UnionPay International, Wemsol Private Limited and Bank AL Habib jointly announce today the launch of UnionPay QuickPass (NFC/Contactless and HCE) acceptance on Keenu POS terminals in Pakistan, where consumers can make safe and quick payments by tapping their UnionPay cards at KEENU POS terminals at more than 7,000 merchant locations in Pakistan. This is the […]

In an effort to promote Digital Payments in Pakistan, Allied Bank leads the way to become the first bank to go live with NIFT ePay. National Institutional Facilitation Technologies (NIFT), an existing Payment System Operator/Provider (PSO/PSP) offering nation-wide cheque clearing services, has launched its eCommerce Payment Gateway under SBP’s rules for Payment System Operators and […]

Zong 4G, Pakistan’s Number 1 digital communication company,  has partnered with NUST Military College of Signal (MCS) to provide training students on its new IoT platform OneNET.  With annual free access to IoT platform OneNET, Zong 4G’s training focused on this platform’s Features, benefits, IoT communication modules, and E-SIMs technology within academia. Pakistan’s leading telecommunication […]

Ignite National Technology Fund under the auspices of the Ministry of IT & Telecom has launched “National Education Challenge 2020” through National Incubation Center Karachi. Federal Minister for IT & Telecom Amin Ul Haq in his message said,” Ministry of IT & Telecom is delighted to support all innovative initiatives across various fields that can […]

  Karachi – 22, June 2020: The COVID-19 Live Webinar Series conducted by IGI Holdings saw one of its principal companies Vitality Group, South Africa co-hosting the session alongside IGI Life Vitality – Pakistan’s first active life insurance product that rewards its customers weekly, monthly and annually, while securing their future.  The webinar session was […]

Wavetec, global leaders in customer experience and journey management solutions has officially announced the release of WhatsApp Enabled Virtual Queuing Solution.  The solution is fully integrated with Whatsapp, the most popular app for instant messaging. WhatsApp queuing is a fully integrated experience enabling users with an option to join a queue with real-time queue information.  […]

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released its financial outlook for the global air transport industry showing that airlines are expected to lose $84.3 billion in 2020 for a net profit margin of -20.1%. Revenues will fall 50% to $419 billion from $838 billion in 2019. In 2021, losses are expected to be cut to […]

QNB Group, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, becomes the first bank in Sudan to have successfully performed an international payment card transaction in partnership with Mastercard, a global technology company in the payments industry. The transaction was performed using a Mastercard virtual prepaid card product. QNB is also the first […]

Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, has launched its ‘Where You Shop Matters’ (WYSM) initiative in Pakistan with Daraz, the country’s leading online marketplace. The campaign aims to empower and support small businesses adversely affected by COVID-19 pandemic and is part of a larger Visa effort spanning the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East […]

With the launch of the ‘Ho Jae Ga’ campaign, Pakistan’s leading cellular network Jazz has echoed the ease of access and reliability in financial transactions that its digital payment platform, JazzCash, offers to its valued customers. As virus lockdowns in the country lead to a reduction in mobility, JazzCash is enabling people to make bill payments, money […]