Card issuing platform Marqeta touted its upcoming collaborations — including a launch with VisaFlex Credential this week — during its third-quarter earnings call on Monday (Nov. 4). The company missed analysts’ expectations, and Wall Street punished its stock, dropping the price almost 32% in trading...
Affirm launched its pay-over-time options in the United Kingdom. The company will initially offer its interest-free and interest-bearing monthly payment options, with any interest applied being fixed and calculated solely on the original principal amount, Affirm said in a Monday (Nov. 4) press release emailed...
Swedish FinTech Klarna has launched a payments partnership with video communications platform Zoom. The collaboration, announced by the buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Thursday (Oct. 31), is designed to give consumers greater access to Zoom’s premium services. “We want Klarna at every checkout, available...
Ahead of the holiday shopping season, payments network Affirm is upgrading its app. The company, known for its buy now, pay later (BNPL) offering, now provides users with — among other things — easier access to personalized payment terms and interest-free offers via its app,...
October 29, 2024
With its transaction growth rates slowing and less-than-expected revenue guidance for the balance of the year, PayPal focused on its repositioning from a peer-to-peer pioneer to a two-sided payments technology platform in its Q3 earnings call Tuesday (Oct. 29). Notably absent from the call was any substantial discussion of the financial health of consumers that will […]
October 22, 2024
The promise of embedded payments — and the march toward embedded everything — says that commerce and money movement is seamless and intuitive. In the continuing conversations within the “What’s...
October 22, 2024
A new wave of financial engagement is emerging among zillennials — those straddling the line between Generation Z and younger millennials. This microgeneration, currently ranging from their late 20s to...
October 21, 2024
The suit filed last week seeking to stop a new rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) governing buy now, pay later (BNPL) loans has a number of what,...
November 05, 2024
Card issuing platform Marqeta touted its upcoming collaborations — including a launch with VisaFlex Credential this week — during its third-quarter earnings call on Monday (Nov. 4). The company missed analysts’ expectations, and Wall Street punished its stock, dropping the price almost 32% in trading throughout the day. Despite the earnings miss, company officials told […]
November 03, 2024
Affirm launched its pay-over-time options in the United Kingdom. The company will initially offer its interest-free and interest-bearing monthly payment options, with any interest applied being fixed and calculated solely...
October 31, 2024
Swedish FinTech Klarna has launched a payments partnership with video communications platform Zoom. The collaboration, announced by the buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Thursday (Oct. 31), is designed to...
October 30, 2024
Ahead of the holiday shopping season, payments network Affirm is upgrading its app. The company, known for its buy now, pay later (BNPL) offering, now provides users with — among...
