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After a decade of launching regulations for branchless banking that enabled the entry of telecommunication companies into the arena of banking and payments, SBP recently launched regulations for Electronic Money Institutions (EMIs). The document outlines objectives and scope of regulations, …

Trust between consumers and suppliers is often a bigger issue online than it is offline. Online, there is a limit to both physical interaction and the opportunity to test the professionalism of a retailer or suppliers. According to one survey of 24,000 …

On 17th day of September 2001, an ambitious article of mine was published in the Pakistan Gulf Economist. The title of article was “TECHNOLOGY, THE LAST OF OUR SURVIVAL”. At that particular time, I was taking part in one of …

Today Cyber Monday sweeps across the world, with most countries participating in the global e-commerce extravaganza, which has taken off in recent years. According to information from Statista’s Digital Market Outlook, there are 259 million e-commerce users in the United States. For all …

China leads the world in e-commerce. More than 40% of the world’s e-commerce transactions currently take place in China, up from only 1% about a decade ago. Local Chinese tech champions such as Alibaba Group, Tencent and JD dominate a rapidly growing …

Legislators in India are drafting legislation which would create a level playing field for Indian startups against companies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. The potential law would also require companies to house company data exclusively in India. While India’s annual e-commerce revenue …

Electronic commerce or e-commerce is no more restricted to only buying and selling online rather it is now mobile commerce, Facebook commerce, interfacing of websites with bank accounts, securing electronic payments through credit and debit cards, Business-to-Business (B2B) activities for …

Pakistani society is highly consumption-oriented. This is further accentuated by the fact that consumer spending this Eid-ul-Fit’r crossed one trillion mark. With around fifty points on Consumer Confidence Survey, there is likelihood that mix trend is likely to continue. While …

India is striving to become the world’s third-largest consumer market by 2025. Consumer spending is on the rise in India. The country is currently ranked eighth largest consumer market, according to the World Bank. “The outlook for India’s consumer market …

With a population of around 200 million, Pakistan has the potential to become next major internet market in terms of number of connected people in the next few years. According to one estimate, 9 percent of the country’s population went …