UK’s Playter Just the Latest BNPL to Go B2B
We’ve been observing for a while that the buy now, pay later space is getting more competitive and more controversial. And as this happens, new
We’ve been observing for a while that the buy now, pay later space is getting more competitive and more controversial. And as this happens, new
The buy now, pay later space is suffering from a confluence of ills. Competition is fierce. Profitability is elusive. Consumers are overextended. And cheap capital
Now that Afterpay is formally part of Block (the parent company of Square and CashApp), the role the buy now pay later platform will play
Buy now pay pater is a fast-growing space. But given how much competition is in the field, and how growth inevitably slows, BNPL players are
Most of the coverage about buy now, pay later focuses on how the installment-based payments model impacts consumers. In particular, the focus has been on
When a company in a sector we cover raises $57 million, it usually gets our attention. Especially when it’s in a space like buy now,
American consumers show no sign of slowing down their use of buy now, pay later platforms to make purchases. A recent Yahoo Money report cites
Buy now, pay later has been around for years, but in 2021 it became a megastar on the eCommerce and fintech landscape. BNPL exploded in
Buy now, pay later came onto the scene several years ago cloaked in virtue. It was a new way of financing purchases that rejected the
The Swedish buy now, pay later giant Klarna issued a third-quarter earnings report that shows remarkable growth. The results also support concerns over whether BNPL
As we’ve written extensively here, buy now, pay later is no longer just for consumer goods like clothing and electronics. BNPL, which involves acquiring something
Last week we wrote about a UK-based buy now pay later platform called Zilch that raised $110 million (after raising the same amount in July) to
Buy now, pay later continues to be an unstoppable force. This is despite a rising chorus of concerns about just how consumer-friendly BNPL really is.
Fintech is revolutionizing the small business space. From “contactless everything” to small business lending to new purchase financing methodologies, fintech is making life better for
New data showing rising delinquencies among consumers using buy now, pay later platforms will provide communication to those calling for regulatory oversight of this popular
Refundid is an Australian startup that formed last year and launched its product in February. It promises to remove a significant friction point in eCommerce,
The payments giant Paypal doesn’t intend to be outdone in the race for global dominance in the white-hot buy now, pay later space. Today it
Affirm and Amazon just tossed a grenade into the crowd of competitors in the white-hot buy now, pay later space. The U.S. BNPL platform has
We’ve covered buy now, pay later pretty regularly here. The space — a convergence of fintech, retail, and eCommerce — was hot well before Square’s
Square has taken notice of the explosion in the buy now, pay later space. And it has placed $29 billion of its chips on one