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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
News/payments
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
News/retail
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.
News/startups
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.
Buy now, pay later player Sezzle is rolling out a new business line that will see it provide qualifying merchant customers with same day funding of working capital up to $10 million.
21 July 2021
Australian buy now, pay later firm Afterpay is diversifying through the launch of a 'money and lifestyle' app.
Capchase, a US startup that helps company founders access non-dilutive capital, has raised $280 million in debt and equity financing to support the launch of a BNPL product that lets users split large expenses over time.
20 July 2021
Discover is investing $30 million in buy now, pay later startup Sezzle as part of an agreement that also sees the card firm launch a BNPL service on its network.
15 July 2021
PayPal is to take on Australia's home-grown buy now, pay later players with the nationwide launch of a fee-free instalment payments product.
14 July 2021
The average time UK shopper say it will take them to clear their BNPL debts is now nine months, well in excess of of the 30-90 day windows most schemes are based on.
Apple is working with Goldman Sachs to develop a buy now, pay later service that lets customers pay for their Apple Pay purchases in instalments, according to Bloomberg.
13 July 2021
Klarna has acquired 'social shopping' startup Hero, bringing instore retailer expertise to the online shopping experience.
Younited, a Paris-based credit and payment platform, has raised $170 million in a funding round joined by Goldman Sachs and Bridgepoint.
08 July 2021
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