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News/payments
Buy now, pay later outfit Laybuy is launching an app that lets UK shoppers pay in instalments at some of the world's biggest brands, including Amazon, eBay, Asos and Nike.
01 September 2021
The owner of Swedish furniture retail giant Ikea has paid $22.5 million for a minority stake in white label buy now, pay later player Jifiti.
31 August 2021
Amazon has teamed up with Affirm to offer its US customers a buy now, pay later option at the checkout.
30 August 2021
News/retail
Kredivo has today revealed its market entry into Vietnam through a Joint Venture with family investment office Phoenix Holding.
27 August 2021
Financial comparison site money.co.uk has launched a stinging riposte to claims from buy now, pay later firm Klarna that it offers a fairer and more equitable platform for consumer spending than credit cards.
26 August 2021
AfterPay, the Australian BNPL giant being acquired by Square, has launched a suite of advertising products for brands it works with.
Swedish BNPL giant Klarna is conquering America, doubling its US customer base in the last 14 months to 20 million.
25 August 2021
News/startups
Fintech outfit Ualá has raised $350 million at a $2.45 billion valuation in the largest private investment round ever for an Argentine company.
16 August 2021
London BNPL player Zilch has acquired US debt funding platform Neptune Financial to fast-track its launch stateside.
11 August 2021
News/crypto
Global investment in fintech bounced back strongly in the first half of 2021, hitting $98 billion with a record number of deals, according to KPMG.
10 August 2021
Canada's Scotiabank is converting credit card repayments into buy now, pay later plans, with the option to pay off debt in three, six or 12-month fixed instalment payments.
NAB is to buy Citigroup's Australian consumer operations for $1.2 billion in a deal that will double the lender's credit card business.
09 August 2021
The owner of Indonesian buy now, pay later platform Kredivo is set to go public in a $2.5 billion merger with a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Victory Park Capital.
03 August 2021
Square is to acquire Australian buy now, pay later firm Afterpay for $29 billion.
02 August 2021
Visa is jumping into the BNPL market, rolling out APIs that let its clients offer instalment payment products.
28 July 2021
Klarna has made its third acquisition in as many weeks, offloading more of its recent $639 million mega-raise on influence marketing provider APPRL.
Former Mollie and Klarna senior managers have developed Biller, an AI powered buy now, pay later service for B2B purchasing.
27 July 2021
News/regulation
As the Financial Conduct Authority gears up for a consultation on regulating the buy now, pay later market, the Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec) has set out its proposal for a "robust and proportionate" framework.
26 July 2021
Flush from a recent $639 million mega-raise, BNPL giant Klarna has reportedly splashed €113 million on German discount shopping app Stocard.
23 July 2021
London-based buy now, pay later lender Zilch has extended its Serie B round by a further $110 million in debt and equity, with backing from Goldman Sachs and the venture capital arm of UK newspaper Daily Mail.
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