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·Sep. 21, 2021

Trouble in pay-radise: Surveys show rising BNPL default rates

As the sparkling firecracker news of acquisitions, plans, and partnerships in the BNPL space fizzle, oversight reporting has sprung up. A Credit Karma survey found that of those who used BNPL, more than half of the younger crowd missed at least one payment.

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·Sep. 7, 2021

August was a big month for buy now pay later: What’s next?

We started the month with the huge news that Square was acquiring Afterpay and we ended with Amazon’s deal with Affirm.

It seems like every day there is more news coming out of this sector, it is white-hot right now.

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Fintech One-on-One Podcast

·Jul. 2, 2021

Podcast 305: Brendan Coughlin of Citizens Bank

I have been following Citizens Bank for many years as they built this robust online lending operation across multiple verticals....

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·Jan. 13, 2021

Affirm’s IPO Takes Off Like a Rocket Ship

Consumer lending fintech Affirm (ticker: AFRM) went public on the Nasdaq Wednesday and saw their stock take off. Shares were...

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·Jul. 31, 2020

Affirm Preparing for a Potential Blockbuster IPO

The Wall Street Journal reported late yesterday that Affirm has started to prepare for an IPO that could value the...

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Mergers & Acquisitions

·Sep. 15, 2021

Another one Buys Now Pays Later: Goldman acquires GreenSky

Wednesday morning Goldman Sachs, not looking to be left behind, announced it would be acquiring GreenSky for $2.24 billion.

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Fintech Mergers & Acquisitions

·Aug. 2, 2021

The First All-Fintech Megadeal: Square is Buying Afterpay

It is not news that the buy-now-pay-later space is the hottest vertical in fintech. With three companies, Afterpay, Klarna and...

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Fintech One-on-One Podcast

·Feb. 26, 2021

Podcast 287: Brad Paterson of Splitit

The Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) space is probably the hottest vertical in all of fintech. Consumers like the flexibility...

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·Aug. 4, 2020

Curve Launching a Credit Offering Later This Year

UK payment aggregator Curve is launching its own credit offering later this year called Curve Credit; they began testing the...

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·Jul. 23, 2020

Affirm Powers Shopify’s Buy Now Pay Later Product

Affirm has struck a partnership with Shopify to power their buy now pay later product; “We’re super excited to be...

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