PayKey

Established in Tel Aviv in 2014, PayKey is a social banking solution that enables banks to increase brand engagement by transforming the mobile keyboard into a new channel for financial services, information, and communication. PayKey enables banks to provide their customers with the ability to initiate and complete a range of financial services, such as P2P payments, request payment, balance check, cardless withdrawal, and more, from within any mobile application, including all social and messaging applications. By transforming the smartphone keyboard into a new channel for services, information, and communication, PayKey enables service providers to drive engagement, increase brand loyalty, regain control of sales channels, and improve the customer experience. PayKey's white label solution easily integrates at the API level and retains the bank/telco's authentication method without compromising the security level. PayKey has won numerous industry awards, including Efma-Capgemini Best Fintech 2018, Citi Mobile Challenge EMEA, Santander 'Pitch Slam', Visa Contactless & Mobile Awards Payment Innovation, and was listed as one of Europe's hottest 50 fintech firms. The company has raised $16 million to date from top-tier financial institutions including CommerzVentures, Santander InnoVentures, SBI Group, Siam Commercial Bank, and Mastercard, along with leading global venture capital firms including MizMaa, Digital Ventures, e.ventures, Wharton Asset Management and Magma VC.