Ahead of the holiday shopping season, payments network Affirm is upgrading its app. The company, known for its buy now, pay later (BNPL) offering, now provides users with — among other things — easier access to personalized payment terms and interest-free offers via its app,...
Chrysalis Investments increased the value of its stake in Klarna, reportedly giving the buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider an implied valuation of around $14.6 billion. The shareholder boosted the value of its stake from 100.3 million pounds (about $130.1 million) in the second quarter...
The U.K.’s gift card market is valued at £7 billion and expected to reach nearly £9 billion in 2025, according to the Gift Card & Voucher Association. Looking to get a piece of that market, Swedish FinTech company Klarna launched a Gift Card Store in...
Shoplazza merchants doing business in the United States will be able to offer buy now, pay later (BNPL) options through Sezzle. This offering follows a new partnership between Sezzle, a provider of flexible payment options, and Shoplazza, an eCommerce platform used by thousands of merchants...
The suit filed last week seeking to stop a new rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) governing buy now, pay later (BNPL) loans has a number of what, to some observers, might be argued as technicalities. But a deeper dive into the suit...
The Financial Technology Association (FTA) has filed a lawsuit challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) final interpretive rule on pay-in-four buy now, pay later (BNPL) products, saying the rule “oversteps legal bounds.” The CFPB ruled May 22 that BNPL vendors are credit card providers...
Prescription savings platform GoodRx and its partner retail pharmacies will begin offering Affirm’s pay-over-time option directly to consumers in the coming months. With this new offering, approved consumers will be able to select an Affirm payment option for select medications at participating retailers on the...
The U.K. government said Thursday (Oct. 17) that it aims to provide buy now, pay later (BNPL) users with many of the protections provided by other consumer credit products. It has launched a consultation on proposals to bring BNPL companies under the supervision of the...
Klarna’s flexible payment options are now available to eligible Apple Pay users in the United States and the United Kingdom. Options include pay later in three or four installments, as well as financing for higher-ticket items, and they are available to users checking out on...
