
Australia’s BNPL sector braces for impact of new regulation
A proposal in Australia to regulate BNPL with the same law that covers credit card and mortgage providers could disrupt a key feature of BNPL’s business model. Read more…
A proposal in Australia to regulate BNPL with the same law that covers credit card and mortgage providers could disrupt a key feature of BNPL’s business model. Read more…
Deteriorating macro-economic factors may spell rough times ahead for ordinary people, but it will be great for BNPL firms – provided regulators do their job. Read more…
Australian BNPL company Zip Co Ltd is weighing an impairment charge and “deprioritising” a cryptocurrency offering, blowing growth prospects. Read more…
Openpay, an Australian buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) firm, has halted operations in the US, the latest casualty as rising interest rates bite. Read more…
Reduced consumer spending, rising interest rates and trickier credit conditions spell trouble for Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) lenders. Read more…
Digital payments are increasingly popular in Southeast Asia, but banks and fintechs aren’t seeing a corresponding increase in revenues. Read more…
BNPL was one of 2021’s biggest payments trends in Asia. The hospitality industry version is coming: Eat Now Pay Later (ENPL). Read more…
Australia will create a licensing framework for cryptocurrency exchanges and consider launching a retail central bank digital currency. Read more…
The BNPL market (Buy Now Pay Later) is new and expanding rapidly, led by industry icons such as PayPal. But already we are seeing threats. Read more…
BNPL – Buy Now, Pay Later – is getting a lot of attention at the moment and some of it is more like intense scrutiny. Read more…
Riding on the region’s Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) wave, the Philippines’ leading mobile wallet GCash is looking to launch a service this year. Read more…
BNPL is not new but has been thrown into the spotlight by Square’s acquisition of AfterPay in Australia – for a staggering $29 billion. Read more…
E-commerce has driven the growth of BNPL as a new payment model that gives Southeast Asian buyers greater freedom over their purchases. Read more…
Apple is working on a service to let users pay for purchases in instalments dragged down shares in the ‘buy now, pay later’ (BNPL) sector. Read more…
PayPal’s new “buy now, pay later” offering in Australia will not charge late payment fees as it attempts to edge past main rival Afterpay. Read more…
Australia’s second-biggest buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Zip Co Ltd is exploring a bigger push into Asia and a potential US listing. Read more…
PayPal has been in the news recently for launching and enhancing services that are changing the way we pay for goods – and manage our money. Read more…
Buy Now, Pay Later is the way that Generation Z and, to a slightly less extent, Millenials, like to pay for goods and services. Sounds great? Read more…
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