Uplift news and trends

Klarna and PayPal Close Behind Zip in Provider Ranking of BNPL
Buy Now Pay Later // January 29, 2024

With Valentine’s Day around the corner and Christmas fairly close in the rearview mirror, consumers’ budgets are likely stretched thin. If you’re looking for a way to get your sweetie something special and pay over time without interest, buy now, pay later might be the...

Zip Claims Top Spot in Provider Ranking of Buy Now, Pay Later
Buy Now Pay Later // December 27, 2023

The holidays are over; now it’s time to get what you really wanted for Christmas. If you’re looking to buy something now and pay over time, PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Buy Now, Pay Later is here to help. Some apps are tied in the ranking...

BNPL Field Gets Crowded as the Payment Method’s Popularity Among Travelers Grows
Buy Now Pay Later // December 15, 2023

One constant through the past few months, even in the paycheck-to-paycheck economy, has been the urge to travel, to get away from it all, to cross borders and to have new experiences. But there’s a marked evolution in how we finance those trips — by...

Upgrade’s $100M Deal for Uplift Brings BNPL for Travelers Into the Fold
Buy Now Pay Later // July 27, 2023

The build vs. buy debate is a perennial one in technology, and in payments.  For neobank Upgrade, in the bid to extend its credit, mobile banking and payment products to more consumers, and to broaden its own portfolio of payment options — specifically in the...

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Upgrade’s $100M Deal for Uplift Brings BNPL for Travelers Into the Fold

July 27, 2023
The build vs. buy debate is a perennial one in technology, and in payments.  For neobank Upgrade, in the bid to extend its credit, mobile banking and payment products to more consumers, and to broaden its own portfolio of payment options — specifically in the red-hot buy now, pay later (BNPL) space — the decision […]

How POS Financing Can Make The Friendly Skies Much Friendlier

March 06, 2019
The family vacation to Disney World. The trip to a best friend’s destination wedding. The retired couple’s once-in-a-lifetime bucket list getaway. There are all kinds of reasons that consumers want...

Digital Lending’s $1.4T Travel Payments Plan

January 29, 2019
The family trip to Disney World, the honeymoon to Hawaii, the 25-year anniversary spent in Paris — the big trips people take aren’t just vacations or chances to see something...

Quick Reads
Sabre and Uplift Partner to Enable Hotels to Offer BNPL

May 21, 2024
Sabre Hospitality and Uplift have partnered to enable hotels to offer their guests a buy now, pay later (BNPL) option. With this collaboration, Uplift’s pay-monthly option will be integrated into Sabre’s SynXis platform, the companies said in a Monday (May 20) press release. “Our collaboration with Uplift underscores our unwavering commitment to innovation and responsiveness to market demands,” Scott […]

Travel Platform Amadeus Teams With Uplift to Offer BNPL to US, Canada

September 15, 2022
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Uplift is partnering with travel platform Amadeus for customers in the U.S. and Canada, a press release said Thursday (Sept. 15). It comes as...

Spirit Airlines Offers BNPL on Airfare

June 01, 2022
Spirit Airlines and Uplift, a buy now, pay later (BNPL) solution, are partnering to provide consumers with the ability to pay for flights in installments, according to a press release...

BNPL Firm Uplift Teams With Southwest Airlines on Hawaiian Travel

January 18, 2022
Uplift, a buy now, pay later (BNPL) solution, is expanding a partnership with Southwest Airlines to offer payment options for travel to Hawaii, according to a Tuesday (Jan. 18) press...