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Telr

“Can a regional UAE payment aggregator become the embedded-finance platform of record for MENA SMEs?”

Founded2014
HQDubai, United Arab Emirates
IndustryInfrastructure / Payments

The story

Telr is a UAE-headquartered proprietary payment gateway and aggregator serving SMEs across MENA. Built fully in-house, it has progressively layered embedded finance offerings on top of acquiring — adding BNPL (Tabby), merchant working-capital finance via LNDDO and FlapKap, split payouts, and invoice/VAT tools. Its strategic direction is to be the full e-commerce financial stack for Gulf SMEs rather than just a card-processing pipe.

Last 12 months

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Product timeline

2014

Telr founded in Dubai as an online payment aggregator for MENA e-commerce.· launch

2020

Launched Telr Finance, an SME working-capital program for merchants.· lending

2023

Partnered with FlapKap and LNDDO to expand Telr Finance with revenue-based and digital SME lending.· lending

2023

Granted Retail Payment Services License from the Central Bank of the UAE.· regulatory

Regulated entities

regulatory licence held by Telr

Licence types, jurisdictions and registered entities are in the Embedded Finance Index report.

The stack

3 layers disclosed in Telr’s embedded-finance stack

Payments / PSP

Telr Payment Gateway (self-operated)

Lending

in the full report

Accounting

in the full report

Accounting gap: minor

8 more providers across 2 layers, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.

Telr — frequently asked

Who is Telr's payment processor?

Telr processes payments through Telr Payment Gateway (self-operated).

Which accounting software does Telr integrate with?

Telr integrates with Zoho Books, Zoho Inventory, Zoho Billing, Zoho Checkout, Zoho Invoice and Zoho Commerce.

What is Telr's embedded finance stack?

The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 3 layers in Telr's stack: Payments / PSP (Telr Payment Gateway (self-operated)); Lending (Telr Finance (merchant working capital) and Telr Buy Now Pay Later (with Tabby)); Accounting (Zoho Books, Zoho Inventory, Zoho Billing, Zoho Checkout and 2 others).

Where is Telr headquartered?

Telr is founded in 2014 and headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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