Samantha Fogerty

33-year-old Samantha Fogerty has been Managing Director of buy now pay later firm, Payl8r, since 2016. Within five years she has turned Payl8r into a multi-million pound lending platform. The rapidly expanding firm has already tripled its lending with a 334%growth in the last year and has doubled the work force year-on-year. In Summer 2021 Samantha helped secured Payl8r’s first funding line, which is expected to fuel their growth to become a billion found fintech business by 2026. As Managing Director, Samantha has overseen an innovative and revolutionary approach to assessing customers affordability. Payl8rhas pioneered a proprietary tech platform that underwrites customers at the point of sale using open banking.