Nadeem Hussain

The use of drone tech to measure crop yields, spray pesticides, and monitor damage is yet to be scaled though it only costs Rs600 Published 02 May, 2022 06:46am

Market information indicates that there are more than 40 local and international applicants vying for the five licenses. Updated 21 Mar, 2022 10:35am

A direct investment, through Pakistan’s digital currency... Published 21 Jun, 2021 07:02am

Banks act more like fund managers. Updated 07 Jun, 2021 10:13am

Bank CEOs must tell their boards about structural imbalances that exist in the banking industry Published 31 May, 2021 07:02am

Digital banks that have a path to profitability offer digital lending, personal finance management and robo-advisory. Updated 24 May, 2021 09:35am

Banks’ experience in housing finance is limited to providing funding to their own staff or to the high-end customers in... Published 17 May, 2021 06:40am

Once people in your phone contact list have linked their mobile wallets or ... Published 25 Jan, 2021 07:06am

After the trial period the Commission will determine if there is a genuine need in the market for the proposed... Published 14 Dec, 2020 06:58am

Lack of interest among commercial banks for non-banked customers and limited capital for fintechs are not a regulatory issue Published 07 Dec, 2020 07:25am

The current approach needs to be combined with the digitisation of the value chain of manufacturing, agriculture, construction. Updated 30 Nov, 2020 09:52am

Anybody, including fintechs, should be able to offer banking products on a core banking application... Published 16 Nov, 2020 07:08am

E-commerce’s share even in the most digitally advanced countries has not crossed 25pc; in Pakistan, it is less than 1pc Published 09 Nov, 2020 07:49am

Pakistan does not have a significant marketing industry. Updated 02 Nov, 2020 10:38am

We have 130,000 practising doctors for a country of 220m, well below the WHO minimum of one doctor for every 1,000 persons Published 19 Oct, 2020 07:12am

Bottlenecks must be tackled from both sides. Updated 12 Oct, 2020 09:19am

If the lending is to be Rs430bn in the first year, the government would need to subsidise Rs36bn for it. Updated 05 Oct, 2020 09:49am

We have the demand and the technology to increase consumer loans to 10m and nano (under Rs5,000) loans to another 40m customers. Updated 28 Sep, 2020 10:49am

The irony is that people save, just not within the formal system: 23pc via the committee mechanism. Updated 21 Sep, 2020 10:25am

The solution for our education challenge is not to just throw more money at it but to explore technology... Published 14 Sep, 2020 06:47am