Discussions continue with RBF and commercial banks about making bank accounts interoperable with digital wallets
EFTPOS for all Govt ministries and agencies
Discussions continue with RBF and commercial banks about making bank accounts interoperable with digital wallets
EFTPOS for all Govt ministries and agencies
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The Government is allocating $5 million to facilitate the adoption of EFTPOS (Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale) by all Government ministries and agencies in the next financial year.
Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says all Ministries and Departments will now be able to provide more convenient payment solutions.
He says this will make transacting business with the government faster and easier for citizens and businesses alike.
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Decisive shift in preference for contactless and cashless payment solutions
Over 250 enterprises successfully digitalized processes after the onset of the pandemic
Resistance to cashless transactions has rapidly given way to enthusiastic usage as an unprecedented number of Sri Lankans are switching to digital banking channels, according to HNB Head of Cards, Gauthami Niranjan.
Compared with 2020, the volume of transactions on digital channels grew by a remarkable 158% Year-on-Year (YoY) in 2021, while the value of digital transactions increased by a corresponding 153% YoY.
“Given that HNB had already captured the lion’s share of the market in digital merchant acquisition even before the pandemic, we leveraged these experiences to ensure that even businesses which were initially unsure of digital payments were able to seamlessly adapt and integrate these technologies into their total business model. The results of these efforts are compelling as reflected in the massive uptake
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May 6, 2021
KARACHI: Habib Bank Limited (HBL) becomes the first bank to enable PayPak e-Commerce acceptance on its internet payment gateway (IPG), a statement said on Wednesday.
The gateway that currently services over 400+ e-Commerce merchants will allow PayPak cardholders to securely perform transactions with e-Commerce merchants via HBL, it added.
HBL and 1LINK take pride in expanding financial inclusion across the country and believe that such initiatives will prove to be a milestone for not just PayPak users, but also the development of Pakistan’s digital payments and e-commerce landscape.
Najeeb Agrawalla, CEO of 1LINK, said: “HBL had always been at the forefront of digitisation and we value our partnership with HBL. This enablement brings PayPak one step closer to ubiquitous acceptance across the digital payment channels, of which e-Commerce is the new normal in the wake of the pandemic.”