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Google Wallet now available in Pakistan

In a major development on the digital payment front, Google Wallet is now available in Pakistan, allowing users to...

Updated 12 Mar, 2025 11:27pm

Senate panel told: SBP simplifying merchant account setup

ISLAMABAD: The Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, Dr Inayat Hussain, Wednesday said the SBP is...

Updated 23 Jan, 2025 04:26pm

Business & Finance

Mastercard collaborates with foodpanda for growth of digital economy

KARACHI: Mastercard has collaborated with foodpanda to boost digital payment in Pakistan and support the nation’s...

Updated 23 Jan, 2025 07:49am

Business & Finance

Digital payment solution: Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan signs MoU with Haball

KARACHI: Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Limited (“Standard Chartered”) has partnered with Haball, the ...

Published 21 Dec, 2024 06:24am

Business & Finance

SBP reposes its confidence in digital payment infrastructure

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) recently reviewed the country’s digital payment infrastructure and...

Published 01 Oct, 2024 06:49am

Business & Finance

PITB signs agreement with JazzCash to enhance digital payment scope

LAHORE: The Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) has signed an agreement with JazzCash to enhance digital...

Published 03 Aug, 2024 06:46am

Opinion

FinTech revolutionises Pakistan’s financial landscape

The global ascent of FinTech is heralding a transformative era in financial landscapes worldwide. Pioneering...

Published 27 Jan, 2024 06:20am

Business & Finance

Faysal Bank announces strategic collaboration with OPay

KARACHI: Faysal Bank Limited, a leading Islamic financial institution known for its commitment to technological...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 04:58am

Team reaches UAE to remove bottlenecks

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s key team comprising caretaker Minister for Commerce and Industries, Gohar Ijaz has reached...

Updated 05 Jan, 2024 09:17am

Business & Finance

BOP forges strategic alliance with PayNet

LAHORE: The Bank of Punjab (BOP), recognized as one of the nation’s premier commercial banks, has embarked on a...

Published 29 Sep, 2023 06:24am

Business & Finance

easypaisa, foodpanda partner for seamless payment

KARACHI: easypaisa and foodpanda have joined hands to introduce seamless payment options for customers. Users will...

Published 01 Sep, 2023 05:41am

Business & Finance

Payment innovation: SCB and Mastercard join hands

KARACHI: Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan Ltd and Mastercard have signed an exclusive strategic partnership to...

Published 19 May, 2023 06:17am

Business & Finance

HABIBMETRO, IDEMIA and VISA kick off tokenisation & digital card programme

KARACHI: In continuation of its innovation journey, HABIBMETRO, in collaboration with VISA, commenced its...

Published 17 Mar, 2023 06:15am

Business & Finance

Potential of digital payment ecosystem highlighted

ISLAMABAD: Executive Vice President of Global Business Development, Omar El Gammal said there is incredible ...

Published 26 Feb, 2023 03:27am

FY21-22: digital payments take a rising trajectory

KARACHI, The digital payment ecosystem of Pakistan continued to grow as the overall e-banking transactions witnessed...

Updated 24 Dec, 2022 10:06am

Business & Finance

Telemart, NIFT ePay team up to provide great digital payment experience

KARACHI: Telemart collaborates with NIFT ePay to provide a superior digital payment experience to its customers. ...

Published 07 Dec, 2022 05:54am

Markets

KE partners with Faysal Bank to provide bill installment facility

KARACHI: In furtherance to its efforts to maximise customer convenience, K-Electric has partnered with Faysal Bank...

Published 15 Sep, 2022 05:57am

Business & Finance

Credit, debit cards: Careem introduces digital payment visibility for ‘captains’

KARACHI: Careem has introduced visibility for credit/ debit card payments to all its ‘captains’ across Karachi,...

Published 14 Sep, 2022 04:45am

Senate body rejects key proposals of Finance Bill

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance has rejected some key provisions of the Finance Supplementary...

Updated 11 Jan, 2022 09:34am

BR Research

M-wallets: Slowing down?

The rise in branchless banking (BB) segment mid-pandemic has been well-documented. However, the recent release of...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 08:04am

BR Research

Digitizing tax

The new income tax law for any company making cumulative annual payment of beyond Rs250,000 from any single account...

Updated 30 Nov, 2021 03:35pm

BR Research

Booming e-banking

Concentration of digital payments is improving in the banking system. In the first full fiscal year after the...

Published 27 Oct, 2021 07:40am

Business & Finance

After KTBA, FPCCI also criticises FBR's 'digital payments' measure

Writes letter to FBR chairman, says amendment made without taking business community on board

Updated 26 Oct, 2021 09:11pm

Business & Finance

KTBA calls FBR's digital payments measure 'anti-business, contradictory'

Writes letter to FBR chairman, argues provision of law is anti-business; sans due diligence and is incorporated without taking the stakeholders into confidence

Updated 25 Oct, 2021 08:58pm

Bank account attachment: Senate panel asks FBR to withdraw orders

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance has recommended to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to...

Updated 22 Oct, 2021 09:57am

Opinion

Benefits of digitizing documents

The puzzle of documentation is not getting solved. The cash (or more broadly the informal) economy is growing ...

Published 07 Feb, 2021 04:07am

Perspectives

What is Raast? An Explainer

Lately there has been a lot of chatter regarding launch of a payment interface by the Central Bank, which has aptly been branded as ‘Raast’, and is being heralded as the ultimate solution to all payment related problems.
If built, and leveraged well, ‘Raast’ can truly catalyse a paradigm shift regarding how transactions are executed in the country, enabling hefty economic dividends in the process.

Updated 13 Jan, 2021 11:40am

BR Research

Raast: Paving the way for economic prosperity

The Prime Minister in a ceremony held at the PM House launched Raast, a payment interface being developed by the ...

Published 12 Jan, 2021 07:30am

Technology

Pakistani Fintech SadaPay earns pilot launch approval from SBP

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has finally granted approval to SadaPay, a Pakistani fintech startup, to officially begin its pilot operations in 2021.

Updated 16 Dec, 2020 10:31am

Technology

KP to Launch Digital Payment System by June 2021: Zia Ullah Bangash

KP Government plans on launching the Digital Payment System by June 2021, according to Zia Ullah Bangash.

Updated 05 Dec, 2020 02:36pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 25	281.17
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 25	280.97
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 25	143.67
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 25	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 25	1.33
Euro to USD / Apr 25	1.14
UK LIBOR % / Apr 24	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 25	5,525.21
India Sensex / Apr 25	79,212.53
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 25	35,705.74
Nasdaq / Apr 25	17,382.94
Hang Seng / Apr 25	21,980.74
FTSE 100 / Apr 25	8,415.25
Dow Jones / Apr 25	40,113.50
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 25	22,242.45
France CAC40 / Apr 25	7,536.26

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 25	63.17
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 25	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 25	298,950
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 25	3,327.60
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 25	68.80
Petrol/Litre / Apr 27	254.63
Diesel/Litre / Apr 27	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Apr 25 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	4.92 ▲ 0.96 (24.24%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Apr 25 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	3.14 ▲ 0.5 (18.94%)
Dewan Mushtaq / Apr 25 Dewan Mushtaq Textile Mills Limited(DMTM)	7.99 ▲ 1 (14.31%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Apr 25 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	8.26 ▲ 1 (13.77%)
J.K.Spinning / Apr 25 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	61.90 ▲ 5.63 (10.01%)
At-Tahur Ltd. / Apr 25 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	86.74 ▲ 7.89 (10.01%)
Shezan Inter. / Apr 25 Shezan International Limited(SHEZ)	203.03 ▲ 18.46 (10%)
Sunrays Textile / Apr 25 Sunrays Textile Mills Limited(SUTM)	156.38 ▲ 14.22 (10%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Apr 25 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	3,282.29 ▲ 298.39 (10%)
S.S.Oil / Apr 25 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	357.05 ▲ 32.46 (10%)

Stock	Price
Engro Powergen / Apr 25 Engro Powergen Qadirpur Limited(EPQL)	28.71 ▼ -10.13 (-26.08%)
Ghani Chemworld / Apr 25 Ghani Chemworld Limited(GCWL)	8 ▼ -1 (-11.11%)
Samba Bank / Apr 25 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	8.01 ▼ -0.99 (-11%)
Arpak Int. / Apr 25 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	56.66 ▼ -6.29 (-9.99%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Apr 25 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	47.38 ▼ -5.26 (-9.99%)
Saif Power Ltd. / Apr 25 Saif Power Limited(SPWL)	12.31 ▼ -1.3 (-9.55%)
Shaheen Ins. / Apr 25 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	5.25 ▼ -0.46 (-8.06%)
Equity Modaraba / Apr 25 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	2.75 ▼ -0.24 (-8.03%)
GlaxoSmithKline / Apr 25 GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan Limited(GLAXO)	409.57 ▼ -34.89 (-7.85%)
AKD Hospitality / Apr 25 AKD Hospitality Limited(AKDHL)	136.65 ▼ -10.81 (-7.33%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	22,789,497 ▼ -0.02
Power Cement / Apr 25 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	21,965,614 ▼ -0.17
Sui South Gas / Apr 25 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	21,567,163 ▼ -0.56
B.O.Punjab / Apr 25 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	19,825,526 ▼ -0.08
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	17,030,953 ▼ -0.04
Aisha Steel Mill / Apr 25 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	16,751,796 ▲ 0.59
Cnergyico PK / Apr 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	16,717,262 ▼ -0.17
Pak Int.Bulk / Apr 25 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	16,382,803 ▲ 0.14
Sui North Gas / Apr 25 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	13,338,455 ▲ 0.33
Secure Logistics / Apr 25 Secure Logistics Group Limited(SLGL)	12,723,116 ▲ 1.13

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