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Sezzle Adds ‘Smarter Spending’ Features to BNPL Tool
Sezzle Adds ‘Smarter Spending’ Features to BNPL Tool
March 12, 2025  |  BNPL

Pay later provider Sezzle says it has added improved shopping features to its platform. “At Sezzle, we’re committed to making shopping more intuitive, transparent, and...

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Subprime Borrowers Seek Strategies to Improve Their Credit Scores
Subprime Borrowers Seek Strategies to Improve Their Credit Scores
March 12, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

The pressures of mounting card debt, still-high interest rates and tightening underwriting threaten to expand the ranks of subprime borrowers — all the while making...

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Will Macro Pressures and ‘FICO Creep’ Be a Boon for Pay Later Options?
Will Macro Pressures and ‘FICO Creep’ Be a Boon for Pay Later Options?
March 10, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

Monday (March 10) marked another bloodletting on Wall Street, another slew of headlines about tariffs and trade wars. And as economic concerns mount, the picture...

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Affirm Launches BNPL Partnership With Resale Marketplace StockX
Affirm Launches BNPL Partnership With Resale Marketplace StockX
March 10, 2025  |  BNPL

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider Affirm has teamed with resale marketplace StockX. The collaboration, announced Monday (March 10), lets eligible StockX shoppers in the U.S. access Affirm’s payment plans...

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Embedded Finance Boom Continues to Reshape Financial Ecosystems
Embedded Finance Boom Continues to Reshape Financial Ecosystems
March 10, 2025  |  Innovation

Direct-to-consumer offers have long been a mainstay of finance. But embedded finance is reshaping what it means for banks, businesses and FinTechs to interact, in...

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Splitit Brings BNPL to Digital Wallets Via Highnote Partnership
Splitit Brings BNPL to Digital Wallets Via Highnote Partnership
March 10, 2025  |  BNPL

Installment payment solution Splitit has teamed with card issuance provider Highnote. The partnership, announced Monday (March 10), will employ Highnote’s technology to make Splitit’s buy...

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Big Banks Work to Carve Out Piece of BNPL Space
Big Banks Work to Carve Out Piece of BNPL Space
March 09, 2025  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Banking giants are trying to catch up to FinTechs in offering pay later services. A report Saturday (March 8) by the Financial Times (FT) examines...

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Revolving Debt and Credit Card Spending Muted in January
Revolving Debt and Credit Card Spending Muted in January
March 07, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

After a holiday spending frenzy, consumers have returned to a more normalized rate of spending, as measured in incremental borrowing on credit cards and other...

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Klarna Reportedly Targeting $15 Billion IPO Valuation
Klarna Reportedly Targeting $15 Billion IPO Valuation
March 06, 2025  |  IPO

Klarna is perhaps just days away from filing for its $1 billion initial public offering (IPO). That’s according to a report Thursday (March 6) from...

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