PayMint Partners Vezeeta to Add Shamel Health Discounts

In Short

• PayMint has partnered with Vezeeta to extend “Shamel” medical discount services to payroll card users.
• Shamel is a digital discount card that can reduce healthcare costs by up to 80% across a large provider network.
• The offer targets employees at companies that use PayMint payroll and payment cards.

What Happened

Egyptian payroll and payments provider PayMint says it has signed a new partnership with Vezeeta to provide integrated medical solutions through Shamel for payroll card users.

Shamel is described as a medical discount digital card. In simple terms, it is like a membership that gives employees lower prices at participating healthcare providers. PayMint said Shamel can deliver savings of up to 80% on medical services across more than 10,000 providers.

The companies said employees covered through employers on the PayMint network will be able to access Vezeeta’s healthcare ecosystem. That includes outpatient clinic consultations, hospital services, and pharmacy purchases through an extended pharmacy network.

PayMint framed the move as part of a wider strategy to add employee benefits beyond payroll disbursement. The company also said customer satisfaction for its payment, transfer, and payroll services is above 98%.

Why It Matters

This is another example of embedded benefits in fintech, where a payroll product bundles non-financial services like healthcare. For SMEs, adding a healthcare perk can be a practical retention lever when salary budgets are tight.

For employees, the main impact is easier access to discounted care through a single digital flow, instead of managing separate providers and payments. For Vezeeta, the deal strengthens its corporate distribution by reaching salaried users through a payroll channel.

In Egypt’s market, partnerships like this can also support financial inclusion goals by pushing more wage payments and employee services into traceable digital rails, rather than cash.