Apex Fintech Solutions has partnered with Zogo Finance, the next-generation financial education app, to transform the way investors learn on their own. Zogo takes a Gen Z approach to covering a wide range of topics including investing strategies, e-sports, healthcare and insurance—where users can earn gift cards and rewards as they learn. Now the modules […]

Pakistan’s largest digital bank, Mobilink Microfinance Bank Ltd (MMBL), has partnered with BaKhabar Kissan (BKK), a leading agri-tech enterprise that provides advisory services to small and medium farmers across the country. Through this strategic alliance, smart digital financial and agri-tech solutions will be offered to MMBL’s growing base of agri-customers to help farmers identify, assess […]

Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan Limited (SCBPL) announced the appointment of Saadya Riaz as Head of Consumer, Private and Business Banking (CPBB). Saadya has been associated with Standard Chartered (SC) for 17 years. Prior to this appointment, she has held a number of key management positions with the Bank and for the past five years she […]

With this signing, Faysal Bank Limited & TPL Life Insurance (Window Takaful Operations) have taken a step towards further strengthening their existing partnership and introduced a Women specific Takaful coverage proposition for Faysal Islami Amal Women’s Account holders which is best in class across the industry. Under this plan, women will get coverage for major […]

Zong 4G, Pakistan’s cellular and digital services frontrunner, has joined hands with OP Digital Services Pvt. Ltd (OPay) to integrate the mobile top-up facility in OPay’s point of sale (POS) terminals. Through this collaboration, OPay will ensure that customers  have the availability of mobile recharge at more locations such as shopping malls, pharmacies etc. and […]

U Bank has joined hands with the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) for the promotion of financial inclusion in the country. Kabeer Naqvi, President and CEO, U Microfinance Bank Limited (U Bank), and President and CEO, National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), Arif Usmani signed an MOU of strategic partnership between the two organizations. This collaboration […]

Aimed at enabling more women to access health, financial, and other life-enhancing services, Pakistan’s leading digital operator Jazz has committed with GSMA Connected Women initiative to increase the proportion of female broadband users on its network by 8% by the end of next year with a dedicated focus on female smart phone ownership. The commitment […]

Muawin, Pakistan’s first business-to-business (B2B) buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) digital lending entity is pleased to announce an industry-first partnership with Jiye Technologies, one of the country’s leading agri-tech platforms that digitally connects farmers and businesses through an enhanced lean supply chain model.  The partnership is intended to empower the agricultural sector by working to improve financial inclusion […]

In order to increase financial inclusion in Indonesia, PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk or BRI collaborates with Ayoconnect, an Open Finance platform provider to build open banking-based solutions. This vision is also in line with the goals of financial inclusion and digital economic transformation which are one of the priority agendas carried out in […]

Paysend has announced the expansion of its cross-border money transfer services to Colombia with MOVii, a leading mobile wallet service in Colombia. Using global payments infrastructure company Terrapay, Paysend will enable U.S. and European customers to send money to their loved ones via MOVii mobile wallets and help banked and unbanked Colombians carry out financial transactions from […]