Descon Engineering, a leading Engineering enterprise in the region, has joined hands with KBR, a leading Global Engineering and Project company, to extend the scope of their joint pursuit of outsourced maintenance and turnaround management opportunities across the Gulf countries. Taimur Dawood, Chairman of Descon, and Jay Ibrahim, President of KBR’s Sustainable Technology Solutions, inked […]

Alibaba.com, a leading platform for global business-to-business (B2B) trade, successfully hosted its first seller summit in Multan to highlight export opportunities available to local businesses from online commerce, reaffirming its commitment to helping exporters in the region enter the global market. The event was attended by more than 250 participants including over 100 participants who […]

The 4th annual financial crime summit was held in Karachi, with the theme ‘Post-FATF Financial Crime Action Plan – Continuing the National Anti-Financial Crime Agenda’. The Summit was organized by Dellsons Conferences under the banner of Dellsons Associates, together with its Knowledge Partner, A. F. Ferguson & Co. (a member firm of the PwC network). […]

Spotify’s ‘Wrapped 2022’ just dropped! And for millions of listeners globally, it has become the perfect swansong for an amazing year coming to a close. And what a time it has been. 2022 was a year of surprises! With the world kicked into cultural hyperdrive, fresher tastes and a staggering diversity in music was witnessed. […]

Tetra Pak Pakistan announced the renewal of its partnership with Islamabad United as its official nutrition partner during the upcoming season 8 of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), scheduled to kick off on February 13. The agreement was signed during a special ceremony hosted by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in Lahore on January 12, […]

Microsoft for Startups Middle East, in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), graduated the latest cohort of tech startups from its GrowthX Accelerator program. The conclusion of the cohort was celebrated during a Demo Day event, hosted at Abu Dhabi’s financial centre, Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), with attendees including startup founders, government […]

Currencycloud, the experts in simplifying business in a multi-currency world, has partnered with Hong Kong-based money service operator Windsor First to launch a new multi-currency account solution to help Windsor First clients seamlessly optimize their B2B and eCommerce international payments processes and access a wider range of currencies at competitive FX rates.   By partnering with Currencycloud Windsor […]

The Turkish e-commerce market is one of the most vibrant in the world. According to BKM, the Interbank Card Center in Turkey, e-commerce grew 37 to 40% per annum between 2017 and 2020. This accelerated in 2021 with a stunning 75% as the pandemic shifted consumer spending to the online world. Current figures show no […]

Pioneering issuer processing powerhouse, Enfuce, announces a new partnership with Orka Ventures, the Nordic-Czech fintech holding company, to launch Orka Card, a new consumer lending card and mobile app that challenges the traditional understanding of ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ (BNPL) lending.  Until now, Orka Ventures has focused mainly on providing web-based consumer loans. However, with changing […]

Earnix, the market-leading provider of mission-critical cloud-based intelligent real-time, dynamic pricing and rating solutions for insurers and banks, announced it is appointing insurance and fintech industry veteran, Robin Gilthorpe, as its new Chief Executive Officer effective February 1, 2023. Mr. Gilthorpe will be taking over the helm from Mr. Udi Ziv, who served as the […]