Lerato Motloung is a mother of two who works in a supermarket in Johannesburg, South Africa. After her phone was stolen, Motloung had to go without a mobile phone for nine months because she could not ...

PayJoy is an example of a company with positive unit economics and a mission to help the underserved. It’s not often that we see those two things intersect, so when we do, we get pretty excited. I ...

SAN FRANCISCO & SÃO PAULO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PayJoy, the leading lender to the underserved in emerging markets, today announces 400 percent year-over-year growth in 2023 in Brazil. In a country where ...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- PayJoy, a Public Benefit Corporation focused on bringing responsible financing to underserved customers in emerging markets, is marking its 10th year of ...

PayJoy has closed a $6 million funding round with strategic partners who should help PayJoy phone financing further expand internationally throughout Latin America, Asia, and Africa. The investment ...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- PayJoy, a Public Benefit Corporation focused on bringing responsible financing to underserved customers in emerging markets, today announced a new ...

30% Customer Growth: PayJoy's customer base grew 30% year-on-year to 13 million in 2024, driven by its innovative "Device-as-Collateral" financing model, empowering individuals often excluded from ...

PayJoy is a financial technology company that provides smartphone financing solutions to consumers in emerging markets. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, ...

PayJoy co-founders Doug Ricket and Mark Heynen, who met working together on Maps at Google before the company moved under Alphabet Inc., have engineered a different way to finance smartphones. The ...

PayJoy partnership to bring smartphone payment plans to African markets. PayJoy, a mobile distributor and Allied Mobile, are collaborating to bring smartphone payment plans to markets across Africa.