Sezzle is promoting its buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform as a way for merchants to draw price-conscious shoppers during the upcoming holiday shopping season. “As consumers scrutinize every dollar this holiday season, Sezzle ensures that merchants don’t leave sales behind,” the company said in...
Easy loans are luring millions of Americans into a dangerous cycle of debt. Young people, particularly college students, are being seduced by easy credit and instant gratification, spending money they don’t have on things they don’t need. This easy credit revolution threatens to create a...
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider Affirm introduced a promotion across the United States, offering shoppers interest-free payment plans as the holiday season approaches. The event, called 0% Days, will run from Oct. 22 to 24, giving users of the Affirm app or Affirm Card...
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider Affirm said Thursday (Oct. 9) that it supports Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open, payment-agnostic protocol developed to support agent-led payments across platforms. Affirm’s support of AP2 will help embed BNPL into agentic commerce, the company said in...
Pay later platform Sezzle expanded its merchant list ahead of the holiday shopping season. “Holiday budgets are under pressure,” a Tuesday (Oct. 7) company news release said, adding that PwC found that price sensitivity is expected to drive many purchase decisions this year. “Retailers are...
Consumers are opting to pay over time, and various options including buy now, pay later (BNPL) have captured share of wallet among generations and income groups, signaling both maturity and untapped opportunity. While installment programs have become commonplace, large segments of consumers still haven’t tried...
PayPal is letting American customers earn 5% cash back through its pay later program. The offering, in effect now for the remainder of the year, is designed to offer PayPal Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) users more financial breathing room during the holiday shopping season,...
Zinia, Santander’s consumer financing platform, has expanded to Spain and now allows Amazon customers in the country to pay in installments on select purchases. On purchases ranging from 60 to 3,000 euros (about $70.40 to $3,520), and on products other than grocery items, out-of-stock products,...
Klarna’s shares reportedly dropped below their initial public offering price for the first time Friday (Sept. 26) amid a widespread weakening of technology stocks. The company’s stock fell as low as $38.31 Friday, below the $40 IPO price on its Sept. 10 trading debut, Bloomberg...