Klarna partners with Stripe to make its BNPL service available as an option to merchants using Stripe's payment tools in 26 countries, ahead of Klarna's US IPO
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Apple says it will no longer offer Apple Pay Later, the BNPL service launched in the US in 2023, and will focus on installment loan features coming in 2024
what you need to know Ann Resuma / International Business Times : Apple Pay Later Ceases To Offer Purchases On Installment In US Will Shanklin / Engadget : Apple Pay Later is dead, long live Affirm lo...
Report: PhonePe, one of India's largest fintech services, has called off plans to acquire BNPL service ZestMoney for $200M to $300M, over due diligence concerns
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Apple rolls out Apple Pay Later to select US users, for online and in-app purchases on iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, available to all US users in the coming months
and bring out the regulators Eray Eliaçik / gHacks Technology News : How to use Apple Pay Later: Set up, apply, and purchase Joseph De Avila / Wall Street Journal : Apple Rolls Out Buy Now, Pay Later ...
Ant Group partners with BNPL service Splitit to let Alipay users on AliExpress in Europe pay for items in installments, starting in Germany, Spain, and France
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London-based BNPL service Playter raised $55M in equity and debt led by Adit Ventures and Fasanara Capital, following a $1.7M seed in March 2022
Europe has no shortage of ‘buy now, pay later’ startups and a quick search is revealing. Berlin-based fintech startup Mondu has taken …
Sources: Apple plans to use Apple ID data for identity verification and fraud prevention in its BNPL service, alongside credit reports and FICO scores
Tech giant will approve borrowers and fund loans itself rather than rely on a bank — Apple Inc. tiptoed into finance with Apple Pay …
Dutch BNPL service in3 raises a $85.3M Series B in debt and equity, partners with Dutch payments company Mollie, and says it supports over 130K merchants
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Wasoko, formerly Sokowatch, a Kenya-based B2B marketplace that offers a BNPL service to retailers, raises a $125M Series B, source says at a $625M valuation
Informal retail is king in Africa, with hundreds of billions of dollars of consumer goods are sold through its channels yearly.