Global privacy regulators have joined forces to demand assurances from Facebook about how it will share and protect the financial data of its users when it launches its planned cryptocurrency, Libra. Governmental data and privacy commissions from across the world, including those from Australia, Britain, Canada the EU and the US,
Author: Faisal Mahmud
BTRC REVISES VAS GUIDELINES FOR MOBILE OPERATORS
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will give permission to mobile phone operators under the proposed unified licence to run telecommunication Value Added Services (VAS) on their own and without entering into any partnership with foreign firms. All telecom operators will get the opportunity to provide VAS services directly under the
WHAT IS STOPPING INTEROPERABILITY AMONG THE MFS?
When it comes to interoperability, MFSs still have a long way to go. Currently, they cannot ‘talk’ to one another and customers on one network cannot pay people using another network. Being a relatively nascent market hasn’t prevented the mobile financial service (MFS) industry from making great advancements in recent years.
SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS IGNORE NBR ORDER ON VAT AGENTS
Social media giants like Facebook, Google and YouTube are not interested in appointing VAT agents in Bangladesh though the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has asked them to appoint VAT agents and pay 15 per cent VAT on advertisement revenue to the government. “Two months have elapsed since the directive was
‘BANGLADESH HAS IMMENSE POTENTIAL ON BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY’
Interview of Dr Saifur Rahman, youngest tenured professor of world renowned Purdue University of USA The youngest tenured faculty in the world-renowned Krannert School of Management of Purdue University, USA – 37 year old Dr Mohammad Saifur Rahman speaks to The Independent about his life’s work, and how the new world
THE RIGHT TO BE LET ALONE
HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP PREVENT DENGUE SPREADING IN A CITY
As dengue outbreak is taking its toll on people’s lives here in the country, authorities and experts concerned are looking for every possible option to prevent the prevalence of the mosquito borne disease. Usage of technology—specifically crowd sourced data on the disease—could be an excellent weapon to find out the root
API EXCHANGE OF LOCAL CURRENCY: HOW IT CAN BOOST LOCAL APP DEVELOPMENT
Purchasing an app from mobile appstore is no easy task here in Bangladesh as this provision is strictly confined to some 11.89 lakh credit card holders in this country of 170 million people. Stakeholders concerned with the IT sector however said that if the provision of buying mobile apps through BDT
BTRC TO FINALIZE EIR DIRECTIVES FOR MOBILE NETWORK OPERATORS SOON
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will soon finalize Equipment Identity Register (EIR) directives for mobile network operators (MNOs) in the country. After ending the second phase of public consultations, the commission is now working to finalise the EIR directives. “It will not take much time to finalise them. We hope to
‘SMART FINTECH IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT SMART CITIZENS’
Moshtaq Ahmed is the co-founder and CEO of the NybSys, Racson, and other companies which operate in 6 countries on 3 continents. Moshtaq developed and implemented Customs and Border Control Systems, Health Systems, Payment Processing Systems, Enterprise Resource Planning Systems and systems based on Internet of Things. Moshtaq has over
