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573 Dubai buy now pay later platform Postpay raises $10 million from Afterpay & AP Ventures

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Zubair Naeem Paracha @ MENAbytes 1 place · 06/29/2021 05:26 EDT

Dubai buy now pay later platform Postpay raises $10 million from Afterpay & AP Ventures

Dubai-based buy now pay later startup Postpay has raised $10 million from global buy now pay later leader Afterpay and Australia-based AP Ventures, it announced in a statement on Monday. The round takes Postpay’s total financing to date to $35 million. It had previously raised $5 million in equity and $20 million, the startup told ...

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