Notes on financing the next billion

I spent some time late last week chatting with one of our earliest investors, John Dukellis. John is a Senior Director at PayPal and leads their next generation wallet offerings. We are privileged to be one of a few investments he has made, and to have access to his perspective and…

By Jaideep Mirchandani, Chief Product Officer In previous PayJoy blog posts, we highlighted the problem of lending to the underbanked and how PayJoy technologies are helping to solve this problem. Core technologies like the PayJoy Lock and Score enable our partners to reach underserved consumers by solving the collateral and…

In 2022 PayJoy committed to running carbon-neutral by funding carbon offset projects in countries where we operate. For 2024, we are delighted to announce we are funding a forest protection project in Cujubim, Brazil through ClimatePartner. Learn more about this project What is the project about? The project empowers farmers through…

PayJoy has committed to running carbon-neutral by funding carbon offset projects in countries where we operate since 2022. For 2025, we are delighted to announce we are funding an Amazon forest protection project in Madre de Dios, Peru through ClimatePartner.

San Francisco PayJoy has closed $6M of new investment with strategic partners who will help PayJoy phone financing further expand internationally throughout Latin America, Asia, and Africa. The investment was led by Santander InnoVentures, the fintech venture capital fund of Santander Group, and ITOCHU Corporation, one of the largest Japanese…

PayJoy is delighted to announce $18M of new funding to help us bring mobile finance to the next billion. The raise includes an $8.5M Series A equity investment led by Union Square Ventures, $4M of venture debt from Western Technology Investment, and $5.7 M of private lending capital. Following $4M raised in 2015, this brings…