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Overview

Khazna is Egypt's salaried-worker financial super-app, founded 2019 [1, 2, eg-cro]. 500,000+ users + 100,000+ employees receiving salaries directly through Khazna platform.

February 2025 — Khazna $16M pre-Series B [3]:

  • Total funding to date: $63M+
  • Round purpose: Egypt digital banking license pursuit + Saudi Arabia expansion
  • Mid-2026 target: Egypt digital banking license from CBE (Central Bank of Egypt's digital-bank regulatory framework laid out July 2024)

Khazna product range [1]:

  • Core product: Credit offering to payroll + pension recipients + unsecured loans to gig workers.
  • Additional: Bill payments + buy now, pay later + medical insurance + rent-to-own product.

Distinctive positioning: Low + middle-income workers target — Egypt's underbanked salaried/pension/gig population.

History

2019 — Khazna founded [1] by Omar Saleh (CEO) + Ahmed Wagueeh (CTO) + Fatma El Shenawy + Omar Salah — Egyptian fintech entrepreneurs.

2019-2024 — Egyptian salaried-worker adoption [1]: 500K+ users + 100K+ employees with direct salary deposit.

February 4, 2025 — Khazna $16M pre-Series B funding [3]: Cumulative $63M+; Saudi expansion + Egypt digital banking license pursuit.

Mid-2026 target: Egypt CBE digital banking license.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: Khazna (Egyptian fintech).

Co-founders: Omar Saleh (CEO) + Ahmed Wagueeh (CTO) + Fatma El Shenawy + Omar Salah.

Major investors: Speedinvest + Quona Capital + Khwarizmi Ventures + Wamda Capital + Algebra Ventures + Tribe Capital + Disruptech Ventures + others.

Regulators: CBE (Central Bank of Egypt) + Egyptian Financial Regulatory Authority + pursuing CBE digital banking license.

Technical integration

Layer Description
Channels Khazna mobile app (iOS + Android)
Identifiers Phone + email
EG rail [[meeza]] (Egypt national debit + POS-mandatory)
Sub-products Salary advances + microloans + payroll-deposit integration + bill payments + BNPL + medical insurance + rent-to-own
License Fintech + lending (CBE) + pursuing digital banking license (mid-2026 target)
Target market Low + middle-income Egyptian salaried/pension/gig workers

Users & growth

2025 baseline [1, 3]:

  • Users: 500,000+
  • Employees with direct salary deposit through Khazna: 100,000+
  • Cumulative funding: $63M+
  • Feb 2025 pre-Series B round: $16M
  • Strategic targets: Mid-2026 CBE digital banking license + Saudi Arabia expansion

Use cases

Egyptian salaried/pension/gig-worker financial services (credit + payroll-deposit + advances + microloans + bill payments + BNPL + medical insurance + rent-to-own); Saudi Arabia expansion (post-Feb 2025 $16M); preparing for CBE digital banking license (mid-2026 target).

Implementations & partners

Operator: Khazna (Omar Saleh CEO + Ahmed Wagueeh CTO + Fatma El Shenawy + Omar Salah co-founders).

Major investors: Speedinvest + Quona Capital + Khwarizmi Ventures + Wamda Capital + Algebra Ventures + Tribe Capital + Disruptech Ventures + others.

Major Egyptian fintech competitors:

  • [[mnt-halan]] (Egypt's first fintech unicorn; 8M+ customers; $11B+ cumulative loans)
  • [[fawry]] (Egypt's #1 payment platform; 54.8M monthly users; EGX-listed)
  • [[vodafone-cash]] (Egypt's #1 mobile-money wallet by transactions + value)
  • InstaPay (CBE-led national instant payment)

Regulators: CBE + Egyptian Financial Regulatory Authority + pursuing CBE digital banking license.

Fun facts

  • Egypt's salaried-worker financial super-app for low + middle-income Egyptian workers.
  • 2019 founding by Omar Saleh + Ahmed Wagueeh + Fatma El Shenawy + Omar Salah.
  • 500K+ users + 100K+ employees with direct salary deposit through Khazna.
  • February 2025 $16M pre-Series B + $63M+ cumulative funding.
  • Mid-2026 target: CBE digital banking license (Egypt CBE digital-bank regulatory framework laid out July 2024).
  • 2025 Saudi Arabia expansion post-pre-Series B.
  • Backed by Speedinvest + Quona Capital + Khwarizmi Ventures + Wamda Capital + Algebra Ventures + Tribe Capital + Disruptech Ventures.
  • Product range: salary advances + microloans + BNPL + medical insurance + rent-to-own.

Comparison

Feature Khazna [[mnt-halan]] (EG first fintech unicorn rival) [[fawry]] (EG #1 payment platform) [[vodafone-cash]] (EG #1 mobile-money) [[hala]] (Saudi SME comprehensive analogous)
Operator Khazna (Omar Saleh CEO + Ahmed Wagueeh CTO + co-founders; Speedinvest + Quona + Khwarizmi + Wamda + Algebra + Tribe + Disruptech backed) MNT-Halan (Mounir Nakhla; Chimera + Apis + DPI + IFC backed) Fawry (EGX: FWRY; Ashraf Sabry) Vodafone Egypt (Vodafone Group + Telecom Egypt JV) Hala (TPG + Sanabil $157M Sep 2025)
Type EG salaried-worker financial services (advances + loans + payroll + BNPL + insurance + rent-to-own) EG fintech unicorn — lending + digital payments + unbanked-banking + first-mover REIT EG #1 payment platform + agent network + multi-segment financial services EG #1 mobile-money wallet by transactions + value Saudi SME comprehensive infrastructure
Country EG + SA expansion Egypt Egypt Egypt Saudi + UAE
Users 500K+ + 100K+ employees direct salary 8M+ + 2M active quarterly + $11B+ cumulative loans 54.8M monthly + 377K agents + 6M+ daily tx 11.4M active 140K+ SMEs + $8B annual
Funding $63M+ cumulative + Feb 2025 $16M pre-Series B EGP 15B 2025 securitised bonds ($315M); $157.5M post-unicorn raise Public EGX Vodafone Egypt parent-anchored Sep 2025 $157M Series B
2026 distinctive Mid-2026 CBE digital banking license target + Saudi Arabia expansion $4.5-5B 2026 financing portfolio target + decacorn 5-7 years FY2025 record EBITDA 4.97B (+80.8%, 57.4% margin) FY2025 €113.7M revenue (+18.8%); Mar 2026 TapTap Send Saudi Stripe-for-MENA-SMEs

Status

Active, Egypt's salaried-worker financial super-app [1, 3]:

  • Khazna (Omar Saleh CEO + Ahmed Wagueeh CTO + co-founders) since 2019.
  • 500K+ users + 100K+ employees with direct salary deposit through Khazna.
  • February 2025 $16M pre-Series B + $63M+ cumulative funding.
  • Mid-2026 CBE digital banking license target + Saudi Arabia expansion.
  • CBE + Egyptian Financial Regulatory Authority + pursuing CBE digital banking license.

Sources

Source

Biography extracted from khazna.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.

source · docs/wallets/khazna/index.md