Finance & Banking
Layla Al-Rashid
CEO & Co-Founder
PayStream Financial
Biography
Layla Al-Rashid is a pioneering fintech entrepreneur who co-founded PayStream Financial in 2020, growing it into one of the GCC's most innovative digital-payment platforms. Under her leadership the company secured $75 M in Series B funding and expanded operations to five markets.
She is passionate about financial inclusion and has championed products designed for the unbanked population across the MENA region.
Experience
- Built PayStream from zero to 2 million active users in 3 years.
- Former Head of Digital Banking at Emirates National Bank.
- Forbes Middle East "30 Under 30" alumna (2019).
