Caretaker Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunications, Dr. Umar Saif, has raised the hopes of Pakistan’s burgeoning freelancing community by announcing that there’s “good news” on the horizon regarding the availability of PayPal and Stripe payment gateways in the country. These digital payment giants have long been awaited by Pakistanis working in the freelance industry, […]

In the recent news, online payments dealer, Stripe has entered a strategic partnership with buy now, pay later firm Klarna, enabling retailers easily to include an option for consumers to pay in installments. The tie-up arrives during the growing rivalry in the BNPL market, which extends short-term, interest-free credit provided that full repayment is made […]

Global online payments company, Stripe has chosen Dubai for its first expansion into the Middle East and North Africa. Stripe is one of Silicon Valley’s most valuable private fintech companies and is now expanding into the Middle East, just weeks after its recent funding round, which propelled the company’s value to $95 billion. Stripe was […]

Digital transactions giant Stripe’s value rose to $95 billion after it benefited from inflation in e-commerce with a round of funding that surpassed the value of Elon Musk’s SpaceX as the most valuable U.S. startup. The startup was founded in 2010 by two Irish brothers, Patrick and John Collison when they were barely out of […]