Brandverse and eOcean announced that they have signed an MoU to work together to maximize the commercial and social impact benefits in enabling the digital growth of micro SME business in Pakistan through the accessible delivery of state-of-the-art, e-commerce enablement and communications technology, via the new Chikoo platform – a disruptive new eCommerce tool to […]

Avanza Premier Payment Services (APPS) has partnered with 1LINK to enable PayPak – Pakistan’s first and only domestic payment scheme for e-commerce acceptance through PayFast – APPS’ online payment gateway. This collaboration will enable PayPak cardholders of participating issuers to perform e-commerce transactions on over 100 APPS’ online merchants via PayFast gateway. Keeping the security […]

The National Incubation Centre Lahore (NICL) at LUMS is on a renewed mission to contribute to Pakistan’s economic development by promoting innovation and entrepreneurship. Its latest initiative, the ‘Entrepreneur in Conversation’ series, features some of Pakistan’s brightest entrepreneurial minds discussing their innovative solutions to combat the country’s many challenges. The talks are helmed by Saleem Ahmad, Chairman NICL. “We hope […]

The National Incubation Center (NIC) welcomed a fresh batch of innovators and problem-solvers to its Foundation Programme at LUMS in Lahore and BUITEMS in Quetta.  NIC aims to bolster the start-up ecosystem of Pakistan by incubating a greater percentage of businesses that scale to address a large commercial opportunity and attract investment capital for growth. […]

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued a regulatory framework to facilitate Business-to-Consumer (B2C) e-Commerce exports from Pakistan. Under the new regulatory framework, the mandatory requirement of ‘Export’ (E) form has been done away with and now an exporter can export goods up to USD 5,000/- per consignment without the requirement of ‘E’ Form. This […]

FSS (Financial Software and Systems), a global payments technology company, announced its commitment to support the country’s banks to strengthen digital payment capabilities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).    KSA is among the advanced digital payment economies in the GCC, with growth propelled by a combination of strategic investments in building digital infrastructure and […]

Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF) has partnered with Careem under its “Entrepreneurship on Wheels” program’, with the objective of launching dedicated training for the latter’s rickshaw and delivery captains between November 2020 and July 2021. The training will be conducted by the National Highway and Motorway Police (NHMP). Under the program, 800 rickshaw captains will […]

Codebase Technologies has introduced a brand-new digital fintech offering – Digibanc™ Digital Roshan – to empower conventional and Islamic banks in Pakistan to manage seamless, consistent, and engaging customer journeys across multiple customer touch-points and drive their digital transformations. The comprehensive digital solution aims to help banks to support overseas Pakistani customers to open their […]

Keen online shoppers in the Kingdom are now able to make purchases, receive goods, and pay for them later, thanks to innovative online payment experts, Spotii. A new to the region concept, Spotii, launched earlier this year, is set to disrupt the way we buy and pay for items online, allowing interest-free payments on a […]

TCL Pakistan continues its partnership with Daraz by becoming co-sponsors for the upcoming 11.11 sale 2020. TCL and Daraz have taken their partnership to the next level with this sponsorship and aim to bring exciting new deals for its consumers offering Mega Discounts. This sale extravaganza will kick-off at midnight on November 11, 2020. In […]