Pakistan’s leading lock screen app Slide set to be acquired by S.Korean Buzzvil

The application that raised $1.2 million as seed round and $3.6 million in Series A funding had over 7 million users as of February 2018 since its launch in Pakistan and India in 2015

Systems Limited half-yearly profits increase by 63pc

Systems Limited reported a commendable increase of 63 per cent in half-yearly profits on a year-on-year basis, mainly due to top line increment...

Telenor Pakistan announces new model to empower businesses

KARACHI: Being the front runner in creating opportunities by aiming at value creation, Telenor Pakistan, has announced its new and forthcoming business...

New digital exchange seeks to host Islamic finance startups

OneGram also plans to list its own sharia-compliant cryptocurrency on the exchange by mid-September

Global Unicorn Club lists startups with market valuation of $1bn or more

CB Insights recently published the Global Unicorn Club which lists private companies from around the world which have a total cumulative market...

Elon Musk says Tesla will remain a public company

In an Aug. 7 post on Twitter, Musk wrote that he was considering taking the company private

National Incubation Centers raise Rs2.84bn investment, create 890 jobs

ISLAMABAD: The five fully featured National Incubation Centers established across the country, has so far raised an investment of Rs2.84 billion and...

Alibaba revenue beats estimates, but investments prolong margin squeeze

April-June saw Alibaba lead a $1.38 billion investment in Chinese logistics firm ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc and commit $320 million to a Thai e-commerce project.

NBP signs MoU’s with Mobi Direct, becomes settlement bank, consortium member

ISLAMABAD: The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) signs two Memorandum of Understanding with Mobi Direct enabling NBP to become a consortium member and...

Cheetay introduces new business category: Cheetay Books

LAHORE: Cheetay.pk is on its way to becoming an indomitable force in the tech industry in Pakistan. With their mantra to galvanise the...

Digital banking moving nation towards paperless economy

ISLAMABAD: The emerging trends of digital transactions offered by various banks vitally contribute towards a more efficient - paperless economy. Cashless transactions are...

US-based Pakistani Ali Moiz is letting people earn a livelihood by playing video games

Streamlabs has successfully raised $17.3 million in funding from Universal Music Group and Sequoia Capital, as per business analytics website Craft

Starzplay Arabia to launch online streaming services in Pakistan: Report

Starzplay Arabia CEO Maaz Sheikh said it has partnered with telecom companies in Pakistan to offer its streaming services and will launch them by August 14th

India’s Cosmos Bank loses $13.5mn in cyber attack

MUMBAI: Cybercriminals hacked the systems of India’s Cosmos Bank and syphoned off nearly Rs944 million ($13.5 million) through simultaneous withdrawals across 28...

Alipay set to commence services in Pakistan by end-2018

Back in March, Alibaba’s Ant Financial said it would invest $184.5million for a 45 percent stake in Telenor Microfinance Bank (TMB), a subsidiary of Telenor Group, to further develop TMB’s mobile payment and digital financial services