Listen to VEF portfolio company Abhi founder and CEO Omair Ansari share the story behind building one of the MENAP region’s leading fintech platforms. VEF invested in Abhi in 2022, making a rare early-stage investment to back the company’s vision of expanding financial access for underserved individuals and businesses across emerging markets. Since VEF’s first investment, Abhi has transformed from a pioneering earned wage access provider into one of MENAP’s fastest-growing fintech platforms, building a full-stack ecosystem spanning lending, payments, digital banking, and SME finance.
”We wanted to go out and build the neo-bank for the under and unbanked across markets, but starting off with Pakistan!”, Omair Ansari
Listen to the interview here:
Short version (9 mins): Abhi CEO Omair Ansari – Building one of MENAP’s fastest-growing fintech platforms
Long version (36 mins): Abhi CEO Omair Ansari – Building one of MENAP’s fastest-growing fintech platforms (full version)