Alt Credit news and trends

BNPL Bulks Up Sales Of Protein Shakes And Sports Nutrition Products
Buy Now Pay Later // August 12, 2021

Customers’ return to physical stores has been underway in recent months, with many viewing in-person retail as a treat after more than a year of health-related restrictions. Despite this, they still expect many of the new spending methods upon which they relied during their digital...

Alt-Credit Apps Hold Steady In New Provider Ranking
Mobile Applications // May 27, 2020

Installment plan shopping has never seemed more appealing than now, in a retail and economic landscape left in tatters by the COVID-19 pandemic. Accordingly, big players in the alternative credit space are holding fast to their chart positions in the PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Alternative...

Innovating Next-Gen Credit Solutions
Alternative Credit // April 30, 2020

A steady progression of credit throughout decades finds payments at a new frontier. Traditional card products and the payment rails established to facilitate their transactions laid the groundwork for the dawning digital-first financial ecosystem, where consumer experience is first in line in terms of priorities....

Alternative Credit Apps Ranked For April
Alternative Credit // April 29, 2020

Alternative credit is as hot as it gets, with various players raising astronomical sums from investors and opening up vast new markets. In the latest updates of PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Alternative Credit Apps, we see the major players holding fast to their top 10...

Interviews & Exclusives
Small Business, Banks Embrace Credit Alternatives

March 21, 2024
Banks — the stalwarts of traditional lending — are finding new channels and conduits to getting capital to borrowers, across alternative channels, and with FinTech collaborations forged and expanded. Alternative lending (or alt-lending) gets funding, typically short-term in nature, to borrowers, with one particular ready-made audience extant in the form of small business applicants. The […]

BNPL Bulks Up Sales Of Protein Shakes And Sports Nutrition Products

August 12, 2021
Customers’ return to physical stores has been underway in recent months, with many viewing in-person retail as a treat after more than a year of health-related restrictions. Despite this, they...