‘Generational shift’:Afterpay targets younger customers as it moves into banking

‘Generational shift’:Afterpay targets younger customers as it moves into banking

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.

  • byClancy Yeates

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‘Up there with pay day loans’:Calls for crackdown on wage advance apps

‘Up there with pay day loans’:Calls for crackdown on wage advance apps

“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.

  • byCara Waters
BNPL firm Sezzle counters Apple threat by hooking up with US card giant

BNPL firm Sezzle counters Apple threat by hooking up with US card giant

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.

  • byColin Kruger
Afterpay hammered by threat from ‘gorillas’ Apple and PayPal
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Afterpay hammered by threat from ‘gorillas’ Apple and PayPal

Investors have warned that Afterpay and other buy now,pay later operators face a formidable potential rival in technology giant Apple.

  • byClancy Yeates
Afterpay’s banking move turbocharges valuation debate
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Afterpay’s banking move turbocharges valuation debate

The upcoming launch of Afterpay Money has only widened the divergence between what rival investment banks think the much-hyped stock is worth.

  • byClancy Yeates
Calls for tighter regulation as buy now,pay later costs mount

Calls for tighter regulation as buy now,pay later costs mount

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.

  • byRachael Dexter
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Afterpay’s Nick Molnar tips millions into startups

Afterpay’s Nick Molnar tips millions into startups

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.

  • byCara Waters
Afterpay rollercoaster gets ready to deliver next big hit

Afterpay rollercoaster gets ready to deliver next big hit

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.

  • byCara Waters
How our primal instincts fuel Afterpay’s buy now,pay later juggernaut

How our primal instincts fuel Afterpay’s buy now,pay later juggernaut

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.

  • byColin Kruger
RBA still mulling tighter rules for Afterpay,Zip as sector booms

RBA still mulling tighter rules for Afterpay,Zip as sector booms

The Reserve Bank is inching closer to changing the surcharge rules for the buy now,pay later sector.

  • byClancy Yeates
CBA to take on Afterpay as it joins buy now,pay later stampede
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CBA to take on Afterpay as it joins buy now,pay later stampede

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.

  • byClancy Yeates