DOPAY INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LTD
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Who is our customer
Dopay International Holdings Ltd. offers Egyptian SMEs a digital payroll platform that helps remove cash from their operations and improves payroll payment efficiency. Employees receive their salary in personal dopay accounts, can manage their financials and benefit from other products and services offered via a mobile app and gain access to their salary from ATMs, point-of-sale or make online purchases with a debit card.
What is our funding objective?
Worldwide, an estimated 2 billion people have jobs but no bank account. In Egypt, an estimated 2.4mln businesses pay their employees in cash. Established in 2014, dopay is a start up technology company providing innovative solutions to enhance financial inclusion. FMO aims to support dopay in growing its Egyptian activities and replicating the business in other MENA markets as well as further business development.
Why do we fund this investment?
FMO has invested EUR 1.4mln from the FMO Ventures Program. Fit with the program stems from dopay’s contribution to financial inclusion by breaking the ‘cash cycle’ at the payroll of SMEs and by creating virtual accounts for employees. Dopay positively contributes to creating decent workplaces in Egypt, while reducing inequalities by targeting un(der)served employees.
What is the Environmental and Social categorization rationale?
Dopay is a payment services provider and is a category C client in terms of E&S risks. Dopay provides these services in Egypt and as part of the agreement with FMO, will adhere to FMO’s Exclusion List and national legislation.
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- Website customer/investment
- https://www.dopay.com/en
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Egypt
- Sector
- Financial Institutions
- Effective date
- 12/9/2020
- Total FMO financing
- EUR 1.55 MLN
- Funding
- Ventures Program Asia
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Risk categorization on environmental and social impacts, A = high risk, B+ = medium high risk, B = medium risk, C = low risk
Environmental & Social Category
(A, B+, B or C) - C