The problem is access to credit, not payments claims Abhi CEO at World Economic Forum

Representing Pakistan’s fintech community at World Economic Forum, Omair Ansari claims it is a fallacy that Pakistan has a big unbanked population because of the impact of the telcos.

Tech funding might be recovering in the US, but the trickle down effect will take its sweet time getting to Pakistan

Amidst this dreadful funding winter, can local capital be the nurturing source for Pakistan's tech scene?

Instagram surpasses YouTube in ad revenue

Court filing reveals Instagram's massive contribution to Meta's earnings since its acquisition in 2012 for $1 billion 

Turkish fintech unicorn Papara set to acquire SadaPay in possible $50mn deal

Papara commits to invest $10mn further to solidify SadaPay’s position as banking challenger

OpenAI launches Sora, a new AI model for generating videos

OpenAI has introduced Sora, a revolutionary AI model capable of creating videos up to 60 seconds long from simple text prompts. This...

Apple to launch new AI-based code completion tool

This tool aims to emulate the functionality of Microsoft's Copilot 

Productive policies or PR fluff — How useful were the interim government’s IT initiatives?

The interim IT minister claims large successes in five different areas. Profit looks at how much is real and how much is posturing

Pakistan’s IT services exports reach $1.15bn, marking 5.89% growth in FY 2023-24 first five months

Call center services propel Pakistan's IT exports, recording 11.11% increase

Cheetay mulling shut down, Dastgyr, others look towards layoffs as startups go through another purge  

Hurting macros, global dearth of risk capital lead to massive layoffs, closures in Pakistan’s startup scene. 

Fact check: PayPal is not coming to Pakistan

Contrary to IT minister Umar Saif’s claims, PayPal and Payoneer are just entering into a partnership to add PayPal as a payment method on Payoneer

Careem tweaks its strategy once again as competition gets fierce

Once a clear leader in the ride-hailing market, Careem is finally trying to fight back.

Pakistani digital freight forwarding startup Voyage Freight secures $1mn in pre-seed funding

Pakistani digital freight forwarding startup, Voyage Freight, announced on Monday that it has successfully secured over $1 million in pre-seed funding, led...

EduFi raises $6.1mn to help students in Pakistan access loans for education

A new fintech startup EduFi wants to make education more affordable and accessible for students in Pakistan. The Singapore-based startup has raised...

Navigating the Indolj “Security Breach”: Separating fact from fiction

Why the supposed data breach is not as serious as one might think

Pakistan’s online jobs advertiser Rozee launches freelancing platform Azadee

Pakistan’s online jobs platform Rozee.com today announced the launch of an indigenous freelancing platform for Pakistani professionals, called Azadee.  Rozee built this platform...