CEO Kirby Holmes launched Texas-based specialty pet product company K9 Mask in March 2020 to provide dogs with N95 air filter masks for protection against allergens, wildfire smoke, desert dust, smog and chemical toxins. However, it happened to debut at an especially crucial time, coinciding with...
The buy now, pay later (BNPL) space is rapidly becoming crowded with new entrants offering consumers a way to defer their payments, interest-free, over a few installments. That, in turn, creates a new challenge for everyone in the space: How can players distinguish themselves beyond...
Malaysia’s GHL Systems Berhad is collaborating with Singapore’s Grab to offer its PayLater payment tool for online merchants using the eGHL Payment Gateway, The Edge Markets reported on Tuesday (May 18). PayLater is a payment option powered by Grab that gives people the flexibility to pay across four interest-free payments...
The pet industry has experienced a year like no other, with consumers spending more time at home and looking to add furry friends to their families. The space witnessed incredible growth in 2020, reaching $103.6 billion in sales in the United States alone as consumers...
Storage solution retailer The Container Store is partnering with buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform Afterpay, the companies said in a Monday (May 17) press release. The flexible spending and payments solution will be available starting mid-June for Container Store customers in physical retail locations...
Slow to the digital field in general, Pakistan’s eCommerce marketplace has hit a major growth spurt in 2020 and 2021, with revenue growing by over 35 percent in the first quarter of the fiscal year 2021 alone. It is also a younger demographic: 40 percent...
Klarna continues its U.K. expansion with a new London headquarters and an expanded office in Manchester, the buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm announced in a press release. The company plans to double its U.K. staff — currently at 200 — within the year. Over...
Card-issuing platform Marqeta has joined forces with Afterpay to issue “virtual cards” as part of its in-store offerings for customers in Australia and New Zealand, the company announced in a Thursday (May 6) press release emailed to PYMNTS. Buy now, pay later (BNPL) service Afterpay...
If you’re looking for the runaway payments success stories of the past few years, the earth-shaker isn’t spendable crypto, points or anything exotic. Buy now, pay later (BNPL) gets the nod as the shopping and affordability innovation enabling billions of dollars in new transactions, paid...
