Tagged: bnpl

December 31, 2022 @ 11:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sezzle Inc. (ASX: SZL), a Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solution in Canada, recently announced the expansion of Sezzle Up, a consumer credit-product, into the Canadian market. For Canadians who are either credit unserved or underserved, “the lack of a credit score and any history… Read More

December 28, 2022 @ 9:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Akash Sinha, CEO & Co-Founder, Cashfree Payments has provided a brief evaluation of the year 2022 and the anticipated trends in 2023, with respect to fintech, digital payments, BaaS, among other sectors. Sinha noted: “India is in a strong position to become the global leader… Read More

December 22, 2022 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments and API banking solutions company, Cashfree Payments is now offering one of India’s “widest” ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ (BNPL) suite. Cashfree Payments’ BNPL suite will “enable online businesses to provide customers with over 30 flexible financing options during checkout.” The company has “launched its… Read More

December 21, 2022 @ 10:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

When it comes to payments, Latin America is “diving deeper into alternatives,” according to an update from EBANX. Beyond Borders 2022/2023, a recent study by EBANX, a Brazilian fintech that processes payments for global players in rising markets, “shows that alternative payment methods (APMs) have… Read More

December 21, 2022 @ 10:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Splitit (ASX:SPT), which claims to be the “only” white-label service allowing customers to pay by installments using their existing credit on their payment card at checkout, and Worldline (Euronext: WLN), a global firm focused on payment services, announce “the signing of a partnership agreement with… Read More

December 6, 2022 @ 3:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Galileo Financial Technologies, LLC, a company owned by SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI), has announced a buy now, pay later (BNPL) solution, according to the company. Galileo said it will provide single use virtual cars that incorporate complete loan servicing. Galileo intends to make the BNPL service… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 11:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

2C2P, a global payments platform and merchant commerce omnichannel platform Pine Labs have partnered to expand Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) “across Asia in six key markets, namely Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand.” Unlike other BNPL offerings, Pine Labs claims that… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 11:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BFH), a “tech-forward” financial services company that provides simple, flexible payment, lending and saving solutions, announced a new relationship with Versatile Credit Inc., a provider of innovative solutions “linking bank lenders with consumers applying for credit in retail stores.” Through… Read More

November 25, 2022 @ 12:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian – which claims to be a leading global information services company – has announced its official appointment by the Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) and the Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) Working Group “as the bureau operator for Singapore’s BNPL Working Group.” The appointment “involves… Read More

November 24, 2022 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iwoca, one of Europe’s largest small business lenders, is announcing the integration of its B2B payment solution iwocaPay with ecommerce software WooCommerce. WooCommerce “holds 37% market share of ecommerce software platforms worldwide.” iwocaPay’s new extension will “provide tens of thousands of ecommerce businesses with the… Read More

November 15, 2022 @ 10:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NAB Now Pay Later is now live and “available for the 52,000 customers who pre-registered.” In a move to give Australians more control of their money, customers can now “apply for and use the bank’s new instalment payments product in their NAB app.” Customers can… Read More

November 6, 2022 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zilch, which claims to be one of the world’s first Commerce Cards, recently announced it has surpassed the 3 million customer milestone – “outpacing fintech heavyweights like Revolut, Starling Bank and N26.” Zilch’s direct-to-consumer approach “continues to outperform the market showing significantly stronger levels of… Read More

November 2, 2022 @ 10:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global fintech platform Airwallex announced a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) functionality in partnership with Atome, Asia’s lBNPL brand. Announced recently, the collaboration will “enable Airwallex merchants to offer BNPL as a payment option to shoppers across Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.” The partnership… Read More

October 27, 2022 @ 8:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tymit CEO, Martin Magnone, recently commented on the announcement of the Fintech firm’s series A funding round. Martin Magnone noted that when his brother, Nicolas Magnone Ballefin and he founded Tymit, they had “a simple vision in mind: [they] wanted to create a credit card… Read More

October 26, 2022 @ 3:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNPL firm Zip Co (ASX: ZIP) announced the availability of Zip Card, issued by WebBank, the newest buy now, pay later product “offered through its portfolio.” As consumers look for BNPL options in brick-and-mortar retail, the Zip Card “extends the ‘Pay-in-4*’ functionality offline in a… Read More

October 24, 2022 @ 10:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNPL Fintech firm Fundiin has secured $5 million in capital via a Series A round that was recently co-led by Trihill Capital and ThinkZone Ventures. The funds from the investment round should assist Fundiin with expanding at a quicker pace and enter Indonesian markets in… Read More

October 19, 2022 @ 11:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) has announced new collaborations across the payment ecosystem, “to bring Installments enabled by Visa to more eligible credit cardholders.” With Installments enabled by Visa, consumers have the option “to convert qualifying purchases into smaller, predictable installment payments made over a defined period… Read More

October 19, 2022 @ 1:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

SNCF, or the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français, France’s national state-owned railway company. has selected a young Fintech firm AlmaPay to power its payments, including payments in installments or BNPL. SNCF is ubiquitous and widely utilized in France, generating almost €40 billion in… Read More

October 17, 2022 @ 9:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Compass, the Mediobanca Group’s consumer credit arm, has reportedly “completed two deals in the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) segment.” The rationale for the deals is “to accelerate the bank’s growth in the deferred payment business using digital channels, which it has entered successfully with… Read More

October 13, 2022 @ 2:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), the largest company in the world by market cap, is becoming more like a digital bank. Apple announced today that it will soon offer interest-bearing accounts alongside its highly popular Apple Card. The service will be available in partnership with Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS),… Read More