Asif Ali has joined Cheetay as their Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He previously led strong tech teams at ePlanet, Goto, foodpanda and Careem and has more than 15 years of experience in tech development and Machine Learning. “We are very excited to have Asif spearhead our tech development,” said Majid Khan, CEO of Cheetay. “Asif […]

Klarna, the leading global payments provider and shopping service, today announced that it is launching a customer loyalty program called Vibe this summer, becoming the first buy now, pay a later service provider to offer a rewards program. The no-fee program will be rolled out to the US market in June before being extended to […]

CaixaBank, Spain’s leading retail bank, launches the nationwide deployment of ATMs with facial recognition technology. The system is the first launched by a financial institution on a global level that allows users to withdraw money by simply recognizing them from the image captured by the terminal’s camera, meaning they do not have to manually enter […]

Centrapay, the digital asset integrator, has signed agreements with Coca-Cola Amatil (Amatil) in Australia and New Zealand to give thirsty antipodeans the option to use their Sylo Smart Wallet to pay for items across Amatil’s vending network using cryptocurrency. Centrapay’s world-class technology makes it easy for consumers, merchants, and machines to leverage digital assets in the physical […]

To ensure the safety of Har Pakistani, Telenor Pakistan has introduced a new feature called “PIN IT” in its flagship digital platform, MyTelenor App. This feature aims to provide users with the status of essential retail store/outlets and share the much-needed clarity that will ensure everyone’s safety during this challenging time. With a recent surge […]

Trusona, the pioneering leader in passwordless multi-factor authentication technology, today announced that Tandem Bank has selected and deployed Trusona to provide PSD2-compliant, passwordless strong customer authentication (SCA) that enhances the user experience while securing users and their financial data across all channels. Tandem Bank, a digital savings bank formed from Tandem Money’s acquisition of Harrod’s Bank […]

HBL and the Pakistan Post Office Department (PPOD) have entered into a 20-year strategic alliance to further financial inclusion by leveraging digital technology. Under this agreement, HBL will provide investments in the form of technology, infrastructure, and capacity enhancement to the PPOD with the objective of enabling, technology-based and regulatory compliant digital, financial services in […]

Finastra has appointed Margaret Franco as Chief Marketing Officer. Joining from Dell Technologies, she is based at Finastra’s London headquarters and takes responsibility for leadership of the global marketing organization, including corporate communications, brand, digital, solutions and field and partner marketing. Margaret brings a wealth of marketing and product management expertise from her career in the technology industry. […]

While people around the planet continue to grapple with the pandemic, there’s also a call to pause and reflect on another cause – Time for Nature, the theme of the UN’s World Environment Day on 5 June. Emirates, acutely aware of its role in the planet’s natural ecosystem, has continued to make progress in the […]

In a bid to disrupt the digital financial services ecosystem, Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan Limited (DIBP) has signed a partnership agreement to onboard Bookme.pk as its newest digital alliance partner on the bank’s digital platform. This arrangement will allow Digital Ticketing to offer ‘Digital Ticketing’ services to all DIBP Mobile App, Internet Banking, and Digital […]