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Paylater

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Paylater
ISIN🆔
IndustryFinancial services
Founded 📆2016; 8 years ago (2016)
Founder 👔
Headquarters 🏙️Victoria Island, Lagos
Area served 🗺️
Key people
Chijioke Dozie, CEO
Ngozi Dozie, Co-founder
Products 📟 Loans, Payments, Investments
Members
Number of employees
70
🌐 Websitepaylater.ng
📇 Address
📞 telephone

Paylater is a digital, mobile-only lending platform that allows individuals to access credit through short-term, personal loans, make payments and investments.[1] Paylater is owned and operated by One Finance and Investments Limited in Nigeria.[2] Paylater, through its parent company, is a regulated entity licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria to provide financial products and services in the Nigerian marketplace.

History[edit]

Paylater was founded by Chijioke Dozie and Ngozi Dozie. The brothers hoped to provide an easier option for underbanked individuals to obtain credit without collateral.[3] In 2016, it was launched as a mobile application in Nigeria. Prior to its launch in 2016, individuals had to go through manual processes at traditional banks to get a loan. [4] In November 2017, Paylater announced it had been selected as one of the 24 startups in the Google Launchpad Accelerator Program. [5] [6] In December 2018, Paylater through its parent company obtained a BB credit rating from the Global Credit Rating Company. [7]

Mobile Application[edit]

Paylater exists as a mobile app that can be used on Android phones. In August 2018, Paylater announced that its mobile app had reached 1 million downloads.[8]


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  1. "Dear Nigerians, you can now access quick loans from Paylater.ng using your BVN". Ventures Africa. 2016-04-11.
  2. "One Finance and Investments". Crunchbase.
  3. "PayLater App Gives Small Loans To Anyone With A Facebook Account". Page One. 2016-06-27.
  4. "This app makes it easy for the common Nigerian to get loans". Pulse Nigeria. 2017-09-18.
  5. "African startups selected for Google Launchpad accelerator". Disrupt Africa. 2017-11-30.
  6. "Meet Paylater: a Nigerian financial services startup using ML (Startup Spotlights)". Google Developers Launchpad.
  7. "As regulators turn sights on fintech, a Nigerian startup is first to secure credit rating". Quartz (publication).
  8. "Paylater, the mobile app providing Nigerian consumers with access to credit, has reached 1 million downloads". CNBC Africa. 2018-08-02.