Tagged: bnpl

January 25, 2023 @ 9:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tranch, a buy now pay later (BNPL) platform for SaaS sellers and services providers, has raised $100 million in seed equity and debt funding “to bring payment flexibility to a wider pool of B2B customers.” The investment round was “led by Soma Capital (New York-based… Read More

January 23, 2023 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Playter, the UK’s provider of B2B Buy-Now-Pay-Later for SMEs, is once again shaking things up in the world of alternative lending, with its newest credit offering, “Paid”. Playter’s mission “to help SMEs release cash flow for growth and investment by offering flexible financing, continues apace… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 9:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The financial services sector has evolved considerably during the past decade, with many new Fintech startups and banking challengers raising substantial funding to fundamentally improve how consumers perform transactions. Individuals and business organizations across the globe have been moving their activities online, a digital transformation… Read More

January 16, 2023 @ 10:47 am By JD Alois  |  

This past weekend, Zilch, a buy now pay later (BNPL) provider, was a target of a story entitled Buy now pay later to impact credit scores of millions. The article in the Sunday Telegraph stated that changes at Zilch would see data shared with agencies which… Read More

January 16, 2023 @ 9:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital lender and non-bank challenger MONEYME (ASX: MME) has officially launched a new credit score product that has already “seen over 37,000 new customers swarming to discover their score during a Beta Trial, despite zero marketing of the product so far.” The MONEYME Credit Score… Read More

January 14, 2023 @ 9:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

actyv.ai, a Singapore-headquartered, category creator in the enterprise SaaS with embedded B2B BNPL and insurance space, has raised a total of $12 million “as part of Pre-Series A funding round from 1Digi Ventures, Singapore, the family office of Raghunath Subramanian, Founder and Global CEO of… Read More

January 10, 2023 @ 9:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Lemonway, a top European Fintech, is reporting solid results for 2022, with volumes jumping by 39% during the year. Lemonway is a pan-European payments provider targeting marketplaces, including alternative finance platforms looking for payment processing, wallet management, and third-party payments, along with anti-money laundering (AML)… Read More

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