Buy Now is expanding its B2B platform for the Japanese fashion industry worldwide. Formerly called FORSEE and focused on connecting Japanese designer brands with domestic vendors, the platform is evolving into FORSEE CONNECT and will make those brands available to international buyers, Buy Now said in...
Higher interest rates and deepening bank woes may have businesses scrambling to obtain loans. As reported Tuesday (March 21) by The Wall Street Journal, the Fed is expected to continue raising rates in its ongoing effort to combat inflation. Combined with increased regulatory banking industry scrutiny following the collapses...
For buy now, pay later (BNPL), heady growth demands some new guardrails. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau report, “Buy Now, Pay Later: Market trends and Consumer Impacts” has been long awaited and debuted Thursday (Sept. 15) with the recommendation that there be new measures put...
The buy now, pay later (BNPL) market was valued at $125 billion last year. By the end of the decade, it could be worth close to $3.3 trillion, a figure that represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 44%. Where will that growth come...
May 23, 2024
As consumers look for ways to manage their spending, in-store shoppers are unlikely to have the option to pay using buy now, pay later (BNPL), even as the payment method catches on digitally. By the Numbers The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Divided, Not Conquered: Acquirer and Merchant Confusion Clouds Split-Payments Landscape” drew from a September survey of executives […]
June 18, 2023
Buy Now is expanding its B2B platform for the Japanese fashion industry worldwide. Formerly called FORSEE and focused on connecting Japanese designer brands with domestic vendors, the platform is evolving into FORSEE CONNECT and will make those brands available to international buyers, Buy Now said in a Saturday (June 17) press release. “In the past, vendors interested […]
May 03, 2022
The buy now, pay later (BNPL) market was valued at $125 billion last year. By the end of the decade, it could be worth close to $3.3 trillion, a figure...
October 06, 2021
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform Klarna and Simon Property Group on Wednesday (Oct. 6) announced a national alliance and multi-year partnership that gives Simon shoppers access to Klarna’s in-store...
March 04, 2020
China’s Ant Financial has acquired a minority stake in the Swedish split payments FinTech Klarna for an undisclosed sum, Klarna announced on Wednesday (March 4). The stake amounts to less...
