Digital payments at cattle markets: SBP enhances transaction limits KARACHI: To facilitate digital payments at the cattle markets for the sale of sacrificial animals for the upcoming... Published 31 May, 2024 06:58am
Business & Finance More tax generation: CAP seeks adoption of digital payments in retail sector LAHORE: The Chainstore Association of Pakistan (CAP) has called on authorities to prioritize the adoption of digital... Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am
Editorials Overcoming the digital divide EDITORIAL: Recent years have seen much hype surrounding Pakistan’s purported digital revolution, with the emergence... Published 27 Apr, 2024 05:03am
Markets European stocks retreat on earnings gloom PARIS: European stocks dropped on Thursday, hit by bleak earnings from consumer giant Nestle and Dutch digital... Published 26 Apr, 2024 04:15am
Business & Finance India’s Paytm banking unit to cut about 20% of staff as business halt looms MUMBAI: Indian digital payments firm Paytm plans to cut close to 20% of staff at its banking unit amid uncertainty... Published 14 Mar, 2024 05:03pm
Markets KE & Visa forge partnership to power digital innovation KARACHI: Pakistan’s digital payments ecosystem is gradually moving towards a cashless journey where the utility... Published 06 Mar, 2024 04:18am
Technology Management buyout: Saad Niazi takes charge as acting CEO of Keenu Keenu, a leading player in digital payment services and an Electronic Money Institution (EMI), has announced... Updated 16 Feb, 2024 09:32pm
Business & Finance Digital payments: Faysal Bank and Total Parco sign agreement ISLAMABAD: Faysal Bank Limited and Total Parco, signed an agreement for the provision of cashless transactions ... Published 02 Feb, 2024 05:20am
Business & Finance Digital stack to help enhance growth rate: Shamshad ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Finance Minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar Thursday said digital stack would help the country to... Published 19 Jan, 2024 05:37am
Business & Finance ‘She’s Next’ programme: Visa, HBL announce names of 5 winners KARACHI: Visa (NYSE: V), a world leader in digital payments, together with HBL, Pakistan’s leading bank on... Published 18 Jan, 2024 05:54am
Business & Finance RIDB, Euronet Pakistan to launch first ‘Islamic Digital Bank’ KARACHI: Raqami Islamic Digital Bank (RIDB) and Euronet Pakistan Pvt Ltd have entered into an agreement to promote... Published 16 Jan, 2024 05:44am
Business & Finance JS Bank reflects on the year of progress and growth KARACHI: As the year 2024 begins, JS Bank, one of the fastest-growing banks in Pakistan, reflects on its journey of... Published 04 Jan, 2024 05:41am
Print Banks’ retail transactions: Q1 share of digital payments soars to 80pc KARACHI: The share of digital payments in retail transactions of the banking system increased to 80 percent during... Updated 31 Dec, 2023 07:19pm
Business & Finance Pakistan’s first: Bank Alfalah launches Digital Payments Sales, Service Centres KARACHI: Bank Alfalah, one of the leading commercial and digital banks, inaugurated Pakistan’s first Digital... Published 31 Dec, 2023 03:04am
Print ‘Regulatory Sandbox’: SBP issues guidelines KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued draft guidelines on Regulatory Sandbox for public consultation.... Updated 09 Dec, 2023 10:04am
Print Digital payments: SBP launches ‘Raast P2M’ service KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has launched an interoperable Raast Person to Merchant (P2M) service to... Updated 06 Dec, 2023 09:50am
Technology Adoption of digital payments can boost GDP by 7pc: study KARACHI: National adoption of digital payments in Pakistan by 2025 can boost gross domestic product (GDP) by 7... Published 04 Oct, 2023 06:20am
Business & Finance Digital banking services: KT Bank receives SBP approval LAHORE: KT Bank, an under formation digital bank has received in-principle approval from the State Bank of Pakistan... Published 27 Sep, 2023 06:08am
Technology OPay International confident it has muscle to tap Pakistan’s market Statement comes after company got SBP approval to fully acquire a commercially active Electronic Money Institution (EMI) licenced company Published 14 Sep, 2023 06:19pm
Print Effective today: No Raast services for 2 days due to system upgradation: SBP KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced that Raast services will remain unavailable for two days due... Updated 03 Sep, 2023 09:37am
Business & Finance JazzCash partners with Shell to enable QR payments ISLAMABAD: JazzCash, Pakistan’s leading digital financial services provider, has joined hands with Shell Pakistan... Published 31 Aug, 2023 06:00am
Business & Finance JS Bank records significant increase of 254pc in profit after tax KARACHI: JS Bank recorded a significant increase of 231 percent in profit before tax and 254 percent in profit after... Published 24 Aug, 2023 06:22am
Perspectives Digital currency: a game-changer for documenting the economy In recent years, digital money and payment systems have become the significant tools for improving the tracking of... Published 19 Aug, 2023 07:30pm
Business & Finance BOK and KMU collaborate for digital payments through Kuickpay PESHAWAR: The management of Bank of Khyber (BOK) and Khyber Medical University (KMU) jointly celebrate a momentous... Published 17 Aug, 2023 03:49am
Business & Finance Digitization of payments: Haball, Hutchison Ports Pakistan, Standard Chartered Bank sign accord KARACHI: Haball, the leading provider of digital supply chain payments solutions, and Hutchison Ports Pakistan, the... Published 15 Aug, 2023 06:30am
Business & Finance Visa inaugurates its new office in Pakistan KARACHI: Visa (NYSE:V), the world’s digital payments leader has officially inaugurated its new office in Pakistan.... Published 02 Aug, 2023 06:47am
Business & Finance Innovation Hub Award: Karachi-based fintech co wins Rs20m grant KARACHI: A fintech company based in Karachi, Swich, has won the Pakistan Innovation Hub Award that led to a grant of... Published 25 Jul, 2023 06:20am
Print Restaurants/eateries: Credit/debit card payments allowed at reduced 5pc ST ISLAMABAD: The government has taken a significant documentation measure by allowing credit/debt card payments at a... Updated 10 Jul, 2023 08:57am
Business & Finance Mastercard partners with JazzCash to revolutionise digital payments KARACHI: Mastercard has announced collaboration with JazzCash, the largest digital wallet provider in Pakistan... Published 08 Jul, 2023 06:20am
Business & Finance Innovative B2B payment solutions: Mastercard, SimpliFi join forces KARACHI: Mastercard has partnered with SimpliFi, the leading regional Cards as a Service (CaaS) platform, to enhance... Published 26 Jun, 2023 06:38am