Pakistani freelancers to regain access to blocked funds on Payoneer cards today  

Preempting the positive decision, CEO Payoneer says company to ensure access to blocked funds regardless of outcome of scandal probe.

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

Covid-19: 1LINK collaborates with Bookme to facilitate online ticketing

LAHORE: E-payment network 1LINK has partnered with online ticketing startup Bookme.pk for 1LINK – 1BILL aggregation services to simplify digital payments for...
Bitcoin

Bitcoin breaches $10,000 to hit highest level since October

Bitcoin is back above $10,000. The largest cryptocurrency’s recent upward momentum carried it past that psychologically significant level on Sunday for the first...

Banks asked to improve digital payment system

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan on Monday directed the banking industry to improve acceptance of payment cards across the country. The directive...

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...

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...

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.

Computer services have fueled ICT exports in recent years: SBP

The central bank said the country’s informal exports were higher than its formal exports and projections by industry experts put the total size of its ICT exports at $2.5 billion

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

MoneyGram exploring options, including potential sale: Sources

The Dallas-based company’s shares have lost 83 percent of their value since the deal with Ant Financial collapsed in January 2018

Mobile broadband fosters digital financial services

Mobile account ownership in Pakistan has witnessed a reasonable increase and crossed the 39 million mark, which was 15 million at the...

Pakistan’s first blockchain-based cross border remittances service launched

The blockchain-powered remittance service will make round-the-clock, real-time money transfers between the two countries possible at a competitive exchange rate, with Alipay’s transaction fees waived during the one-year trial period

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.