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484 | Ziyad Parekh: RAAST Will Change Every Online Payment in Pakistan!! | TBT
In this episode of Thought Behind Things, we sit down with Ziyad Parekh, Co-Founder & CEO of Safepay, one of Pakistan’s most exciting fintech startups and a Y-Combinator backed startup.
Ziyad shares how he went from Karachi to New York and why he left everything to return home and build Pakistan’s version of Stripe. We uncover how Safepay survived being taken to zero overnight, how they rebuilt with grit, and why they now process volumes comparable to giants like HBL.
We Explore:
VISA/Mastercard charging Rs. 30 per transaction
Getting Investment From Stripe
Karachi's Poor infrastructure
How…
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