Tagged: buy now pay later

May 17, 2021 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard-backed Pine Labs, an Indian merchant commerce service provider, has finalized the first close of $285 million in funding at a $3 billion valuation. Pine Labs provides payment terminals, invoicing tools, and working capital to over 150,000 merchants in the Middle East and other regions… Read More

May 17, 2021 @ 7:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Yusef Jacobs, the 28-year-old Founder and Chief Executive at Graviti, aims to transform microfinance by allowing consumers to gain access to essential appliances. Jacobs believes that people who might not have a lot of funds will still pay for items they really need. Jacobs has… Read More

May 16, 2021 @ 11:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  American Express recently announced it is giving its U.S. consumer card members the option to Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) for their air travel. American Express reported that members may now book flights at AmexTravel.com and pay later using Plan It at checkout “Integrating Plan It directly into the checkout experience will… Read More

May 12, 2021 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

livi bank, which is notably one of Hong Kong’s eight digital banks, is now offering a Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) service with the introduction of livi PayLater that provides an instant installment option along with a virtual Mastercard debit card. The livi PayLater BNPL… Read More

May 9, 2021 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia-based Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) Fintech firm Zip Co has reportedly decided to expand its global operations. Zip has received a strategic investment in TendoPay, a BNPL service provider operating in the Philippines. This latest investment marks Zip’s initial steps into Southeast Asia, which… Read More

May 7, 2021 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) service provider, Clearpay, reveals that Gen Z and Millennials may have been hit the hardest by the COVID-19 crisis, however, they’re the most financially savvy generation in the United Kingdom. Around 68% of Gen Z and 61% of… Read More

May 6, 2021 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

GHL Systems has teamed up with payments giant Visa (NYSE:V) in order to become the first in the ASEAN region to offer Visa Instalments for customers using the eGHL Payment Gateway platform. Visa Instalments works by turning pre-approved issuer credit lines into installment payment options… Read More

April 24, 2021 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Saudi Arabia-based Tamara, a Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) service provider, recently confirmed that it finalized a $110 million Series A funding round led by Checkout.com. The funds raised will be used by Tamara to scale its professional team, expand into new markets in the… Read More

April 22, 2021 @ 3:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    U.S. fintech Affirm announced on Wednesday it has acquired Returnly, online return experiences, and post-purchase payments platform, for approximately $300 million. According to Affirm, Returnly serves more than 1,800 merchants, has helped process more than $1 billion in returns, and has been used by over… Read More

April 21, 2021 @ 4:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Snap Finance announced on Wednesday it has joined forces with Affirm to offer additional pay-over-time financing options to Affirm customers.  Snap and Affirm further revealed that help retailers offer a pay-over-time option that takes into consideration more than a consumer’s credit score when making… Read More

April 21, 2021 @ 9:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Russian banking group Tinkoff announced on Wednesday the launch of its buy now pay later service, Dolyame.ru. According to Tinkoff, Dolyame.ru allows customers to split purchases into four equal parts. Much like other buy now pay later services, customers just need to cover… Read More

April 19, 2021 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Buy Now, Pay Later or BNPL industry continues to receive substantial investments with UK-based BNPL Zilch securing $80 million in capital at a $500 million valuation. Zilch launched its services in beta mode back in 2019. The company was planning to distinguish itself from… Read More

April 18, 2021 @ 5:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNPL Fintech Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM) notes that last year’s holiday shopping season set many digital commerce records, including in its “volume of purchases” made through Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services. Affirm cites Salesforce data which reveals that BNPL transactions surged 109% when compared to the… Read More

April 9, 2021 @ 8:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Afterpay (ASX:APT), a digital platform that offers interest-free installment plans for online purchases, announced on Thursday it has teamed up with Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), a global payments platform, to offer its “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) service to retailers. The companies revealed that the first retailer… Read More

April 8, 2021 @ 7:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) Fintech firm Zilch is introducing a “tap and pay-over-time” solution that allows consumers to carry out in-store payments with a wave of their online or digital wallet, with the cost of their purchase spread over a manageable 6-week time… Read More

April 6, 2021 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vietnam-based Fundiin, a Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) service provider, has acquired an undisclosed amount of funds as part of its latest venture round that was reportedly led by 1982 Ventures and Zone Startups Ventures. The funds acquired from Fundiin‘s investment round will be used… Read More

April 5, 2021 @ 8:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNPL Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM) notes that US consumers happen to agree that the best or ideal surprise in life is “randomly finding money in your pocket or on the street closely followed by getting a tax refund, no matter the amount.” As mentioned in a recent… Read More

April 2, 2021 @ 8:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pine Labs, an Asian merchant commerce solution provider that’s backed by payments giant Mastercard, has introduced a Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solution in Malaysia. Pine Labs aims to offer a technology-focused offline payments platform where several different credit card issuers can use a common… Read More

April 1, 2021 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Paidy, a Japan-based buy now pay later brand, announced on Wednesday it raised $120 million through its Series D funding round, which included participation from JS Capital Management LLC, Soros Capital Management LLC,  Tybourne Capital Management Ltd, and Wellington Management. Paidy reported that since late… Read More

March 30, 2021 @ 1:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Butter, a UK-based Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platform, announced on Tuesday it secured £15.8 million through its latest investment round, which saw participation from BCI Finance, the credit arm of London based venture builder Blenheim Chalcot, as well as a number of other private Angel… Read More