Mondelēz Pakistan, one of Pakistan’s and global leading snacking companies, announces the appointment of Sami Wahid as the new Managing Director (MD) effective January 2022. Wahid will be responsible for the overall business strategy and commercial offerings. As an expert in the snack and beverage industry, Wahid brings over 17 years of experience in the […]

Ripple has partnered with the Republic of Palau to explore the country’s first national digital currency and its use cases with the XRP Ledger (XRPL). The partnership will initially focus on developing strategies for cross-border payments and a USD-backed digital currency for Palau. This could see the implementation of the world’s first government-backed national stablecoin in the first […]

The Beaconhouse International College (BIC) recently signed an agreement with the Innovators Garage aimed at fostering new ideas and encouraging students to embrace entrepreneurship as a post-academic career and plan their own start-up ventures that are committed to tackling real-world problems. The agreement was signed during a special ceremony attended by top management officials from […]

FinTech Connect North America is where teams from major financial institutions go to benchmark digital transformation efforts, make informed buying decisions on the latest innovations on the market, and where fintechs come to accelerate dialogues with digital buyers with responsibility across digital transformation, payments, financial security, regtech, and blockchain. The past year has seen an […]

Nexus has pioneered a new payments solution in partnership with WePay, the integrated payments business of JPMorgan Chase & Co., to allow SMBs to accept payment through a virtual card to simplify their payment process and improve working capital. NexusDirect, the new payments solution, is powered by Chase which allows sole proprietors and small business suppliers […]

The Abu Dhabi Government Services ecosystem (TAMM) has rolled out  new features for some of its services on the TAMM platform. The new features will provide more ease and convenience for users when completing digital government tasks through the integrated platform. Abu Dhabi residents and citizens can enjoy access to services relating to education, business […]

Mohsin Ahmed, CEO at Pakistan Microfinance Network (PMN), shares strategies to overcome low financial inclusion in Pakistan and how they are supporting members to promote innovation and entrepreneurship. Ahmed while discussing the affects to recent pandemic on Pakistani economy says, “The bigger challenge on the macro front is to interact with the global economy as […]

Icon Solutions has been selected by an Australian bank to review and industrialize its payments transformation strategy. Icon’s end-to-end payments advisory services will support this Australian bank in defining a future-focused IT roadmap to enable new customer experiences, increase agility and resilience, and reduce costs. “Transforming core architecture can be a daunting proposition,” says Tom […]

Instacart and 7-Eleven has announced partnership to offer same-day delivery to  its customers, often in as fast as 30 minutes.  Instacart will deliver of thousands of convenience, alcohol and grocery snacks, over-the-counter medicine, energy shots and drinks, and more.The service will be available after 8 a.m. from more than 750 locations in Dallas, Miami, Baltimore, […]

Contactless payments platform EZ-Link and Malaysian e-wallet app Touch ‘n Go  has announced the launch of the Southeast Asia’s first dual-currency cross-border contactless smart card, called” EZ-Link x Touch ’n Go Motoring Card.” The card securely hosts two electronic purses – the EZ-Link purse in Singapore Dollars, and the Touch ‘n Go purse in Malaysian […]