JAZZCASH STRENGTHENS PAKISTAN'S PAYMENTS ECOSYSTEM WITH MASTERCARD PARTNERSHIP.

JazzCash, Pakistan's leading digital wallet, announces a partnership with payment technology leader Mastercard to advance financial inclusion by strengthening Pakistan's payments ecosystem. The partnership enables merchants throughout Pakistan to accept digital payments from customers, digitize their supply chain, and move to cashless operations. In a first for Pakistan, merchants and consumers who sign up for JazzCash wallet will be able to benefit from a wide range of Mastercard's digital solutions and capabilities to pay for orders and services via all digital channels as well as make online payments in a fast, safe and convenient manner. Elias Yazbeck, Head of JazzCash, said: "Our partnership with Mastercard will provide merchants and customers in Pakistan with more options to safely and efficiently make digital payments at a time when this is crucially important during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Longer term, I'm confident that our partnership will improve Pakistan's much-needed financial inclusion targets and contribute to the development...