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Paymob credits Egypt’s Central Bank for successful fundraising and growth

The fintech startup Paymob raised $50 million in its Series B financing round.

Egypt finance
This picture taken on Sept. 12, 2021, shows the company offices of "al-Gameya", a tech startup that runs an app to facilitate an informal money-pooling association to provide access for money in time of need, in Egypt's capital Cairo. — KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images

The Egyptian financial technology startup Paymob announced yesterday that it raised $50 million in its second fundraising round. 

The Series B fundraising round was led by PayPal Ventures, which is the venture capital arm of the eponymous digital payment service, as well as Kora Capital in New York and Clay Point in London. The $50 million was the largest ever in a Series B fundraising round in Egypt, the state-owned Al-Ahram reported

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