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Company update/payments

Fly Now Pay Later inks deal with booking site Alternative Airlines

From today, UK customers using global flight search and booking site, Alternative Airlines, will benefit from additional options to spread the cost of their flights at the time of booking.

07 February 2022

Research/BNPL

The Future of Regulation 2022

07 February 2022 1112 downloads

News/payments

Square sees big upside in Afterpay integration

Square has revealed the initial results of the first iteration of its integration with buy now, pay later provider Afterpay, releasing the functionality to sellers using Square Online for e-commerce in the United States and Australia.

02 February 2022

Company update/people

BNPL player Kueski appoints Krishna Venkatraman chief data officer

Kueski, one of the largest buy now, pay later (BNPL) and online consumer lenders in Latin America, today announced the appointment of Krishna Venkatraman as the company's chief data officer.

01 February 2022

Company update/payments

Jack Dorsey's Block completes $29 billion acquisition of Afterpay

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) and Afterpay Limited today announced the successful completion of the Scheme of Arrangement under which Block has acquired all of the issued shares in Afterpay.

01 February 2022

Company update/payments

Amount acquires Linear Financial Technologies

Amount, a banking technology provider offering account opening, loan origination and BNPL financing solutions, announced today the acquisition of Linear Financial Technologies (“Linear”), the premier SMB loan and account origination platform.

01 February 2022

News/payments

PayPal rolls out Pay in 30 across Germany

PayPal is launching an extension to its buy now, pay later service in Germany, enabling users to pay in full for online transactions up to €1000 30 days after completion.

31 January 2022

Research/BNPL

Getting tech right: Selecting the right software products to fulfil the digital demands of banking

31 January 2022 422 downloads

Company update/payments

Affirm debuts super app and Chrome extension

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, today announced the launch of two significant additions to its product suite: the Affirm SuperApp and Chrome browser extension.

26 January 2022

News/retail

Santander bets big on BNPL with new service Zinia

Santander today announces the launch of Zinia, its new buy now, pay later (BNPL) service in Germany.

26 January 2022

News/payments

Klarna launches physical BNPL card in the UK

Klarna is releasing a physical card in the UK, giving shoppers the opportunity to buy now, pay later in bricks and mortar stores.

26 January 2022

News/payments

Zip in talks to buy Sezzle

Australian buy now, pay later outfit Zip has confirmed that it is in talks about acquiring US rival Sezzle.

25 January 2022

Company update/people

Splitit names Nandan Sheth CEO

Splitit Payments Limited (“Splitit” or the “Company”) (ASX:SPT, OTCQX:SPTTY), the Company empowering shoppers to use their credit cards to pay in instalments, is pleased to announce that its board of directors has appointed Nandan Sheth as CEO, effective 28 February 2022.

25 January 2022

Company update/payments

Turkish wallet Hepsipay makes BNPL play

Hepsipay, the digital open wallet of leading Turkish e-commerce platform Hepsiburada (NASDAQ:HEPS), today announces that Hepsipay Wallet users will be able to 'buy now' and make their payments one month later than the purchase date.

25 January 2022

Company update/startups

B2B BNPL startup Vartana goes live with $57 million in seed funding

Vartana, a provider of managed checkout and BNPL options for businesses, today announces its launch with $57 million in seed funding.

20 January 2022

Company update/payments

Temenos adds buy now, pay later service to core banking suite

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced the launch of its Buy-Now-Pay-Later banking service.

20 January 2022

Company update/payments

Sezzle extends long-term financing options

Sezzle Inc. (ASX: SZL) (Sezzle or Company) // Sezzle, the leading mission-driven Buy Now, Pay Later solution, is pleased to share the expansion of its long term financing product, through its partnerships with Genesis Credit and Oportun.

19 January 2022

Company update/payments

Fifth Third acquires Dividend Finance

Fifth Third Bancorp today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Dividend Finance, a leading fintech point-of-sale (POS) lender, providing financing solutions for residential renewable energy and sustainability-focused home improvement.

19 January 2022

Company update/payments

Egypt's MNT-Halan moves into BNPL arena

MNT-Halan, Egypt’s leading fintech player, has announced the successful addition of its Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) feature to its comprehensive digital ecosystem that includes small and micro business lending, payments, consumer finance, bill payments, e-commerce, and delivery, all of which are backed by Neuron, the company’s proprietary technology.

19 January 2022

Company update/retail

ZeroPay goes live with Scienaptic AI-powered credit decisioning platform

Leading AI-powered credit decisioning disruptor, Scienaptic announced that ZeroPay is now live on its platform. The platform will enable ZeroPay to make very accurate credit decisions and limit assignment in the Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) segment.

18 January 2022