valU, MENA’s leading Buy-Now, Pay-Later (BNPL) lifestyle-enabling fintech platform, announced its investment in Hoods, the first and leading live entertainment commerce platform in the Middle East. valU’s investment aims to capitalize on Hoods’ unique platform to penetrate the fast-growing virtual shopping space and diversify its offering to both new and existing valU customers and merchants. […]

Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has honored Mobilink Microfinance Bank Ltd. (MMBL), Pakistan’s largest digital bank, with their prestigious Gender Balance Workforce Award at the 4th edition of the OICCI Women Empowerment Awards 2021. The Awards recognize the efforts made by OICCI members through initiatives, leadership programs, and willingness to incorporate D&I […]

Committed to its purpose of empowering societies, Telenor Pakistan, via its Velocity program, has collaborated with Sehat Kahani, a telemedicine startup, to bring quality and affordable digital healthcare solutions to the masses of Pakistan. The collaboration was recently celebrated through a memorandum of understanding at Telenor Campus 345 in Islamabad in the presence of well-reputed […]

Naheed Supermarket, one of the leading names in retail shopping in Pakistan, has signed up with HBL Pay to enable Transaction & Employee Banking Services. The agreement covers the enablement of cashless banking products like; Internal Bank transfers, IBFT, Smart Cheques, E-Collections. The strategic alliance between HBL & Naheed Supermarket will bring a radical impact […]

Pakistan’s largest digital bank, Mobilink Microfinance Bank Limited (MMBL) has won the prestigious Retail Banker International (RBI) Asia Trailblazer Award 2021 for being the ‘Best Retail Bank in Pakistan’, along with an honorable mention of “Highly Commended” for its House Loan in the Best Loan Offering category. Organized in collaboration with Arena International, UK, Middle […]

The Bank of Punjab (BOP), one of the leading financial institutions with a network of 640 branches across Pakistan, has signed an agreement with NdcTech, an award-winning regional partner of Temenos. The agreement was signed by Mr. Zahid Mustafa (Group Chief Consumer & Digital Banking – BOP) & Ms. Ammara Masood (CEO & President – […]

Naheed Supermarket, one of the top names of retail shopping in Pakistan, has entered into an agreement with UnionPay International to enable multiple digital payment options for their respective customers. The agreement covers enablement of product areas that include, UPOP, POS on Delivery, and the dynamic QR solution. According to the agreement, UnionPay will enable […]

Jazz World, the self-care platform of Pakistan’s number one 4G operator and the largest internet and broadband service provider, has crossed seven million monthly active users. This milestone cements Jazz World as the largest local app in Pakistan. Jazz World is an online customer engagement platform that allows subscribers to check prepaid balance and postpaid […]

Somalia’s privately owned Islamic bank, Sombank has selected the Temenos Islamic Banking solution in the cloud to help with the country’s economic growth,and create  innovative products to increase access to financial services in Somalia. This partnership will enable Sombank to accelerate digital transformation and offer a unified banking experience to customers in branch and online. […]