Affirm’s app has become a super app, the buy now, pay later (BNPL) network announced Wednesday (Jan. 26). The Affirm SuperApp is one of two new additions to the company’s product suite, along with a Google Chrome browser extension. The former puts all of Affirm’s...
Buy now pay later (BNPL) banking platform Klarna is introducing a physical Visa card in the U.K. that already has a waitlist of 400,000, according to a blog post on Wednesday (Jan. 26). With the Klarna Card users can pay in up to 30 days...
The year 2021 proved to be monumental for the buy now, pay later (BNPL) market, with usage more than doubling by the end of the year. BNPL plans are still nascent compared to traditional payments methods, such as credit and debit cards, but the...
For buy now, pay later (BNPL), just like that, things are kicking up a notch. You might remember that through the pandemic, there has been a flurry of deal-making in the BNPL industry, where Square struck a deal to acquire Afterpay for about $28 billion....
The rising popularity of buy now, pay later (BNPL) options has made fraud prevention increasingly important for the providers and merchants offering it. A quarter of American merchants accept BNPL, with another 46% planning to implement it within the coming year. At the start of...
Credit company Fullerton India and Paytm owner One97 Communications Limited have joined forces to offer lending products to merchants and consumers. According to multiple media reports Monday (Jan. 24), the partnership will offer Paytm Postpaid — the company’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) product —...
On Thursday (Jan. 20), news broke that consumer finance company Zilch was coming under fire for promoting its buy now, pay later (BNPL) option as a way to pay for pizza at the supermarket in a now-deleted blogpost, but for better or quite likely for...
One the many ways the pandemic has changed the way we buy things is the rise of buy now, pay later (BNPL) options. Interest in BNPL has risen in part due to this option’s roots as an online-native payment method, with many shoppers showing particular...
The growth of digital payments over the past several years has inspired many new alternative payment methods, but few are growing as fast as buy now, pay later (BNPL). These solutions typically allow customers to put zero dollars down at the point of purchase and...
