Pakistan’s digital transformation frontrunner, Zong 4G, has joined hands with the bus ticket booking startup eSawari to facilitate mutual customers. Through the partnership, Zong 4G’s customers can activate bundles and recharge their accounts through the eSawari app and website. The partnership is in continuation of Zong 4G’s relentless efforts to bring ease to the lives […]

MCB Islamic, in line with its vision to enable and promote cash-less and digital payments, has entered into an agreement with National Institutional Facilitation Technologies (NIFT), one of the largest payment processors in Pakistan for enabling digital commerce payments (Mobile/Electronic Commerce Payments) through NIFT’s DFS platform under the brand name “NIFT ePay”. The partnership would […]

Pakistan’s leading connectivity and digital services company, Zong 4G, hosted the USF contract signing ceremony at its Islamabad headquarters. The event was attended by the Minister of IT & Telecom Syed Amin Ul Haque, Chairman PTA Major General (R) Amir Azeem Bajwa, Federal Secretary (IT & Telecommunication) Shoaib Ahmad Siddique, Zong 4G Chairman and CEO […]

Telenor Pakistan, being at the forefront of innovation remains committed to enabling the youth by connecting them to what matters most through personalized digital solutions and experiences. Strengthening this resolve, in yet another industry first, Telenor Pakistan has collaborated with Garena for Free Fire Continental Series (FFCS) 2020 and co-partnered for the Asia Series Pakistan […]

Al Baraka Pakistan has paired with Pakistan’s prominent fintech, Avanza Premier Payment Services (APPS), to allow its customers to pay online via their bank accounts through APPS’ indigenous payment gateway, PayFast. Approved for pilot operations by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), PayFast empowers multi-instrument acceptance of Scheme Cards, Mobile Wallets, and Bank Account Numbers. […]

JS Bank has been declared as Pakistan’s Best SME Bank at the Asian Banking & Finance Retail Banking Awards, 2020. This is the second time in a row that the Bank has received this accolade. The Awards bring together banks from across Asia to recognize banks that stand out with groundbreaking products and services. JS […]

UOB and end-to-end F&B digital solutions firm Getz have partnered to help F&B businesses set up their online storefronts quickly while also lowering the cost of delivering food to consumers. Getz’s food delivery solutions will only need to pay transaction fees capped at a maximum of 4% of their online sales, a discount of up to […]

  Fave has announced a strategic partnership and investment from Pine Labs, a digital payments and merchant commerce platform. Under the terms of the partnership, Fave’s QR code will become integrated with Pine Lab’s terminals, enabling a seamless platform for digital payments and loyalty solutions in Southeast Asia. Fave’s Co-Founder and CEO, Joel Neoh, said, “The partnership […]

UnionPay International, Wemsol Private Limited and Bank AL Habib jointly announce today the launch of UnionPay QuickPass (NFC/Contactless and HCE) acceptance on Keenu POS terminals in Pakistan, where consumers can make safe and quick payments by tapping their UnionPay cards at KEENU POS terminals at more than 7,000 merchant locations in Pakistan. This is the […]

Mastercard announced that Amazon customers in 12 countries across North America, Latin America, Middle East and Europe will have their stored card credentials tokenized. By replacing a consumer’s physical card number with a token, payment information is unique to each individual transaction and can be used only by the merchant that requested it. Amazon will […]