Pakistan-based online money management platform SadaPay and Mastercard have announced the launch of numberless, contactless-enabled cards in the Middle East & Africa region to allow users to transact in simpler, faster and more secure way. This will further strengthens Mastercard’s commitment to promote financial inclusion in emerging markets and encouraging the adoption of secure digital payment methods. The launch […]

Coinsquare has announced the launch of its new Quick Trade mobile app. The Quick Trade mobile app makes buying and selling digital assets quick and convenient, with customers able to easily manage their portfolio of digital assets. The app is available in English and French and offers features like simplified KYC process, instant account funding via Interac e-Transfer, […]

Pakistan’s digital ecosystem is rapidly evolving and Easypaisa, the country’s leading digital payments platform, is playing its role in this change through collaboration and technology. As part of its ambition of transforming the society, Easypaisa organized AppCon 2020, its flagship intervarsity app design competition involving some of the most prominent universities in Pakistan like IBA, […]

Mastercard has launched the Digital Acceleration for Small Businesses microsite across most of its Asia Pacific websites with information and resources on how to digitalize and run businesses more efficiently. This collaboration aims to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) recover from the pandemic and prepare for the future. To enhance the resources for SMEs, […]

Standard Chartered has partnered with Bukalapak to launch innovative offerings to further advance its focus on digital banking. Hosted on the nexus platform, a banking-as-a-service solution by Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures unit, the Bank will work with Bukalapak to expand access to financial services for consumers across the market, potentially positively impacting the lives of […]

Walgreens has partnered with Synchrony and Mastercard to expand its financial services offering as part of its ongoing commitment to offer differentiated healthcare services and benefits to customers. Walgreens will soon launch credit cards, issued by Synchrony, as well as a prepaid debit card, both of which will be powered by the Mastercard network. TheThe credit cards will closely connect with […]

Emirates NBD has announced that its new customers can now  verify their identity documents when opening a bank account via its Mobile Banking App. The bank’s TruID solution uses NFC technology to read information from embedded chips in the documents and seamlessly extract data to autofill a digital account application. The customer is then prompted […]

The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) is partnering with Microsoft under the “Microsoft for Startups” Programme to launch several initiatives that support the regional technology startup ecosystem. The initiative will provide founders and entrepreneurs with tools and resources to successfully scale their businesses and realise ideas that drive positive impact. ADIO has partnered with Microsoft […]

MoneyMatrix has revealed the release of its new Identity Monitoring Application. The new microservice helps iGaming operators to significantly improve their Risk Management processes. MoneyMatrix was built under the vision of making payments simple, and is an EU licensed Financial Institution and PCI DSS Level 1 Certified Payment Service Provider facilitating payment processing in over 100+ […]

IRIS Software Group (IRIS), one of the UK’s largest software companies,  has acquired Staffology, a UK cloud payroll application. Founded in 2018, Staffology is cloud payroll software built on an open Application Programming Interface (API), enabling integration with other products. Using cloud applications to simplify mission critical business tasks is now vital to driving growth, […]