Afterpay will offer fee-free bank accounts that pay an interest rate of 1 per cent on savings as it steps up its competition with established banks.
“Nobody likes waiting” is the slogan salary based buy now,pay later startup MyPayNow broadcast across prime time television as a sponsor of top rating show Married At First Sight.
Sezzle’s founder has a warning for new buy now pay later rivals PayPal and Apple:Just offering customers to pay in four instalments isn’t enough anymore.
Investors have warned that Afterpay and other buy now,pay later operators face a formidable potential rival in technology giant Apple.
The upcoming launch of Afterpay Money has only widened the divergence between what rival investment banks think the much-hyped stock is worth.
A surge in the use of buy now,pay later in online shopping through the pandemic has prompted consumer advocates to again call for tighter regulation of the products.
Afterpay co-founder and Australia’s youngest self made billionaire is busy investing some of his estimated personal $2.2 billion fortune into Australian startups.
The $25 billion buy now,pay later juggernaut is mulling an entry into the small business lending market as it expands its offering to consumers and businesses.
To understand why Afterpay and the buy now,pay later phenomenon has become so popular,behavioural scientists are harking back to our early days on the African savannah.
The Reserve Bank is inching closer to changing the surcharge rules for the buy now,pay later sector.
The Commonwealth Bank will take on market darling Afterpay directly by joining the rush into the booming buy now,pay later sector from the middle of this year.