Pakistan to begin PayPal payments for freelancers in February
ISLAMABAD: In a significant development for Pakistan's freelance community, the Caretaker Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication, Dr. Umar Saif, announced...
The promising life and tragic death of Inov8
Founders of Pakistan’s most valuable fintech, Bashir and Hasnain Sheikh squandered potential that they had for years, all the while trying to ‘fake it till you make it’. This is their story: a business tragedy in five parts, and the hamartia is hubris
Amazon eyes expansion in Pakistan, eager to capture e-commerce market
Amazon officials have also ensured that every effort would be made to make the process of selling on Amazon easy for Pakistani nationals.
Alibaba vs Tencent in Pakistan?
The battle between China’s internet giants is about to come to Pakistan, and transform the country’s tech industry… but who will it be good for?
Cards not accepted here: Why fuel stations are turning on digital payments
OMCs are in a conundrum, and will face the possibility of a constriction in overall volumes
Ladies and gentlemen, here are your digital banks
With the central bank finally issuing NOCs for setting up digital banks, Profit looks at the contenders and their intentions
All you wanted to know about how to build your own Pakistani e-commerce business (but didn’t know who to ask)
A top executive at one of the leading e-commerce companies in Pakistan breaks down the contours and possible future path of the industry
PakWheels eyes transaction-based business model through its new service ‘Sell it for me’
LAHORE: PakWheels.com, Pakistan's leading online portal for the buying and selling of cars, bikes and auto parts in Pakistan, looks set to...
What’s next for Pakistan’s earliest startup veteran?
The startup ecosystem has had a rollercoaster ride. Does one of its oldest occupants have another trick up his sleeve?
Mudassar Aqil is leaving Telenor Microfinance Bank (EasyPaisa), but what is he leaving behind?
After putting the business on a profitable path, Aqil bids farewell to one of the largest microfinance institutions in the country
Tania Aidrus’s big bet on creating a Digital Pakistan
It started, as things often do in Pakistan, with a WhatsApp forward. On Thursday, December 5, a group of Pakistanis living in...
UBL launches mobile contactless payments with Gemalto, Visa
UBL is the first bank in Pakistan who has partnered up with Gemalto, Visa and 1LINK to launch digital payment through tokenisation...
Transactions through e-banking channels touched Rs47.4 trillion in FY18: SBP
The number of local e-commerce merchants registered with banks reached 1,094 and consumers carried out 3.4 million online e-commerce transactions valuing Rs 18.7 billion
Pakistani freelancers to regain access to blocked funds on Payoneer cards today Â
Preempting the positive decision, CEO Payoneer says company to ensure access to blocked funds regardless of outcome of scandal probe.
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