“Can a single payments infrastructure become the financial OS for SMEs across the under-banked MENA-P region?”
Founded 2015 as an e-commerce play, Paymob pivoted to fixing the underlying problem — Egypt's lack of online payment acceptance — and became the dominant payment gateway in MENA-P. The company has expanded from a card/wallet gateway into a full omnichannel infrastructure (online + POS + payouts + Paymob Sync cashless ecosystems), embedding installments from banks (QNB Egypt) and BNPL players (Tabby, Tamara) into checkout. Now positioning as 'the financial services enabler' for SMEs across Egypt, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Pakistan.
Paymob processes payments through Paymob (self-operated gateway), Paymob Unified Checkout (self-operated), Paymob POS (self-operated), Paymob Payment Links (self-operated), Paymob Subscriptions (self-operated) and Paymob Marketplace (self-operated).
Paymob's lending and capital products are provided by QNB Egypt, Tabby and Tamara.
Paymob integrates with Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento 2, PrestaShop, OpenCart, Odoo, WHMCS, CS-Cart and 6 others.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 3 layers in Paymob's stack: Payments / PSP (Paymob (self-operated gateway), Paymob Unified Checkout (self-operated), Paymob POS (self-operated), Paymob Payment Links (self-operated) and 2 others); Lending (QNB Egypt, Tabby, Tamara, Installments (0% interest, up to 36 months) and 4 others); Accounting (Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento 2, PrestaShop and 10 others).
Paymob was founded by Islam Shawky, Alain El Hajj and Mostafa Menessy and is founded in 2015, headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.
Paymob has raised $90.5M+ in total (latest round: Extension, 2024 ($22M)).
Get a read on where your own stack stands against Paymob and the rest of its category — what they built versus bought, which providers they use, and where the gaps in your own strategy and competitive set actually are.