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Retail Asia02/08/2021

Square Inc, the payments firm of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, will purchase buy now, pay later (BNPL) pioneer Afterpay for US$29 billion (S$39.3 billion), creating a global transactions giant in the biggest buyout of an Australian firm. The takeover underscores the popularity of a business model that has upended consumer credit by charging merchants a […]

Retail Asia24/02/2021

Afterpay the leader in “Buy Now, Pay Later,” today announced a partnership with Stripe, the technology company building economic infrastructure for the internet. The two companies are joining forces to offer Afterpay’s payment service to Stripe merchants through an easy and seamless integration. The partnership allows both new and existing Stripe merchants to easily offer Afterpay […]

Retail Asia25/07/2019

Buy now, pay later operator Zip has seen a string of new retailers join its list of partners, bringing representatives across Australia fashion, automotive and food into the fold. Among the new retailers is the Just Group (which includes Peter Alexander, Smiggle, Jay Jays, Just Jeans, Dotti, Jacqui E and Portmans), Hanes Australasia (including Bonds […]

Retail Asia28/06/2019

Department store Myer will be implementing buy now, pay later service Afterpay in-store in 2020, in an effort to incentivise the 2.7 million active Afterpay customers to visit its retail locations. “Our customers have responded positively to the Afterpay offering since we launched it online in April 2017,” Myer general manager for financial services Spencer […]

Retail Asia26/03/2019

Buy now, pay later provider Afterpay is enabling shoppers to make cross-border payments through the service, following a successful trial. The feature means that businesses that offer Afterpay at checkout will now be able to offer the payment method to customers in other countries where Afterpay is active. The feature is initially limited to Australian […]

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Square to buy Afterpay for $39 billion as buy now, pay later booms

Afterpay and Stripe Partner to Offer ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Payments for Merchants

Zip gains retailers as buy now pay later comes under attack

Myer implementing new payment options in-store

Afterpay starts cross-border payments