24 Mar 25 @ 07:22

Affirm is making a significant play in the debit card market through a new BNPL partnership with FIS. This collaboration will allow banks that use FIS’s debit processing services to... read more

14 Aug 24 @ 08:49

A lot has been happening in the realm of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) and depending who you ask, latest developments are either surefire affirmation that the shopping phenomenon is... read more

14 Aug 24 @ 08:15

Google has introduced three new Google Pay features that they say have been developed by listening to direct customer feedback. According to their website, shoppers tell them the three things... read more

16 Feb 23 @ 13:00

Santander says it is set to launch a B2B (business-to-business) BNPL service aimed at the corporate sector. In what Santander is claiming as a first, its corporate division has struck... read more

29 Dec 22 @ 04:07

The Global Payments Innovation Jury has published its 2022 report into the direction of the industry. PCM caught up with Jury Chairman John Chaplin to get his views on the... read more

24 Oct 22 @ 13:06

For some time, the US credit card business has struggled with burgeoning costs and decreasing profitability. Now a range of factors – including rising inflation, a weakening economy and increased... read more

24 Oct 22 @ 12:11

It seems there’s no end to the number of retailers willing to offer BNPL arrangements to consumers to keep their volumes flowing. Meanwhile, new research from the UK Post Office... read more

25 Aug 22 @ 11:33

First came Apple Pay. Then the Apple Card, in partnership with Goldman Sachs. Now Apple intends to enter the burgeoning Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) market with Apple Pay Later. So is Apple... read more

25 Aug 22 @ 11:16

In this article we look at the effect of an economic slowdown on payment choices, and ask whether BNPL will continue to be the poster-child of payments in this new... read more

26 May 22 @ 06:16

BNPL products are a payments phenomenon, with Grandview Research valuing the global market at €3.6 billion in January 2021, rising to €17.9 billion by 2028 for year-on year growth of... read more

21 Apr 22 @ 10:09

As BNPL continues to soar and clamour to regulate grows, industry leaders are adopting a war mentality, criticising the credit card sector. HOWEVER, the right regulation is required to prevent... read more

17 Feb 22 @ 14:32

The 2021 State of Finance study from App Annie reveals just how fast the world of personal finance is going digital. Within this revolution, buy-now-pay-later and cryptocurrency services are growing... read more

17 Feb 22 @ 14:15

Just weeks after Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) firm Klarna looked to shift criticism onto credit card providers as Government prepares to clampdown on BNPL, the outspoken CEO has announced... read more

27 Oct 21 @ 11:39

PayPal has agreed to acquire Paidy, a leading two-sided payments platform and provider of buy now, pay later (BNPL) solutions in Japan, for ¥300 billion or approximately $2.7 billion, principally... read more

27 Oct 21 @ 11:18

Apple is reported to be working on a service that will let consumers pay for any Apple Pay purchase in instalments in direct competition to other BNPL offerings (Buy Now,... read more

13 Oct 25 @ 13:05

The way British consumers choose to pay has always been a mirror of wider economic, cultural and technological trends. From chip-and-PIN’s steady rise in the early 2000s to the mobile... read more

13 Oct 25 @ 12:40

Klarna has launched its debit-first payment card across Europe, extending a product that has already attracted more than 685,000 users in the US since its debut in July. The move... read more

05 Aug 25 @ 17:03

In an era defined by urgent climate imperatives and shifting social expectations, the payments industry finds itself at a strategic inflection point. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations, once the... read more

05 Aug 25 @ 09:03

There is something in the air folks, first Amazon, then Mastercard and now Visa has unveiled a major strategic vision for the future of digital payments including agentic AI. The... read more

14 May 25 @ 10:13

The 10th edition of the Worldpay Global Payments Report (GPR) reveals a global transformation in payments. In just a decade, innovation such as digital wallets, buy now pay later (BNPL)... read more