Tagged: buy now pay later

July 21, 2023 @ 4:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), one of the largest Fintechs in the world, is gaining traction with its new Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) product. Released this past March but announced months prior, Apple says that Apple Pay Later wants to support its users financial health. The credit… Read More

June 12, 2023 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

B2B payment solutions provider Hokodo has announced the acquisition of a Lithuanian payments business, making it the first and, currently, only B2B Buy Now, Pay Later provider with a payments license. This acquisition is “part of Hokodo’s journey to make better payment options available to… Read More

May 23, 2023 @ 11:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Trade credit provider Hokodo and Mangopay – a successful European payments platform, have announced a partnership that will see Hokodo’s solutions available to Mangopay B2B platforms. Hokodo offers digital trade credit and B2B Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solutions for merchants to sell more by… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 11:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI powered global payments network and shopping destination, has joined forces with Airbnb in a “first-of-its-kind” partnership to provide guests in the US and Canada with flexible payment options when booking their next stay. With Klarna’s seamless, sustainable and flexible payment solutions, “booking… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Splitit (ASX:SPT), the white-label service allowing customers to pay by installments using their existing credit on their payment card, and Atlantic-Pacific Processing Systems NV, Corp. (APPS), a North American payment solutions provider, announced they have partnered to deliver an integrated card-based installment payments solution. The… Read More

May 15, 2023 @ 7:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

It’s been three years since Capchase was founded. Since their launch on May 11, 2020, the world has “been through a whirlwind of changes—a once-in-a-century pandemic, rising inflation and corresponding interest rates and, most recently, the collapse of some long-standing financial institutions.” All this led… Read More

May 9, 2023 @ 10:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) seeks public consultation on the draft “Rules for Regulating Buy Now Pay later (BNPL) Companies.” In the interest of transparency and wider participation, SAMA reportedly “invites stakeholders and public to provide suggestions and observations on the draft Rules by visiting… Read More

May 9, 2023 @ 4:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

QistBazaar, a Pakistan-based Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) Fintech, announces an equity and Shariah-Compliant embedded finance partnership with Bank Alfalah – one of Pakistan’s largest commercial banks. The partnership is “worth PKR 500 million (US$1.7m) , and includes Bank Alfalah taking a 7.2% equity stake… Read More

May 2, 2023 @ 3:44 pm 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, has announced a new super-fast white-label payment experience, SplititExpress. This experience “enables checkout in under 2-seconds and also… Read More

April 24, 2023 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Rapyd has announced a partnership with Splitit, the global payments installments provider, in order “to allow merchants from all over the world to offer shoppers easy installment payments online.” The partnership will aim to “bring Splitit’s Installments-as-a-Service platform to Rapyd’s extensive network of merchants and… Read More

April 13, 2023 @ 4:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM) is expanding its offerings north by moving into Canada. Affirm is a top buy now pay later (BNPL) platform founded by Max Levchin, who also co-founded PayPal. The expansion into Canada is being enabled by another big Fintech – Stripe, which now… Read More

April 12, 2023 @ 3:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital River, which claims to be an experienced global commerce enabler for established and fast-growing brands, announced it is now offering Afterpay and Clearpay to address growing consumer interest in buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) options. The new offerings “represent an expansion of Digital River’s already robust portfolio… Read More

April 6, 2023 @ 9:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) loans aren’t only for fancy shoes, kitchen appliances and gaming systems, according to an update from LendingTree. Millions of Americans “use these loans as lifelines.” The latest LendingTree survey finds “that 27% of BNPL users say they use these loans… Read More

March 28, 2023 @ 4:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Shares in Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM) to a bit of a bruising today on the news that Apple had finally released its buy now pay later service (BNPL) into the wild for selected borrowers. At the close of the market, Affirm had lost over 7% but had… Read More

March 28, 2023 @ 1:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Apple’s buy now – pay later service (BNPL) is finally available. Apple Pay Later was announced quite some time ago – but then Apple tends to make certain everything is perfect (or nearly) before launching anything. In a release, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) said that starting today,… Read More

March 23, 2023 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Billie, the provider of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) payment solutions for business customers, and Mollie, which claims to be one of the fastest-growing payment service providers in Europe, have launched their pan-European partnership in order to bring Buy Now, Pay Later payment solutions to… Read More

March 23, 2023 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Berlin-headquartered B2B-focused Buy Now, Pay Later Fintech Mondu is reportedly opening a new office in London and appointing a UK-based professional sales team. The recent UK launch has come on the heels of the firm’s ongoing expansion into the Netherlands as well as Austria, offering… Read More

March 20, 2023 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) usage continues to grow, but “not all these payment plans are experiencing the same level of customer engagement,” according to an update shared with CI. By the end of 2021, shoppers had “spent more than $20 billion using BNPL, and,… Read More

March 16, 2023 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Hokodo joins forces with French international banking group BNP Paribas in order to deliver a frictionless B2B Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solution that “enables large multinational corporates to provide payment alternatives to their business customers.” Together, BNP Paribas and Hokodo will “offer… Read More

March 1, 2023 @ 10:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Klarna, a buy now pay later platform, posted 4th quarter and full year 2022 results yesterday. Pointing to a challenging market, Klarna shared that it had lost SEK 10.4 billion (about $1 billion) for the year and lost SEK 1.9 billion (about $182 million) during… Read More