# Paymob

> Paymob is a Cairo-founded payments infrastructure company helping businesses accept online and in-person payments, send payouts and manage transactions. Its regional platform combines cards, wallets, installments and other payment methods through merchant tools and APIs. September 2026 announcements report more than 390,000 merchants across Egypt, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Oman.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** Cairo, Egypt
- **Founders:** Islam Shawky (Co-founder and CEO), Alain El Hajj (Co-founder and COO), Mostafa Menessy (Co-founder and CTO)
- **Products:** Online payments, POS and SoftPOS, Payment links and PayMe, Subscriptions, Installments and BNPL
- **Notable:** First transaction enabled by a banking partnership in 2016 after 15 months of refusals, according to Alain El Hajj., Egyptian payment facilitator license in 2018, according to the 2024 company release., Saudi Payments PTSP certification in May 2023 and Oman PSP license in December 2023.

## Products & services

- **Online payments** — Hosted and embedded checkout, APIs, ecommerce plugins and mobile SDKs for accepting digital payments.
- **POS and SoftPOS** — In-store payment terminals and supported phone-based payment acceptance.
- **Payment links and PayMe** — Collect payments through shareable links or reusable merchant handles without building a website.
- **Subscriptions** — Tokenized card payments and recurring billing for authorized repeat charges.
- **Installments and BNPL** — Offer eligible bank installment and buy-now-pay-later methods through partner integrations.
- **Marketplace** — Payment acceptance and payout distribution for multi-party commerce.
- **Payouts** — Individual or bulk payments to employees, suppliers and other recipients through supported wallets and bank accounts.
- **Digital wallet infrastructure** — Mobile wallet technology for financial service providers.
- **Paymob Sync** — Cashless ecosystem solution combining infrastructure, processes and hardware.
- **Merchant app** — Mobile tools for accepting payments and managing merchant activity; the 2024 funding release dates its launch to 2023.
- **AI integration tools** — Developer wizard, assistant, MCP and agent skill resources to support payment integration.

## Achievements

- First transaction enabled by a banking partnership in 2016 after 15 months of refusals, according to Alain El Hajj.
- Egyptian payment facilitator license in 2018, according to the 2024 company release.
- Saudi Payments PTSP certification in May 2023 and Oman PSP license in December 2023.
- Reported profitability in Egypt and sixfold Egyptian revenue growth since Q2 2022 in September 2024.
- UAE Retail Payment Services License announced January 22, 2025.
- Over 390,000 merchants and more than 60 payment methods reported September 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — USD 35 million pre-Series C co-led by Mubadala and EBRD, with BII, Global Ventures and DPI Ventures; funding targets MENA expansion, SME products and agentic commerce.
- **2026-09** — Announcement reports consolidated revenue up 3x and GCC revenue up 7x over 18 months, with GCC contributing close to half of revenue.
- **2026-09** — Public developer resources include embedded Pixel checkout and an official AI integration agent skill.
- **2025-01** — UAE central bank Retail Payment Services License announced.

## Links

- Website: https://paymob.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/paymobcompany
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/paymobcompany
- GitHub: https://github.com/PaymobAccept
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCObLW7LKRyu1qF3bA7MCWA
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/PaymobCompany
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaymobCompany

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Last updated: 2026-10-11