Tagged: pay later

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 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 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 17, 2022 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Merchant commerce omnichannel platform, Pine Labs announced that it has “entered the wearables segment in the consumer electronics category.” Shoppers in India can now “purchase wearable devices of select brands on a Buy Now Pay Later arrangement using Pine Labs’ PoS terminals.” Top brands offering… 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 12, 2022 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MarketFinance, which claims to be one of the leading fintech credit and payments companies, has secured a £30 million credit facility from Viola, the Israeli technology investment group, in order “to expand its B2B Pay Later embedded finance offering for SMEs.” Available in Sterling, US… Read More

October 7, 2022 @ 8:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Afterpay (ASX:APT), which claims to be a leader in “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) payments, introduced a new payment solution that gives consumers even more choice, flexibility and time “to pay, with transparent terms to support responsible spending – just in time for the busy… Read More

October 5, 2022 @ 9:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Storepay, which claims to be the first Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) financial tech service provider in Mongolia that allows customers to make payments over time without extra fees, has announced the listing of its token, SPC, on LBank. With over 400,000 registered users, two… Read More

August 16, 2022 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Splitit (ASX: SPT) announced Telispire, a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC), has “selected to integrate Splitit’s Installments-as-a-Service into its PHOENIX back office and billing system allowing Telispire’s mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) customers to offer installment payments to its subscribers… Read More

August 15, 2022 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNPL Fintech Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM) CEO Max Levchin recently noted that the next recession could silence Fintech lender’s doubters or critics. With shares of the Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) Fintech down over 75% from November 2021, Max Levchin said the company’s innovative lending models… Read More

August 8, 2022 @ 11:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Since 2020, and the recent global pandemic, digital commerce has seen “exceptional growth,” according to an update from Juniper Research. Although the impact of COVID-19 certainly forced an increase in online shopping and eCommerce usage, it is clear that it is “a continuing trend,” the… Read More

June 25, 2022 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Hokodo team is pleased to announce a Series B fundraise of $40 million that will help them to fulfil their ambition of “enabling 1 million businesses to access a better way to pay by 2025.” As businesses continue to feel the economic impact of… Read More

June 10, 2022 @ 6:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ICICI Bank recently announced that it has teamed up with ZestMoney, a digital EMI/ pay-later platform, in order to expand its ‘Cardless EMI’ facility “for purchases at retail and e-commerce platforms.” The partnership enhances affordability for millions of customers of the Bank who can use… Read More

May 5, 2022 @ 8:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and “helps merchants drive growth,” and Fiserv, an international provider of payments and financial services tech solutions, announced a relationship that will “make Affirm available to Fiserv enterprise merchant clients later this year.” With this partnership,… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 9:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) is gaining prominence and emerging “as an alternative credit tool for consumers in Australia, with tech-savvy millennials especially using the service,” according to a report from GlobalData, a data and analytics firm. BNPL offers clients with the flexibility or option… Read More

April 13, 2022 @ 10:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, and Poshmark, a social marketplace for new and secondhand style, announced a 2-year extension and expansion of their partnership “to deliver increased payment flexibility to shoppers.” Poshmark was one of the… Read More

February 13, 2022 @ 12:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, an international retail bank, payments and shopping platform, recently noted that six out of ten or 60% of credit card users don’t know how much interest they are actually being charged. This, according to the latest YouGov research that was commissioned by Fintech firm… Read More

February 7, 2022 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

If you’re like many other digital commerce merchants, the best part of the shopping experience takes place when a client clicks that “buy” button and becomes a (hopefully) loyal customer. One way to boost these website conversions for your business is to give clients the… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 10:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Providing a Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) option to your clients may help with boosting conversion 20-30% and average cart sizes 30-50%, according to an RBC Capital report. As mentioned in a blog post by Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), these benefits could make a significant difference… Read More