Just yesterday, a customer used Telenor EasyPaisa service to transfer Rs. 3,000 from Islamabad to Lahore. At senders’ location, the process was as per the guidelines of the company as the sender submitted the NIC copy and paid Rs. 174 additionally as transaction fee (Trx ID 5357813). The EasyPaisa shop at the receiver’s end in Lahore asked for Rs. 30 as his personal fee to deliver the amount. The shopkeeper did not provide any receipt of the amount nor did he ask for any NIC copy. The shopkeeper in Lahore was not entitled to receive any amount from the receiver.

Mobile banking has more potential than E Commerce said Chairman PTA Dr. Muhammad Yaseen. He was addressing to 3rd International MCB Mobile Commerce Conference 2010. This conference was organize

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is closely working with State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on the draft of “Third Party Mobile Banking Regulations” which will be finalized soon. Once finalized, it will connect all banks of the country with cellular mobile operators for mobile transactions. It was said by Chairman PTA, Dr. Mohammed Yaseen while addressing [...]

How come Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) can call the service “un-regulated and optional”, I ask Mr. Dogar that the whole industry is going to rely on this very basic service in the future and I remind him of Mobile Banking and the services like EasyPaisa which are not possible without SMS. If the SMS service is un-regulated then I doubt the whole banking and transaction system that operator is talking about will and going to be implemented in Pakistan will be “un-regulated

It only requires a sensible planning and little devotion from all the stake holders including our authorities (PTA and State Bank of Pakistan). The country has lots of potential which can prove to be a heaven…..

Telenor and Tameer have decided to suspend its easypaisa services which Telenor announced through a press release in couple of English newspapers of Islamabad

On one hand, company is spending too much on advertisements and on the other hand it has to pay a huge sum of money to PTA which is outstanding which is damaging its reputation, also, it is least interested to release a single ad in the newspaper to let the people know its inability to collect electricity bills which is the right of a customer. It is still a question why company bombarded the entire country heavily using all kinds of publicity mediums on a service which was already being offered by the NADRA

FIA Deputy Director, Basharat Shahzad has told the representative of Jang Group about a recent Phone-Banking fraud of

Mobilink, Pakistan’s market leader in cellular services and part of Orascom Telecom Holding, signed an agreement with Citibank N.A Pakistan (“Citi”), to promote and facilitate the growth of mobile commerce in Pakistan