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Digital Banking Users To Reach Over 3.6B Globally By 2024: Experts

March 27, 2023March 28, 2023 Zenul Abideen 122 Views 0 Comments Bank, banking, banks, customers, disputes, Payment, payments, sector, transaction, transactions 4 min read

Blockchain technology presents a workable alternative to conventional banking systems in Africa due to its decentralised structure and transparent ledger

Startups USA

SVB’s Collapse Causing Latin American Tech Startups To Struggle

March 16, 2023March 16, 2023 Rosheen Javed 449 Views 0 Comments account, Accounts, Bank, banking, banks, Businesses, Capital, Cash, startup, startups 2 min read

Latin American tech startups are struggling to find banking alternatives after the abrupt failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). One

Pakistan Technology

PBA To Develop eKYC Banking Platform By Using Blockchain Technology

March 10, 2023March 10, 2023 Abdul Basit 480 Views 0 Comments Bank, banking, banks, customer, customers, Institutions, laundering, Pakistan, platform, stakeholders 2 min read

“This new category of institutions will complement efforts of government in establishing an enabling environment to empower stakeholders in trade

Pakistani SaaS Startup Launches Disruptive Tool ‘Yourchamp’

Pakistan Startups

Pakistani Digital Lending Platform AdalFi Raises $7.5mn

February 16, 2023 Rosheen Javed 451 Views 0 Comments access, Bank, banks, credit, lending, loan, loans, markets, platform, ventures 1 min read

Banks already have access to the financial transactional data that AdalFi’s proprietary technology scores. The first significant corporate financing announcement

Environment Pakistan

AIIB, PIDE Launch Fourth Asian Infrastructure Investment Report

February 7, 2023 Rosheen Javed 389 Views 0 Comments banks, Carbon, Climate, economies, emissions, fuels, Industrialization, infrastructure, investment, investments 3 min read

The minister said that while the developed world had reaped the benefits of industrialization, every country was impacted by carbon

Pakistan Politics & Society

SBP Amends Foreign Exchange Regulations For IT Firms

January 14, 2023January 14, 2023 Rosheen Javed 275 Views 0 Comments banks, currency, earnings, exchange, export, exporters, firms, payments, regulations, transactions 2 min read

The central bank has decided to encourage IT firms and freelancers to bring their foreign currency earnings into the country.

Pakistan Politics & Society

SBP Issues NOCs To Establish Full Fledged Digital Banks In Pakistan

January 14, 2023January 14, 2023 Rosheen Javed 234 Views 0 Comments applicants, Bank, banking, banks, customers, entities, exchange commission, firms, Framework, securities 1 min read

The digital banks are expected to provide all banking services through digital means without any need for their customers to

Government Proposes Rs17.5B Subsidy For E Bikes

Lifestyle Pakistan

Government Proposes Rs17.5B Subsidy For Buying E-Bikes

January 8, 2023 Rosheen Javed 460 Views 0 Comments banks, bikes, credit, Guarantee, Model, motorcycles, payments, percent, Rs, subsidy 2 min read

In the subsidy leasing model of e bikes, govt and the consumer each contribute Rs 100,000, while the banks provide

Africa Technology

Malawian man locally manufactures low cost power banks

January 2, 2023 Sayyed Shehzer 366 Views 0 Comments accessories, agenda, banks, China, cooperation, Industrialization, Malawi, phone, Scope, technologies 2 min read

Inspired by Chinese technologies, a 30-year-old Malawian man has started making phone accessories with the goal of establishing a massive

Pakistan Technology

SBP Disallows Banks To Process Mobile Import Levy Payments

December 29, 2022 Rosheen Javed 468 Views 0 Comments Bank, banking, banks, compliance, customer, import, payments, phone, transaction, transactions 4 min read

Certain taxes, such as the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) mobile phone import levy, can be paid through banks’ Alternate

Energy Pakistan

Government Urged To Focus On RE projects Under CPEC

December 25, 2022 Rosheen Javed 333 Views 0 Comments banking, banks, CEO, Corridor, energy, financing, mw, Pakistan, projects, re 2 min read

RE financing through commercial banks was underway for 2,300 RE projects totaling 1,600 MW, but this financing was also available

Past Fiscal year Shows huge rise in digital payments ecosystem

Pakistan Technology

Fiscal Year 2021–22 Shows Huge Rise In Digital Payments Ecosystem

December 24, 2022 Rosheen Javed 674 Views 0 Comments ATMs, banking, banks, Cash, customers, fy, Payment, payments, Rs, transactions 3 min read

Mobile phone banking increased by 100.4% to 387.5 million during the year, while internet banking increased by 51.7% to 141.7

Food Security Pakistan

Vast Disparity Exists In Agriculture Credit Disbursement to Provinces

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 Rosheen Javed 438 Views 0 Comments Agriculture, Bank, banking, banks, credit, Farmers, financing, loan, loans, share 2 min read

Punjab receives major share of agricultural credit, with remaining provinces receiving only a token share. Banking infrastructure in Pakistan, primarily