This week NIC Peshawar, with support from The Asia Foundation, hosted the second round of the Net Zero Tech Camp Challenge. The event, curated by Code for Pakistan featured mentoring and project development workshops facilitated by NIC Peshawar. Spanning over 3-days, it was designed to empower tech students from five of KP’s universities to pursue […]

As per sources familiar with the updates of 5G launch project launch in Jordan, the government will very soon secretly order Jordanian telecom operators to restrict Chinese companies from participating in the project aimed at building 5G networks in the Kingdom, as a result of surging US pressure from intelligence agency. The government also plans […]

The most successful PSL Franchise launches the world’s first Cricketing Metaverse Islamabad United will be the first cricket team to enter the metaverse with a world-first built-to-scale virtual stadium. The stadium will be built in the world’s leading open metaverse, Decentraland, running alongside a twin stadium that will be available on Android. Fans will be […]

American Express announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Nipendo, a company used by global businesses to automate and streamline business-to-business (B2B) payments processes. The transaction is American Express’ latest strategic step toward its goal of creating a leading end-to-end B2B platform, making business payments simpler and more efficient. American Express is […]

Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Khazana Enterprise, a cloud-native technology provider for Government of Pakistan, in a strategic step towards driving digital transformation across the government sector in support of Pakistan’s cashless future agenda. The MoU included a number of offerings including best practices between […]

We are pleased to announce that Bidease has opened a new office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates to build partnerships with app marketers, publishers and agencies across the Middle East and North Africa region and help them achieve their growth goals. Founded in the USA in 2016 and named one of the Americas’ fastest-growing companies […]

Shieldpay, the market leader in solving complex B2B payments, has announced a partnership with payment service provider, Mollie, one of Europe’s fastest-growing financial services prviders. The partnership will enable Shieldpay clients to have their payments needs fully digitised, from routine payments requiring straight-through processing up to high value, complex B2B transactions.  Where businesses have traditionally […]

Samsung South Africa has announced the launch of Samsung Wallet, a new digital platform that will enable local Galaxy lovers to organise digital keys (SmartThings car keys), access offline and online payments, membership cards, transportation cards, coupons and Samsung Pass all in one, easy-to-use and secure mobile application. If you thought that Samsung Pay was great, then think […]

The Social Loan Company announces its transformative TLSC Platform Services will go live in Africa in Q1 2023 through two game-changing partnerships in Nigeria to improve financial inclusion in the region. Deepak H. Saluja, Co-Founder & Group CEO at TSLC, said: “Financial exclusion negatively impacts the lives of over 50% of adults in Africa. Despite massive […]

Standard Chartered announced on the first day of Singapore Fintech Festival the launch of Payouts-as-a-Service (PaaS), a bank-grade fintech solution that allows digital businesses to seamlessly manage one-to-many payments to parties in their ecosystem. Available in five major e-commerce hubs across India, Malaysia, Singapore, the UAE and UK, the Bank is the first leading transaction […]