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Inside Pakistan’s exploitative loan apps

Pakistan Play Store is full of shady loan apps duping people with high interest rates…

by Mutaher Khan Umaima Khan
June 29, 2022

Barwaqt and Easy Loan removed from Play Store. But who took them down?

After much brouhaha on social media regarding shady practices of instant lending apps prevalent across Pakistan’s Play Store,…

by Mutaher Khan
July 14, 2022

The flawed math of nano loans

With expensive instant nano-lending on the rise, we look at the flawed math of these loans and whether…

by Mutaher Khan
July 13, 2022

Instant credit and the case of missing regulator

Licensed digital lending hit a record Rs6.14B in 2021 but the grey space still dominates, hurting consumers…

by Mutaher Khan
July 3, 2022

Inside Pakistan’s exploitative loan apps

Pakistan Play Store is full of shady loan apps duping people with high interest rates…

by Mutaher Khan Umaima Khan
June 29, 2022

Pakistanis realized crypto gains of $605m in 2021

Pakistanis realized crypto gains of over $604m in 2021, roughly split 60-40 between Bitcoin and Ethereum…

by Mutaher Khan
April 24, 2022

The rise of Super Apps in Pakistan

Imitating the success of Asian Super Apps, startups are now trying to execute this idea in Pakistan…

by Natasha Uderani Mutaher Khan
April 23, 2022

Is Pakistan’s POS ecosystem finally taking off?

Pakistan is a highly cash-dependent country with more than Rs7 trillion of currency in circulation, meaning around 13%…

by Mutaher Khan
April 20, 2022

PayPal isn’t coming to Pakistan, but these global Fintechs are.

Come rain or shine, one thing that has remained constant in Pakistan whenever there is any mention of…

by Natasha Uderani
April 7, 2022

The rapid digitisation of utility bill payments

According to aggregate data, Rs159.6 billion was paid in utility bills across 43.9 million transactions in the first…

by Data Darbar
April 1, 2022

Raast: can we bank on it?

The State Bank of Pakistan’s website lists 18 banks that are already offering Raast, of which 14 have…

by Data Darbar
January 21, 2022
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Authors

  • Natasha Uderani

    Natasha Uderani has been involved with the technology ecosystem since 2017, last working as the City Lead for Cheetay. She has previously worked with Careem looking after emerging markets in the South region.
  • Mutaher Khan

    Mutaher Khan has been mapping the Pakistani startup ecosystem for the past four years through his weekly column at Dawn
  • Data Darbar

    Decoding Pakistan's Tech Sector
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