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Payby

“Can PayBy become the default payments and financial services operating system for UAE SMEs and merchants?”

HQAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
IndustryFintech / SMB banking
The story

PayBy started as a UAE Central Bank-licensed stored value facility and retail payments provider targeting consumers and merchants in the UAE. It progressively added SME-focused products including QR-code payment acceptance and a payroll account product, repositioning from a pure consumer digital wallet toward an SMB payments and financial services platform. The QR-code SME push signals an embedded-finance expansion aimed at replacing traditional POS infrastructure for small merchants.

Last 12 months
2023-03
Product timeline
2021
Licensed by UAE Central Bank to provide stored value facilities and retail payment services; Terms of Use published December 2021.· banking
2022
Payroll Account product launched with dedicated Terms and Conditions page, enabling payroll-linked payment accounts for merchants and employees.· banking
2023
Launched QR code-based smart payment systems targeting SMEs in the UAE, as reported by IBS Intelligence.· pivot
Regulated entities
1
regulatory licence held by Payby
Licence types, jurisdictions and registered entities are in the Embedded Finance Index report.
The stack
1 layer disclosed in Payby’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
PayBy (self-operated)
Accounting gap: none

Payby — frequently asked

Who is Payby's payment processor?

Payby processes payments through PayBy (self-operated).

Where is Payby headquartered?

Payby is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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