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Philip Belamant
CEO & Founder
About Philip Belamant
Philip Belamant graduated from University of Johannesburg in South Africa, where he completed both is BscIT and BscIT Honors degrees. At age 21, he started up his first company through winning a Microsoft Project Firefly competition and Belamant has also founded a number of fin-tech ventures, many of which have won awards.
He also launched mobile payment services in 15 different countries across India, Africa, and Europe and was the founder of a Top 40 fin-tech company in Africa. The services he launched in India, Africa, and Europe reached more than 20 million users and his Top 40 fin-tech company in Africa had more than one million users in the first six months. Belamant also created and launched the first of its kind Cash-to-Mastercard solution in South Africa for Uber which was way before Uber became as large as it is today!
Zilch announces the official launch of Zilch Up
October 12 2023
Zilch, the UK-headquartered multi award-winning ad-subsidised payments network, today proudly unveils Zilch Up – a […]
Zilch To Celebrate Third Birthday by Opening Markets at the London Stock Exchange as Customers Top 3.5m
August 31 2023
Zilch – the multi-award-winning ad-subsidised payments platform – is to open markets for trading at […]
Zilch Expands Technological Innovation Efforts with European Centre for Excellence in Krakow
June 15 2023
Zilch, the groundbreaking direct-to-consumer (D2C) credit provider and advertising technology platform, announces the opening of […]
Yapily and Zilch Strike Groundbreaking Partnership to Bring Affordable Credit Solutions to Millions
March 9 2023
Open banking platform Yapily and payments technology company Zilch have agreed a groundbreaking partnership that […]
Zilch signs pioneering partnership to work with leading UK debt charity StepChange in face of the cost-of-living crisis
February 7 2023
Zilch, the UK-headquartered payments technology company, today announces it has signed an industry-first partnership to […]
Zilch to 3 million: Fintech passes 3 million users and turns a gross profit
November 2 2022
Zilch, the world’s first Commerce Card, today announces it has raced past the 3 million […]
Tech Nation accepts 13 leading late-stage tech companies from across the UK onto its prestigious Future Fifty programme
September 25 2022
13 late-stage tech businesses have today joined the Tech Nation’s prestigious Future Fifty programme for […]
UK Unicorn Zilch Extends Series C by $50m Bringing Total to $160m
June 30 2022
Zilch, the London-based double unicorn, today announced it has secured an additional $50m in funding, […]
UK fintech double unicorn Zilch launches in the US
May 17 2022
Zilch, a next-generation payments and Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) platform, with a BNPL 2.0 […]
Zilch Joins the Financial Technology Association Ahead of its Imminent U.S. Launch
May 4 2022
The Financial Technology Association (FTA) welcomed fintech double unicorn and London-based Buy Now Pay Later […]
Zilch Continues to Lead Responsible Lending in the Payments and BNPL Space
April 7 2022
Zilch, the London-based fintech Unicorn, today announces it has taken another major step forward in […]
Fintech double unicorn Zilch gallops past 2 million customers in record time
March 16 2022
London-based Zilch, the fastest fintech to reach double unicorn status, today announces it has surpassed […]
Zilch and Mastercard announce expanded partnership to launch Zilch BNPL card across Europe
January 13 2022
Zilch, the London-based unicorn Fintech announced today that it has expanded its partnership with Mastercard […]
Zilch becomes fastest European Unicorn
November 10 2021
Zilch, the London-based fintech, today announced that it has closed a $110m Series C funding […]
Zilch Brings Buy Now Pay Later to the US with Acquisition of Nepfin
September 3 2021
In preparation for a large-scale expansion into the US market, the large London BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) […]
Zilch Gears Up for U.S. Launch and Bolsters International Presence with Acquisition of NepFin
August 16 2021
Zilch, the London-based FinTech scaleup, today announced the acquisition of NepFin, a technology-enabled direct lender […]
Zilch raises a further $110m from Goldman Sachs Asset Management and DMG Ventures
July 23 2021
Zilch, the London-based fintech, announces it has raised a further $110m of debt and equity funding […]
Zilch Announces the First Way to ‘Tap & Pay-over-time’ in the UK
April 8 2021
Zilch, a London based start-up redefining the Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) market, today announced […]
Zilch and StudentBeans form a partnership to offer students meaningful discounts and zero cost finance when purchasing the products they need to continue with their education
January 14 2021
Zilch, a London based start-up redefining the Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) market, today announces […]
Zilch closes an additional $30m equity round as customer numbers quadruple
December 18 2020
Zilch, a London based start-up redefining the Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) market place has […]
London Buy Now Pay Later business lands consumer lending authorisation
November 23 2020
Zilch, a London based start-up redefining the Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) market, has today become […]
