Mastercard announced a new partnership with HSBC to accelerate sustainable urban development. The partnership is built on HSBC’s extensive track record in developing financial products that support a more sustainable future.  City Possible, pioneered by Mastercard, is a new model of public-private partnerships that brings together a united private sector to work with cities and communities to solve […]

Mohsin Ahmed, CEO at Pakistan Microfinance Network (PMN), shares strategies to overcome low financial inclusion in Pakistan and how they are supporting members to promote innovation and entrepreneurship. Ahmed while discussing the affects to recent pandemic on Pakistani economy says, “The bigger challenge on the macro front is to interact with the global economy as […]

Instacart and 7-Eleven has announced partnership to offer same-day delivery to  its customers, often in as fast as 30 minutes.  Instacart will deliver of thousands of convenience, alcohol and grocery snacks, over-the-counter medicine, energy shots and drinks, and more.The service will be available after 8 a.m. from more than 750 locations in Dallas, Miami, Baltimore, […]

Fawad Anwar, Managing Director of Alkaram Textile Mills, discusses the effects of the recent pandemic over businesses in Pakistan and what new opportunities have presented themselves due to this crisis. Anwar says that COVID-19 affected the whole world, it not only tested the resilience of the masses but also gave a wakeup call to the […]

Ali Malik, Senior Investment Advisor of Bank of Singapore, discusses the impacts of COVID-19 on the economic landscape globally, current pace of recovery and what the key investment opportunities are & how different factors can play a vital role towards recovery. Malik says that the difficulties in controlling the renewed spread of COVID-19 have cast […]

Abdallah Abu Sheikh, Co-founder & CEO at Rizek, while in conversation with Daily NewsPK explained how they are addressing the key pain points of the people in the region by providing a platform which solves all their needs with convenience and affordability. 1. What led you to create ‘Rizek’? When was it founded? It was […]

Mihai Draghici, Founder & CEO at Paybyface explained to Daily NewsPK how they are making online transaction faster and completely hands-free and providing merchants with a simple e-commerce capabilities, payment gamifications and a digital advertising network. 1. What led you to create ‘Pay by face’? I come from almost 20 years of software engineering and […]

Dr. Cherif Massoud Founder & CEO of Basma while conversing with Daily NewsPK explained how they are transforming dentistry and making treatments more convenient, affordable and accessible in MENA region. 1. What led you to create ‘Basma’? When was it founded? Dental healthcare is painful and expensive. Today, 7 out of 10 people could benefit […]

Syed Wajahat Founder of Learning Pitch, while conversing with Daily NewsPK elaborated on their mission to provide affordable and accessible education to the masses in Pakistan and how they are realising it. 1. What led you to create ‘Learning Pitch’? When was it founded? Sep 2017, I quit Microsoft to start Learning Pitch, it started […]

Doaa Aref, CEO at Chefaa, told Daily NewsPK how they are connecting patients to pharmacies all over Egypt in order to make it easier for them to get their medications specially patients with chronic condition and they also offer other range of services to further assist them. 1. What led you to create ‘Chefaa’? When […]