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E58 Looks at TiKTok’s Vision Pro Play & AI IPO Flexes

In E58 of Localogy’s This Week in Local podcast, the hosts kick around two topics on their radar. First, Localogy Senior Analyst Mike Boland explains

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Is Klarna Proving That Bots Are the Best?

Klarna the buy now pay later platform is famous for many things. It sells a lot of shoes (for merchant partners) to mostly young consumers.

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E57 Explores Free Content and Lonely Unicorns

In E57 of Localogy’s This Week in Local podcast, the hosts kick around two topics on their radar. First, Localogy Senior Analyst Mike Boland explains

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E56 Examines Vision Pro and Happy Feet

In E56 of Localogy’s This Week in Local podcast features Mike sharing his insights on the rollout of Apple Vision Pro while Charles looks at

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E55 Explores Small Margins and Big IPOs

E55 of Localogy’s This Week in Local podcast features Localogy senior analysts Mike Boland and Charles Laughlin looking at business trends impacting Localogy’s ecosystem, from

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Saudi BNPL Platform Tamara Raises $340 Million Series C

We’ve been writing about the evolution of buy now pay later for some time now. And we’ve observed a few things along the way. First,

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Black Friday Boosts Buy Now Pay Later

Last week we wrote about how the contents of our news alerts for “buy now, pay later” reflect just how dramatically the media narrative has

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The Ever-Shifting BNPL Narrative

It’s Black Friday. And for many people, this means getting an early start on holiday shopping. And worrying about how to pay for it all.

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Are Subscriptions the Answer to BNPL Revenue Diversification?

The buy now pay later platform Affirm is looking for revenue diversification. And it is looking for this via a subscription model, which appears to

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Are BNPLs Whistling Past the Regulatory Graveyard?

We have written about how regulators around the world have to varying degrees put buy now pay later in their crosshairs. As the popular payment

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BNPL Is Running Out of Sharks to Jump Over

The term “Jump the Shark” seemed to be everywhere not that long ago. But it seems to have fallen out of favor. It’s one of

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Can BNPL Affirm’s 2023 Ascent Continue?

For those who follow the buy now, pay later corner of the fintech space, Affirm is a must-follow. It remains the only U.S.-based pure-play BNPL

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Save Now, Buy Later Takes Flight

We’ve written extensively about buy now, pay later [BNPL]. This branch of the payments ecosystem lets consumers (and businesses) take immediate possession of goods and

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Regulators Swooping in on Thriving BNPL

Earlier this week we recorded next week’s episode of Localogy’s This Week in Local podcast (that’s podcasting, folks). One topic we discussed was the fact

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Airbnb, Klarna Partner to Chill Now, Pay Later

We’ve written quite a bit about the proliferation of the buy now, pay later model in new areas. This has happened from B2B to health

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Sezzle Fights Back After Being Left at the Altar

We’ve often been tough on buy now, pay later (BNPL) here at Localogy Insider. We’ve written about how regulators are narrowing in on the payment

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Fintech Klarna Leans into Discovery with New AI-Powered Shopping Feed

Swedish fintech platform Klarna offered more evidence that it is pivoting away from its (controversial) buy now, pay later roots. It suggests it is moving