{
  "id": 14191640,
  "title": "Blink Launches Blink Pay to Simplify Restaurant Payments and Bank Settlements in Pakistan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/blink-launches-blink-pay-to-simplify-restaurant-payments-and-bank",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-13T11:40:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ProPakistani",
    "slug": "propakistani",
    "url": "https://propakistani.pk/2026/10/13/blink-launches-blink-pay-to-simplify-restaurant-payments-and-bank-settlements-in-pakistan/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Pakistan's leading restaurant technology platform, Blink, has unveiled Blink Pay, a comprehensive payments solution aimed at streamlining transactions, tracking bank settlements and reconciling payments for restaurants, cafés and food and beverage businesses across the country. With over 2,000 restaurants and F&B establishments onboard, Blink serves a broad spectrum of the industry, from well-known international chains like Hardee’s and Dunkin' to emerging local brands such as Crumble, Crusteez and Red Apple.\n\nThe new platform is set to unify the various ordering and payment channels that restaurants often operate on, including in-store POS transactions, online orders, bank payment gateways, digital wallets and Raast. This integration is crucial as Pakistan moves towards a cashless economy. According to the State Bank of Pakistan, digital channels accounted for 92% of retail payment transactions in FY26, a significant increase from 88% the previous year. Digital transaction volumes also surged by 65% year on year.\n\nBlink Pay addresses the current challenge of fragmented financial reconciliation by providing a single technology environment for managing all aspects of restaurant operations. The offering encompasses hard POS, soft POS, Internet Payment Gateway (IPG) and Raast payments, with integrations to licensed financial institutions and payment providers. This comprehensive approach aims to give restaurant operators a clear, unified view of their transactions and settlements, from the moment an order is placed to the moment funds reach their bank account.\n\nSyed Sair Ali, Founder of Blink, emphasized the importance of this initiative, stating, \"Restaurants should not have to piece together their financial picture from multiple disconnected systems. By connecting orders, payments and settlements, we want to give restaurant operators a clearer, more reliable view of their business – from the moment an order is placed to the moment the money reaches their bank account.\"\n\nBlink's broader vision encompasses becoming the operating and financial technology layer for restaurants, enabling F&B businesses of all sizes to manage their operations, understand their performance and access a wider range of financial services through a single connected ecosystem.",
  "summary": "Blink, Pakistan’s leading restaurant technology platform, today announced the launch of Blink Pay, an integrated payments initiative designed to help … Read More The post Blink Launches Blink Pay to Simplify Restaurant Payments and Bank Settlements in Pakistan appeared first on ProPakistani .",
  "key_points": [
    "Blink launches Blink Pay to simplify restaurant payments in Pakistan",
    "Platform unifies in-store POS, online orders, bank gateways, digital wallets",
    "Syed Sair Ali emphasizes unified financial view for restaurant operators"
  ],
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}