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Oslo's Two taps Yapily to offer BNPL services to UK SMEs

Open banking platform Yapily has partnered with B2B buy now, pay later start-up Two, enabling merchants to offer BNPL services to their business customers instantly at checkout.

24 May 2022

News/people

Klarna to lay off 10% of staff amid market downturn

Klarna is set to fire 10% of its employees amid a valuation crunch at the buy now, pay later giant.

23 May 2022

News/startups

Former Trussle execs move out of stealth with B2B BNPL startup

Tranch, a new London-based buy now pay later (BNPL) platform for SaaS sellers and professional services providers, is coming out of stealth, having raised £3.5 million in pre-seed equity and debt funding

23 May 2022

News/payments

Tech stock carnage hits Klarna valuation

Turmoil in tech stocks appears to be spilling over to the fintech market, with reports that BNPL giant Klarna is looking to raisee fresh funds at a 30% discount to its previously sky-high $46 billion valuation.

20 May 2022

News/payments

Klarna reaches dream milestone of 150 million active customers

To celebrate reaching 150 million active users, BNPL giant Klarna has launched 'Dream Deal Days', a three-day event offering consumers exclusive deals and product drops with some of the world’s biggest retail brands.

20 May 2022

News/startups

Dutch BNPL player in3 raises $85.3 million

Dutch buy now, pay later outfit in3 has raised $85.3 million in debt and equity and struck a deal with payments firm Mollie to bring its services to more merchants.

18 May 2022

News/payments

Zilch sets its sights on 125 million new customers as it launches in the US

UK BNPL unicorn Zilch is preparing to open its services to 150,000 pre-registered customers in the US.

17 May 2022

News/regulation

Irish central bank lays down new rules for BNPL providers

The Central Bank of Ireland is applying new consumer protection legislation to ensure that hire purchase, consumer hire, and buy now, pay later providers and services adhere to new rules under the direct authorisation of the Central Bank.

17 May 2022

News/payments

MultiPay and Mastercard bring BNPL to Ireland's high street retailers

Payments technology company MultiPay is to bring installments payments to Irish brick and mortar stores through a tie-up with Mastercard.

17 May 2022

News/people

Klarna rolls out hybrid work policy

BNPL giant Klarna is introducing a flexible working policy that lets employees pick between staying at home or going to the office.

12 May 2022

News/payments

UK BNPL unicorn Zilch prepares for US launch

Ahead of its imminent launch in the US, London based fintech Zilch has joined the Financial Technology Association (FTA) in order to prioritise innovation through responsible products and services.

04 May 2022

News/payments

Klarna to report consumer BNPL use to credit referencing agencies

Klarna is to begin reporting consumer use of its buy now, pay later products to UK credit reference agencies, enabling users to build a positive credit history and protect them from building up multiple lines of credit.

04 May 2022

News/payments

Poste Italiane invests $27 million in BNPL unicorn Scalapay

Italian BNPL unicorn Scalapay has secured a $27 million investment from Poste Italiane, one of the largest payment card issuers in Europe.

03 May 2022

News/payments

Optty launches BNPL integration platform

Optty, a buy now, pay later integration platform for retailers, has emerged from stealth with $9 million in funding.

27 April 2022

News/payments

Mondu moves into online B2B BNPL with BaaS support from Raisin

Germany's Mondu is to offer buy now, pay later services to online B2B merchants and marketplaces through a Banking-as-a-Service collaboration with Raisin Bank.

27 April 2022

News/payments

Experian to debut Buy Now, Pay Later Bureau

Experian is to debut a buy now, pay later credit bureau this spring, providing US lenders with real-time data on customer spending and loan repayments without impacting credit scores.

26 April 2022

News/payments

Primer and hoolah team to bring BNPL to Asian merchants

Asian omnichannel buy now, pay later platform hoolah has teamed up with no-code payments automation platform Primer to make it easy for merchants in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong to integrate BNPL into their systems.

22 April 2022

News/predictions

Apple Pay most popular payments app with US teens

Apple Pay is the most popular payments app among American teens although the vast majority still regularly use cash, according to a survey.

11 April 2022

News/inclusion

NextGen Nordics: Banking app for Ukrainian refugees launched

Ahead of our NextGen Nordics conference on 27th April 2022, we will be putting together a weekly briefing of selected top stories that are emerging out of the region and setting the blueprint for payments innovation across Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

08 April 2022

News/startups

Piraeus to launch independent digital bank

Piraeus Bank is to build a new online-only independent bank for customers in Greece and the rest of the European market, capitalising on digital trends in banking-as-a-service and buy now, pay later.

07 April 2022