In an effort to further enhance ease of doing business in Pakistan, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has introduced a new mechanism to enable the companies in Pakistan to make instant payments for acquiring digital services from globally recognized digital service provider companies, without any hassle. Now local companies can access various services including […]

Pakistan’s number one 4G operator and the largest internet and broadband service provider, Jazz remained focused on expanding its digital services with 4G capacity expansion and network rollout. In the second quarter of 2020, Jazz’s overall subscriber base grew by 5.6% year-over-year (YoY) reaching 62.8 million, the 4G customer base grew by 71.5% reaching 19.1 […]

UBS has acquired a stake in Houzy, a Swiss homeownership platform that links data and offers individual recommendations for homeowners. The partnership with the start-up will provide homeowners with useful tools associated with homeownership and complement the key4 ecosystem. Martha Böckenfeld, Head Digital Platforms & Marketplaces: “The partnership with Houzy is a significant step towards […]

  The Bank of Khyber (BOK) and NIFT signed an agreement on during the last week, for digital commerce payments (electronic/mobile) through NIFT’s e-commerce gateway. The agreement was signed by BOK MD Ihsanullah Ihsan and NIFT CEO Haider Wahab in the presence of senior management at the BOK head office in Peshawar. Speaking on the […]

CaixaBank is transforming imagin, Spain’s leading mobile-only bank for young people, into a digital platform dedicated to the creation of digital services, both of a financial and non-financial nature, for the younger user. Its goal is to promote the growth and loyalty of the youngest customers, who are especially interested in using new technologies in […]

Sberbank, one of Russia’s largest state-owned banks, has partnered with Visa and Russian supermarket, Azbuka Vkusa to open a cashier-less store where customers simply take items from shelves and are automatically charged. To use the all-new service, customers need to download the Take&Go mobile app by Sberbank, sign up, and associate a bank card with […]

Jazz, Pakistan’s largest digital company, will be matching donations by its customers to the Prime Minister’s COVID-19 Relief Fund. In the interest of a robust and timely response to the looming health and economic challenges, Jazz has stepped up to offer its support to the country.  As part of Jazz’s recently pledged PKR 1.2 billion […]