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Best Payments Companies in Cairo, Egypt

The 34 best Payments companies in Cairo, Egypt in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Paymob.

34companies tracked
$236.2Mdisclosed funding
1unicorns
3have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · PAYMENTS × CAIRO

Our analysis of 150 Payments companies

$44.9b in tracked funding; 96% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.

150companies analysed
96%cloud-native stacks
2021funding peak (by rounds)
33unicorns
2018median founding year
571kcombined LinkedIn audience
64%of audience held by top 3
4companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Payments companies in Cairo

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageEmployeesFounderTech stackRecent signals
1AxisPay
Payment processing solution for businesses
——Funding Raised123Jacques Marco
Founder & CEO
Node.jsZohoRadix UI+17—
2Banki
Global P2P money transfer platform.
——Deadpooled—Hadeel Sayed Ahmad
ex-Co-Founder
——
3Chqmate
Platform providing payment splitting solutions
——Funding Raised—khaled badr
Founder
——
4CIT VERiCASH
Mobile payment technology platform enabler.
——Funding Raised200Ashraf Zaki
CEO & Chairman
Webflowanime.jsparticles.js+20—
5DCBEgypt
Direct carrier billing service provider
——Acquired—Mostafa Elshafey
Founder & CEO
——
6EasyCash
Online wallet platform for individuals
——Unfunded70Ahmed Ragaei
CEO
Apache HTTP ServerLodashAxios+1—
7eddyPay
Mobile app-based payments
——Deadpooled—Omar Khalil
Founder
——
8Emerging Markets Payments
Middle East and Africa based payment processor
——Acquired5,001Hassan Mayassi
CEO Jordan
Microsoft ASP.NETBootstrapModernizr+5—

Top 12 Payments companies in Cairo

#1
Series A · Cairo, Cairo Governorate · founded 2019 · 324 employees
$47Mraised
▾

Digital wallet platform for individuals. It provides point of sale financing options that enable consumers to purchase products and pay in periodic installments. It provides services such as cash withdrawal, money transfers, bill payments, and more. It also enables users to access banking services via mobile phones.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 131k LinkedIn followers — 23.0% of this cohort's audience · 123 engagements/post (7.2× cohort median)
Founders & team
Fatma ShenawyCo-FounderOmar SalehCo-Founder & CEOAhmed WagueehCo-Founder
Investors
Algebra Ventures, Accion, DisrupTech, Lendable, Quona, Speedinvest
Tech stack
GodaddyGoogle WorkspaceHstsJssMuiPwa
#2
Series B · Cairo, Cairo Governorate · founded 2014 · 1400 employees
$90.6Mraised
▾

Payment processing solutions for businesses. It features a solution for an online payment gateway to accept and send payments for online business, a POS payment terminal for in-store payments, payment links that allow businesses to share the payment links via WhatsApp, social media messengers, or any other digital channel, payouts to manage and distribute mass payouts to suppliers and employees, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 184k LinkedIn followers — 32.2% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
Islam ShawkyCo-Founder & CEOAlain HajjCo-Founder & COO
Investors
Global Ventures, A15, FMO, PayPal, Kora, Clay Point Investors
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon ElbAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAmplitudeAos
#3
Series A · Cairo, Cairo Governorate · founded 2014 · 86 employees
$37Mraised
▾

Provider of a digital platform for managing and disbursing employee salaries. The platform facilitates employee registration and salary payments. It offers features such as reporting, branch management, and compliance tools. The platform aims to streamline the salary disbursement process for businesses.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 53k LinkedIn followers — 9.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 expansions (incl. dopay) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2024Series A$13.5M
  • Sep 2021Series A$18M
  • Mar 2019Seed$1.1M
  • Jan 2016Seed$2.4M
Founders & team
Frans van EerselFounder & CEO
Investors
Techstars, Force Over Mass, Tekton Ventures, ACE Ventures, ACE & Company, FMO
Tech stack
AmplitudeApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsEmotion
#4
Seed · Cairo, Cairo Governorate · founded 2023
$8Mraised
▾

Provider of white-label credit card solutions for businesses. It provides credit limits, white labeled app for onboarding and product discovery, SaaS control panel, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Visa) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2024Seed$8M
Founders & team
Ayman EssawyCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
DisrupTech, Algebra Ventures, Lorax Capital Partners, Masria Digital Payments, One Stop
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle Analytics
#5
Seed · Cairo, Cairo Governorate · founded 2023
$2Mraised
▾

Fintech company providing a cash flow management and financing platform for businesses. The company's solution allows businesses to manage the cash flow and also provides accounts payable and receivable, treasury management, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2024Seed$2M
Founders & team
Mostafa MobarakCo-Founder
Investors
Shorooq Partners, ElSewedy Capital, Acasia Ventures, Plus VC
#6
Seed · Cairo, Cairo Governorate · founded 2022 · 1 employees
$4Mraised
▾

Provider of businesses with corporate cards and financial management tools. The platform provides customized corporate card purchases, expense tracking, transfers, security features, invoice management, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 11k LinkedIn followers
Founders & team
Tarek MokhtarCo-Founder & CPOAhmad MokhtarCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Accel, Foundation Ventures, The Raba Partnership
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCloudflare Zaraz
#7
Fawry 🦄
Public · Cairo, Cairo Governorate · founded 2008 · 201 employees
$46Mraised
▾

App-based platform to consumers for bill payments. It offers services such as utility bills, travel reservations, mobile recharges, financial payments, subscription bills, and more. It facilitates payments via credit or debit cards. Application is made available on iOS, and Android devices.

Founders & team
Ashraf SabryCEO
Investors
EAEF, ADQ, IFC, Lorax Capital Partners, Vive
Tech stack
AdrollAdroll Cmp SystemAhrefsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser Insights
#8
Seed · Cairo, Cairo Governorate · founded 2022 · 2 employees
$1.5Mraised
▾

Developer of a electronic payment platform designed to serve children aged above five years. The company's platform utilizes a bank card system to offer electronic payment services for children, enabling children to get a tailored digital payment assistance.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. eNovate Egypt) announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Mostafa Abd ElkhabirCo-Founder & CEOSayed HosnyCo-Founder & Managing Director
#9
Series A · Cairo, Cairo Governorate · founded 2019
—raised
▾

Provider of digital payments and loyalty solutions. It enables merchants to reward customers and drive loyalty through seamless transactions and data analytics.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 16k LinkedIn followers — 2.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Omar EbeidCo-Founder & CEOBellal MohamedCo-Founder & CTOAmr Abo-ElyazidCo-Founder
Investors
Raed Ventures, Cur8 Capital
#10
Seed · Cairo, Cairo Governorate · founded 2022 · 3 employees
—raised
▾

Developer of financial services platform intended to help with the family's struggles with regard to managing and tracking the spending of each family member. The company's platform offers pre-paid cards for parents and juniors linked with a smart AI-based application, parents can issue cards for juniors under the age of 16 and not worry about overspending or misspending, allowing juniors to have financial independence, education, and support, providing gamification features and personal financial assistance tailored for juniors and families.

Founders & team
Ahmed RefaatCo-Founder & Co-CEOMohamed HassanCo-Founder & Co-CEO
Investors
Flat6Labs
#11
Seed · Cairo, Cairo Governorate · founded 2018 · 23 employees
—raised
▾

Payroll payment solution for businesses. It features a solution for cashless salary payments, employee record management, loyalty program management, and other employee benefit programs. It has partnered with multiple banks and financial institutions to offer payroll management solutions for small businesses.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers
Founders & team
Mohammad RabieCEO
Investors
AUR Capital, Village Capital
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerElementorGodaddyGoogle Font ApiMicrosoft 365Mysql
#12
Seed · Cairo, Cairo Governorate · founded 2017 · 36 employees
—raised
▾

Operator of fee management and digital collection platform intended to digitize payment services for educational entities. The company's platform helps to digitize the financial and operational processes for educational and sports entities, by processing millions in throughput, thereby keeping them empowered to manage their payments and stay connected to their customers, enabling clients to get insights into their business operations through a user-friendly interface along with customer engagement.

Founders & team
Hashim IbrahimCo-Founder
Investors
EFG Hermes, Camel Ventures
Tech stack
AngularBootstrapChart.JsFacebook LoginGodaddyGoogle Font Api

Funding & investor landscape

$236.2Mtotal disclosed funding
8companies funded
8disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
EBRD4 rounds
Africa Fintech Collective3 rounds
500 Global2 rounds
A152 rounds
Algebra Ventures2 rounds
British International Investment2 rounds
DisrupTech2 rounds
Everywhere2 rounds
FMO2 rounds
Helios2 rounds

Notable founders

Fatma Shenawy
Co-Founder · Khazna
Omar Saleh
Co-Founder & CEO · Khazna
Islam Shawky
Co-Founder & CEO · Paymob
Alain Hajj
Co-Founder & COO · Paymob
Frans van Eersel
Founder & CEO · Dopay
Ayman Essawy
Co-Founder & CEO · Connect Money
Mostafa Mobarak
Co-Founder · SETTLE
Tarek Mokhtar
Co-Founder & CPO · Swypex
Ahmad Mokhtar
Co-Founder & CEO · Swypex
Ashraf Sabry
CEO · Fawry
Mostafa Abd Elkhabir
Co-Founder & CEO · Masroofi
Sayed Hosny
Co-Founder & Managing Director · Masroofi
Prism market signals · Egypt · country-scoped Prism corpus, 440,193 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Payments coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Egypt

How research on Digital Payments is moving in Egypt

A read on the academic research around Digital Payments — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 47 Egypt-affiliated papers.

top research entities
  • Al-Azhar University6
  • Cairo University5
  • Benha University4
  • Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport4
  • Sadat Academy for Management Sciences4
leading researchers
Mahmoud M. Badr · Wesam Al Amiri · Mostafa M. Fouda · Mohamed Mahmoud · Abdulah Jeza Aljohani · Amira Fouad Ahmed Mahran · Hala M. Labib Enaba · Abdelkader M. A. Mobarak
▲ Breakthroughs15 · 32%
▲ 0%→11% share
3 median citations40% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→11% of field), led by Computer security.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Computer security8
  • Mobile payment5
  • Reputation3
  • Single point of failure3
  • Reservation3
Landmark Smart Parking System With Privacy Preservation and Reputation Management Using Blockchain · 83 cites
◆ Advancements15 · 32%
▲ 0%→33% share
1 median citations73% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (0%→33% of field), led by Mobile payment.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Mobile payment3→7
Landmark Consumers’ acceptance intentions regarding e-payments: a focus on the extended unified theory of acceptance and use of t · 19 cites
▼ Concerns9 · 19%
0%→0% share
1 median citations11% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (0%→0% of field), led by Mobile payment.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Mobile payment5
  • Empirical research5
  • Marketing3
  • Service (business)3
  • Service provider3
Landmark Mobile Payment Adoption: A Systematic Review of the UTAUT Model · 85 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Egypt

Where digital payments is researched across Egypt

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Cairo12 · +0.35
Hot · Mobile paymentAdvancing · Computer securityOpportunity · Payment system
Giza10 · +0.28
Hot · Mobile paymentOpportunity · Endogeneity
Alexandria6 · +0.70
Hot · Computer securityAdvancing · Mobile payment

Common questions

How many Payments companies are there in Cairo, Egypt?
Radar tracks 34 indexable Payments companies headquartered in Cairo, Egypt that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Payments companies in Cairo, Egypt?
The Payments companies in Cairo, Egypt on this list have raised a combined $236.2M in disclosed equity funding across 8 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Payments company in Cairo, Egypt?
Paymob is the highest-funded Payments company in Cairo, Egypt, with $90.6M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Payments companies in Cairo, Egypt are funded?
8 of the 34 Payments companies in Cairo, Egypt on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Payments unicorns are there in Cairo, Egypt?
1 Payments company in Cairo, Egypt on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Cairo, Egypt Payments companies?
The most active investors in Cairo, Egypt Payments companies on this list include EBRD, Africa Fintech Collective, 500 Global, A15, Algebra Ventures.
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