PayPal is preparing for artificial intelligence-driven purchases while working to accelerate checkout growth. “If you think about consumer agents buying from merchant agents, both will have to validate that this is a real consumer who can pay and a real merchant that has the product,”...
Affirm’s new exclusive partnership with Sam’s Club gives the buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider a new foothold in warehouse retail, where shoppers make purchases ranging from household essentials to big-ticket electronics. The deal, announced Thursday (Oct. 22), also gives Affirm a chance to deepen...
Pay-later provider Klarna launched a new partnership with small business management software company FreshBooks, according to a Wednesday (Oct. 21) news release. The collaboration is designed to bring Klarna’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment methods into FreshBooks’ invoicing and payment flows, with no added...
Online retail kept taking consumer dollars in September, extending an annual growth rate that outpaced overall retail even as inflation reduced the purchasing power behind the broader sales increase. Sales at non-store retailers, which include eCommerce firms, rose 0.3% from August and 8.2% from September...
October 15, 2026
The buy now, pay later (BNPL) wallet is crowded, and grocery purchases show just how much the leading providers already overlap. Between 87% and 96% of users associated with Affirm, Afterpay, Klarna and PayPal Pay Later report using BNPL for groceries, according to PYMNTS Intelligence’s “Beyond Pay in 4: How BNPL Providers Compete for First […]
September 24, 2026
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. About 7 in 10 millennials...
September 21, 2026
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 the hit. Then things turned...
September 18, 2026
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 report, “The Pay Later Data...
October 29, 2026
Kohl’s shoppers in the United States can now access Klarna’s flexible payment options when paying online or in the Kohl’s app, Klarna said in a Thursday (Oct. 29) press release. The Klarna payment options available to Kohl’s shoppers include paying all at once with Pay in full, making four interest-free payments with Pay in 4 […]
October 22, 2026
Affirm’s new exclusive partnership with Sam’s Club gives the buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider a new foothold in warehouse retail, where shoppers make purchases ranging from household essentials to...
October 21, 2026
Pay-later provider Klarna launched a new partnership with small business management software company FreshBooks, according to a Wednesday (Oct. 21) news release. The collaboration is designed to bring Klarna’s buy...
September 30, 2026
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) loans, is looking to list...
