Despite regulatory concerns banking-as-a-service continues to grow in popularity. Here are three tips for any business considering going the BaaS route.
Mexican fintech Kueski announced a partnership with Amazon to offer BNPL on its marketplace, a first for the retail giant in Mexico.
The CEO and founder of Liftforward, Jeffrey Rogers, talks about the origins of embedded lending, BNPL, partnering with Microsoft, the movement to subscriptions and more.
E-commerce fintech SellersFi secured a $300 million credit facility from Citi, leveraging the increasing popularity of alternative payments.
Checking out in a physical store often involves special hardware that can create a barrier for BNPL adoption. Embedded lending is the solution.
J.D. Power's 2024 U.S. Merchant Services Satisfaction Study finds 54 per cent of small businesses accept BNPL and that those operations score the relatively new way to pay highest among payment methods, with a 744 score on a 1,000-point scale.
Embedded finance and buy now, pay later (BNPL) are hotbeds of innovation, and Marqeta is in the middle of the action, CEO Simon Khalaf said.
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Galileo’s CPO, David Feuer, said AI and improving infrastructure allow financial services innovators to create more responsive products, including in BNPL.
While BNPL has been criticized as an easy way for shoppers to run up high debts, it's also being touted as an easy-to-understand payment method that's attractive to all.
Rising interest rates drive retailers to seek new options that will encourage safe consumer spending. That is good news for companies like Accrue Savings, which offers an FDIC-insured wallet that helps customers build a balance with their favorite retailers.