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Zilch Looks to Take BNPL Firm Public in 2027

Zilch Looks to Take BNPL Firm Public in 2027
Zilch Looks to Take BNPL Firm Public in 2027
September 30, 2026  |  IPO

U.K. FinTech Zilch is reportedly in discussions with banks as it prepares to go public. The company, whose offerings include buy now, pay later (BNPL)...

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5 Ways Millennials’ Cash-Flow Habits Are Shaping Payments
5 Ways Millennials’ Cash-Flow Habits Are Shaping Payments
September 24, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

Millennials’ financial lives are shaping how they receive, spend and manage money, creating new opportunities for payment providers to make transactions faster and more useful....

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Amazon Expands UK BNPL Footprint With Affirm Partnership
Amazon Expands UK BNPL Footprint With Affirm Partnership
September 23, 2026  |  BNPL

Amazon is teaming with Affirm to offer installment payment options to its U.K. customers. The partnership, announced Wednesday (Sept. 23), lets customers choose Affirm as...

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Affirm Bets on Where Borrowers Are Headed
Affirm Bets on Where Borrowers Are Headed
September 21, 2026  |  BNPL

Watch more: Monday Conversation With Affirm’s Libor Michalek Picture someone who had a bad year. A few bills went unpaid, and their credit score took...

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Younger Cardholders Tell Issuers What Would Get Them to Use Their Cards More
Younger Cardholders Tell Issuers What Would Get Them to Use Their Cards More
September 21, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Issuers can invest in faster, more precise credit decisions, but those improvements alone may not persuade customers to change how they pay. Cardholders need to...

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Card Installment Use Jumps 13 Percentage Points as BNPL Holds Steady
Card Installment Use Jumps 13 Percentage Points as BNPL Holds Steady
September 18, 2026  |  Credit Cards

Credit card installment plans are turning the biggest promise of buy now, pay later (BNPL) into an advantage for the card industry. A PYMNTS Intelligence...

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EXCLUSIVE: Affirm Rebuilds Underwriting to Approve Borrowers a Credit Score Can’t See
EXCLUSIVE: Affirm Rebuilds Underwriting to Approve Borrowers a Credit Score Can’t See
September 17, 2026  |  BNPL

Affirm has started using a new real-time underwriting model at U.S. checkouts that approves consumers its previous models would have declined, including shoppers with limited...

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Split Pay Raises $125 Million to Bring BNPL to Big Expenses
Split Pay Raises $125 Million to Bring BNPL to Big Expenses
September 15, 2026  |  BNPL

Lending startup Split Pay raised $125 million in new funding, Axios reported Sept. 8. The company’s Series A and Series B rounds were led by...

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