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Pakistan Fintech

Pakistan’s financial technology sector develops on several tracks at the same time. The State Bank of Pakistan operates Raast, the country’s instant payment system, which links banks, wallet providers and payment service providers so that funds move between accounts in seconds. Alongside it sit branchless banking agent networks, mobile wallet operators, card acquirers and a small group of digital-only banks licensed under the same supervisory framework. The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan oversees the non-bank side of the market, including investment, insurance and company-registration technology products.

Coverage in this hub follows those institutions and the products they enable: central bank circulars and what they change for wallets and merchants; interoperability between banks and non-bank accounts; fraud controls, know-your-customer requirements and consumer protection; and the companies building on that infrastructure. Reporting arrives in two forms. The news feed carries items published through the day, filtered to keep the section on topic, while the editorial section holds longer analysis in which each article names the sources behind its claims.

Around those article lists sit the supporting sections of the site: the company directory, which profiles the organisations themselves and links to related coverage; the careers section, which describes job families and skills used in fintech teams; and the universities section, which lists degree pathways relevant to financial technology work.