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Employer backed payroll advances for employees in Egypt
NowPay, a FinTech startup founded by ex-employees of IBM, Microsoft, Orange and Amazon, is building a financial-wellness platform for employees in emerging markets. Saving, spending, budgeting and borrowing. Those are the 4 pillars of financial-wellness. NowPay aims to improve every aspect of those for employees by building products that tackle every vertical. NowPay enables employees to get their salaries in advance at any point in time during the month and also pay their bills instantly. NowPay is backed by 500 Startups, Beco Capital, Endure, Plug and Play, MSA Capital, 4dx, Foundation Ventures, EFG and Beltone and has raised 3.7m USD so far.
peopleCQ offers employer-backed payroll advances for employees in Egypt, enabling workers to access income before payday. The company focuses on improving payroll-related financial flexibility for employees within the Egyptian market.
Employer-backed payroll advances are provided to employees, funded or facilitated by the employer, allowing early access to earned wages. The platform likely integrates with employer payroll processes to disburse funds and reconcile repayments with payroll, enabling faster cash flow for staff.
Who it’s for: Employers in Egypt seeking to improve employee financial wellness and retention by offering payroll advances or early wage access to their workforce.
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From the original launch (May 2024) — may be outdated.
Formerly “NowPay” · why startups rename →

A mobile app. It allows employees to get paid their salary on-demand.

On-demand wage access service built for the African market