Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Digital yuan debuts in futures transaction

  BEIJING: China‘s digital fiat currency, or the e-CNY, has been used for the first time for transactions in the domestic futures market, the China Securities Journal reported on Monday. The e-CNY has been used by the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) for the payment of storage fees to a delivery warehouse, assisted by the local … Read more

SECP digitalises filing of biannual returns of employees’ contributory funds

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has deployed an online reporting system for filing biannual returns under the Employees’ Contributory Funds (Investment in Listed Securities) Regulations, 2018, a statement said on Friday. The development of this reporting system is part of the commission’s efforts for promoting digitalisation, ease of doing business and … Read more

Mastercard Strives to Take the Lead in Crypto Markets

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Mastercard (MA), the world’s largest payments company, wants to make it easier for people to acquire, spend, and hold cryptocurrencies.

Mastercard also wants to be a major player in the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) with cryptocurrencies developer ecosystem.

Mastercard’s Start Path program is now open to startups and entrepreneurs who are focused on crypto and digital assets. The program allows new businesses to use the credit card network’s technology.

Mastercard established a Start Path global engagement program to support fast-growing digital assets, blockchain, and cryptocurrency startups, in order to make crypto holders’ transactional lives easier.

“As a leading technology player, we believe we can play a key role in digital assets, helping to shape the industry and provide consumer protection and security,” Mastercard’s executive vice president of new digital infrastructure and fintech, Jess Turner, said.

The Start Path program will provide cryptocurrency companies access to Mastercard’s most up-to-date tools and solutions, allowing them to scale their innovations and cutting-edge technology.

“These startups use the program to connect with our ecosystem of banks, merchants, partners, and digital players across the globe to deliver new solutions,” Mastercard explained.

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PTCL, Paksat ink partnership deal to deliver modern satellite services

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KARACHI: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) and Paksat signed a strategic partnership to develop and deliver state-of-the-art integrated satellite services in addressing the ever-evolving national needs of the public and private sectors of the country, a statement said on Tuesday. Suparco chairman Major-General Amer Nadeem, Paksat International Pvt Limited CEO Sadaquat Liaquat, PTCL president … Read more

Bank Alfalah launches ‘Alfa Business’ to facilitate merchants

KARACHI: Bank Alfalah has introduced a new service under its digital banking portfolio called “Alfa Business App”, a statement said on Tuesday. In the prevailing circumstances, many businesses are shifting their operations towards digital platforms, and Alfa Business is aimed at facilitating small and medium enterprises to carry out their everyday transactions digitally, it added. … Read more

SU digitalises data of 919,000 students from 60 universities

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HYDERABAD: The Sindh University (SU) has made history by digitalising data of 919,000 students from 2018 to 2020 batches of its 60 government-affiliated degree colleges. The students will now be able to deposit their fees, submit all forms, including admission and examinations online. The move will also allow the alumni to get copies of their … Read more

Pakistan shifts focus from geopolitics to geoeconomics: Qureshi

Geopolitics to geoeconomics

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has shifted its focus from geopolitics to geo-economics and the government sought to transform the country into a progressive and an economically vibrant state through development partnerships, connectivity and regional peace. Addressing the opening session of the high-level conference on “Pakistan-China at 70: A unique bilateral partnership”, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said … Read more

President Dr Arif directs to digitize the record of ombudsman

President Dr Arif directs to digitize the record of ombudsman

President Dr. Arif Alvi called for a media campaign to create awareness about the role of the Federal Ombudsman and clarified that the Ombudsman should digitize his record and ensure the use of latest technology. President Dr. Arif Alvi attended the Federal Ombudsmen Conference. In his address on the occasion, Dr. Arif Alvi said that … Read more

Government to completely modernize Radio Pakistan

Radio Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The government will completely digitize Radio Pakistan. The project has already been approved by the federal cabinet while the Punjab government has been asked to acquire land for the said purpose. According to the details, under its vision of introducing modern trends and technology in different sectors, the incumbent government has planned to fully … Read more

Facebook: personal data of 267 million users exposed on internet

Facebook

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Thursday (Dec 19) said it is investigating a report that a database containing names and phone numbers of more than 267 million users was exposed online. The database was made available for download last week on an online hacker forum that apparently belonged to a crime group, according to a blog post … Read more