cyber attacks
SBP on Wednesday issued “Security of Digital Payments’ in order to safeguard banks/MFBs and their customers from potential losses due to cyber-crimes and online banking frauds.
SC summons reply from FBR, provinces, telcos over unprecedented taxation
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday summoned the federal government, Federal Board of Revenue, provinces and telecom companies to submit a response...
CCP serves show-cause notice to Options Café for infringing Starbuck’s trademark
CCP took action after Starbucks International filed a complaint against the cafe for infringing its trademark
GDPR sets the benchmark for data protection – What can Pakistan learn?
Over the last couple of weeks, you may have received emails from organisations such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TripAdvisor, Medium, Booking.com,...
CCP directs two companies to stop use of PC hotel’s trademark
The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has passed an interim order directing two companies, Omni Comm (Pvt.) Limited, and Lucky Gold (Pvt.) Limited, to stop using the trademark of “Pearl Continental” or “PC” hotel
Schon Properties, owners of Multan Sultan get assets seized by Dubai Land Department
It is pertinent to mention that Schon Properties own Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) Multan Sultan cricket team.
European privacy search engines aim to challenge Google
Sites like Britain’s Mojeek, France’s Qwant, Unbubble in Germany and Swisscows don’t track user data, filter results or show “behavioural” ads
Shopkeepers’ scam adds fizz to profits
Retail prices of Coke and Pepsi remain unnoticed while retailers overcharge consumers day in, day out by as much as 40 percent – making millions over the top, apparently unnoticed
Facebook, privacy, and the impact on Pakistani e-commerce
The global tech giant’s troubles may seem far removed from local concerns, but Pakistani Facebook users need to be more vigilant, says digital rights activist
Data Security – issue of morality, business ethics, or inept governance?
In the murky world of numbers and big data, Pakistan, must not lag behind.