The  payment orchestration platform, IXOPAY,  has partnered with GoCardless, a leading fintech in direct bank payment solutions. This partnership will make it easy for merchants to collect both recurring and one-off payments across over 30 countries.  GoCardless and IXOPAY automate the collection of both one-off and recurring payments, such as invoices and subscriptions,enabling businesses to […]

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. […]

Mastercard announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Finicity, a leading North American provider of real-time access to financial data and insights. The purchase price is US$825 million, and Finicity’s existing shareholders have the potential for an earn-out of up to an additional $160 million if performance targets are met. The addition of […]

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 […]

  Syed Ahsan Aslam, Head of Disruption at 1LINK discusses the recent initiatives taken by the organization with Daily NewsPK.