Pakistan’s local mobile phone manufacturing and assembling sector continued its rapid expansion in 2025, while commercially imported handsets dropped sharply, Gwadar Pro reported quoting new data released by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). The regulator’s latest Mobile Device Manufacturing indicators show that local assembly and manufacturing reached 30.21 million units in 2025, compared with just […]
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Banks beware, Amazon and Walmart are cracking the code for finance
LONDON: Anyone can be a banker these days, you just need the right code. Global brands from Mercedes and Amazon (AMZN.O) to IKEA and Walmart (WMT.N) are cutting out the traditional financial middleman and plugging in software from tech startups to offer customers everything from banking and credit to insurance. For established financial institutions, the […]