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# Pakistani fintech startup Dbank raises $17 million in seed round
- URL: https://www.techloy.com/pakistani-fintech-startup-dbank-raises-17-million-in-seed-round/
- Published: 2022-07-28T12:05:52.000Z
- Updated: 2022-12-07T23:07:06.000Z
- Author: Oluwajuwonlo Afolabi
- Tags: / Fintech, pakistan

[Dbank,](https://dbankonline.com/) a Pakistani digital financial technology startup, offering to open up the neobank space in the country has raised $17.6 million in its seed round funding co-led by Sequoia Capital Southeast Asia and Kleiner Perkins.

- The fund will be invested in expanding the operations of the fintech startup in Pakistan and boosting its efforts at improving transparent and friendly banking, using digital alternatives.
- Dbank has applied for a license to practice in the digital banking space in Pakistan, to democratize financial services in the country.
- Pakistani authorities are making efforts to improve financial access in the country, including the development of Raast, a real-time payments system for digital transactions and NADRA, a digital identity platform. Thus, Dbank intends to build on this, and advance financial inclusion in Pakistan with its offerings.
- Nubank, a Brazilian neobank, Askari Bank, and Rayn invested in the round, the largest in Pakistan.