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Flexible Payments : BNPL Fintech Klarna Now on Google Pay

Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, is now available as a payment option  on Google Pay. Shoppers can use Klarna’s flexible payment options “online on select Android apps and websites that offer Google Pay at checkout.” By joining forces with one of… Read More

Affirm and PGIM Expand Partnership to Invest Up to $3B via Revolving Pass-Through Loan Sale Facility

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, and PGIM Fixed Income, a Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU) company and one of the largest global fixed income managers with $862 billion in assets under management, announced the expansion of their… Read More

BNPL Fintech Klarna Expands into Mobile Phone Plans with Flexible Service

Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, is entering the mobile market with an unlimited phone plan, paired with Klarna’s signature seamless experience directly in the Klarna app. Klarna’s unlimited mobile plan launches “first in the U.S. in the coming weeks (join the… Read More

BNPL Fintech Klarna Opens Direct Line to CEO, Powered by AI

Klarna, the AI-powered payments and commerce network, launched an AI-powered CEO hotline, enabling its 100 million global consumers to provide direct product feedback in a one-to-one conversation with an interactive AI avatar trained on Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski’s real voice, insights and experiences. Initially rolling… Read More

BNPL Fintech Affirm and DICK’S Sporting Goods Renew Partnership

DICK’S Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS), a U.S. based full-line omni-channel sporting goods retailer, and Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, announced an extension of their partnership, which originally began in 2020. Eligible DICK’S and Golf Galaxy shoppers… Read More

First-Party Fraud Surges in LexisNexis Risk Solutions Report

The LexisNexis Risk Solutions Cybercrime Report concisely describes how fraud has evolved over the past two years. First-party fraud, for one, surged in 2024, with BNPL and financial services companies popular targets. Fraudsters’ attack modes are also changing. In 2023, the top three types were… Read More

KAYAK and BNPL Fintech Affirm Expand Partnership into Canada

KAYAK, the world’s travel search engine, and Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, today announced the expansion of their exclusive partnership into Canada. This builds on the companies’ collaboration in the U.S., which has empowered consumers “to… Read More

Global Fintech Klarna Reports Steady Business Growth in Q1 2025, Claims Significant Gains by Leveraging AI

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments and commerce network, announced its Q1 2025 results, unveiling consumer milestones, surging market traction, and exceptional returns from its AI strategy. Klarna is a Fintech that is widely expected to list its shares in an initial public offering (IPO) later… Read More

Philippine Fintech BillEase Partners With Maya Business to Expand BNPL Access

BillEase, a digital consumer finance platform in the Philippines, has partnered with Maya Business, the country’s largest digital payments processor, to bring its Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) service to Maya’s ecosystem. The integration enables installment-based payments at checkout via QRPh-enabled point-of-sale (POS) terminals and… Read More

Costco Partners with BNPL Fintech Affirm to Provide Flexible Payments Options

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, and Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST), the world’s third-largest retailer, announced a multi-year partnership naming Affirm as “a pay-over-time provider for Costco.com in the U.S.” Costco members shopping online can use… Read More

Klarna CEO Talks IPO, Says AI Has Helped to Slash 40% of Employee Headcount

Klarna co-founder and CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski visited with CNBC on a day when one Fintech successfully listed shares, eToro, and another, Chime filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Klarna is a Fintech that may be best known for its credit and… Read More

Capchase Introduces Working Capital as a Service to Assist SaaS Firms with Securing Non-Dilutive Financing

Capchase has introduced Working Capital as a Service (WCaaS), a solution designed to assist SaaS companies with obtaining non-dilutive financing and flexible payments options. Through recent updates, Capchase is improving how SaaS businesses access capital, enhance user experience, and monetize payment terms, enabling them to… Read More

American Fintech Council Comments on New York State Budget and BNPL Provision Including New Regulations

Kathy Hochul, the Governor of New York, has signed legislation that aims to regulate Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) providers. The legislation seeks to make it easier for consumers to cancel subscriptions, require platforms to post return and refund policies, make “surveillance price” more transparent,… Read More

Filipinos Spent 1.54 Billion Seconds on Digital Lending Apps in 2024 – Study

Filipinos spent approximately 1.54 billion seconds — or about 49 years — using non-bank digital lending applications in 2024, according to new analysis released by digital lender Digido. The study examined activity across 47 digital lending apps registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),… Read More

BNPL Fintech Affirm Partners with Auto Repair Management Firm Tekmetric

Tekmetric, an automotive repair shop management solution, has expanded its partnership with Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network enabling buy now, pay later (BNPL) services. This collaboration enables thousands of auto repair shops using Tekmetric’s platform to offer customers flexible payment options, both online and… Read More

BigCommerce Taps BNPL Fintech Klarna as Partner for Flexible Payments Solutions

BigCommerce (Nasdaq: BIGC), a provider of “open, composable” commerce solutions for B2C and B2B brands, retailers, manufacturers and distributors, announced that Klarna, the AI-powered payments and commerce network, has become a global preferred payments partner. As a global partner, Klarna will bring its “interest-free” payment… Read More

Global Fintech Klarna Reports Revenue Growth and 11M UK Customers

Klarna, the AI-powered payments and commerce network, crossed 11 million active customers and has doubled its merchant base in a year “to 60,000, launching with names like Argos, eBay, Eurostar and John Lewis.” The UK is now Klarna’s third-biggest market globally, “with revenue up 30%… Read More

AdaptAI Launched by BNPL Provider Affirm

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), a top BNPL provider, has announced the launch of “AdaptAI” for its merchant partners. According to Affirm, the new feature enables retailers to offer personalized financial benefits as part of the POS process. Offerings could include items like APR rates, special repayment… Read More

BNPL Fintech Affirm and WooCommerce Launch Services in the UK

WooCommerce, the “flexible,” open-source ecommerce solution built on WordPress, announced that it has expanded its partnership with Affirm Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, by launching their services in the U.K. WooCommerce merchants in the U.K…. Read More

BNPL Fintech Affirm Joins MoreThanFair to Advance Inclusive, Transparent Lending

MoreThanFair, a community of organizations dedicated to improving access to affordable and inclusive credit for American consumers and small businesses, announced that Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM) had joined as its newest member. Affirm empowers consumers by offering a “transparent and flexible way to pay over time… Read More

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