Farouk Ismail

Farouk Ismail leads Slice, which builds travel payment products that let customers lock in flight fares with a deposit and pay the balance in instalments before they travel. He co-founded the company and launched its consumer product, PayLater Travel, in 2018; Slice also offers a B2B product for travel agents to provide the instalment option to their customers.

Career

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Slice

Jun 2018 — Present

Co-Founder and CEO

Western Sydney University

Bachelor's studies in business

Products & media

slicepay.substack.com

Instalment 1: Farouk's Story

He recounts how Slice began and explains the company's instalment model and its B2B product for travel agents.

Writing

podcasts.apple.com

How COVID almost killed his Multi-Million Dollar Travel Startup

A conversation about bootstrapping Slice, navigating the pandemic, raising capital, and evolving as a founder and CEO.

Media appearance

dayone.fm

Breakthrough Vic saga, FMiA update & Slice's US expansion

In an interview, he discusses Slice's international funding and advice for Australian startups expanding into the US.

Media appearance

medium.com

The Future of Air Travel in the Post-COVID World

He discusses Slice's pay-over-time approach to booking flights and the infrastructure behind its travel payment products.

Media appearance

businessnewsaustralia.com

‘We bet the farm’: How Slice founders dug deep, beat the odds and secured $17.5m

A reported account of Slice's lay-by flight model and the founders' rationale for helping customers pay for travel without relying on high-interest credit.

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Farouk Ismail

Slice

Western Sydney University

Products & media

Instalment 1: Farouk's Story

How COVID almost killed his Multi-Million Dollar Travel Startup

Breakthrough Vic saga, FMiA update & Slice's US expansion

The Future of Air Travel in the Post-COVID World

‘We bet the farm’: How Slice founders dug deep, beat the odds and secured $17.5m

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