Jack Dorsey-led Block beats operating profit estimatesBlock posted operating earnings, known as adjusted EBITDA, of $195 million, ahead of the Wall Street average expectation of $136 million, a...
06 May, 2022, 08.39 AM IST
Australian shares end higher on energy boost; Afterpay jumpsThe S&P/ASX 200 index ended 0.66% higher at 7,438.9 after falling for two straight sessions.
12 Jan, 2022, 01.24 PM IST
Australia proposes new laws to regulate crypto, BNPLThe country will also broaden its payment laws to cover online transaction providers like Apple and Google.
08 Dec, 2021, 12.29 PM IST
Australia proposes new laws to regulate crypto, BNPLThe country will also broaden its payment laws to cover online transaction providers like Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google as well as bu...
08 Dec, 2021, 10.48 AM IST
Afterpay delays vote on $29 billion buyout as Square awaits Spain nodThe investor meet was set for Dec. 6, but Afterpay said it would likely take place next year as Square is likely to get an approval from th...
02 Dec, 2021, 11.27 AM IST
Australia shares rise on BHP-Woodside's final nod on $12 bn projectThe S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.78% to close at 7,410.6, marking its best session since Nov. 12, after a 0.59% fall in the previous session.
23 Nov, 2021, 01.46 PM IST
Consumers and companies are buying in on paying laterThe option to buy now and pay later has soared in popularity, accelerating last year as consumers bought almost everything online at the st...
04 Sep, 2021, 10.06 AM IST
Australia shares close higher as miners rally, tech index touches record highThe tech sub-index leaped 1.9% after notching a record high earlier in the session even as the heavyweight buy now, pay later firm Afterpay...
25 Aug, 2021, 01.53 PM IST
PolicyBazaar files for IPO amid threat of 'listing' taxIn today's ETtech Top 5 Newsletter: PolicyBazaar has filed draft papers for its much-awaited initial public offering (IPO), even as early i...
03 Aug, 2021, 10.52 AM IST
Twitter's Jack Dorsey leads blockbuster $29 billion buyout of AfterpaySquare Inc, the payments firm of Twitter Inc co-founder Jack Dorsey, will purchase buy now, pay later (BNPL)pioneer Afterpay Ltd for $29 bi...
02 Aug, 2021, 08.36 PM IST
Afterpay lifts Australian shares to record closeAfterpay settled 19.5% higher after payments firm Square agreed to buy it, creating a global transactions giant and tapping an industry tha...
02 Aug, 2021, 02.01 PM IST
Apple's potential 'buy now, pay later' plan sends sector shares tumblingThe US tech giant will use Goldman Sachs, its partner since 2019 for the Apple Card credit card, as the lender for the loans, Bloomberg New...
14 Jul, 2021, 03.21 PM IST
Australia shares give up gains as Afterpay, big banks dropThe S&P/ASX 200 index settled at 6,713.90 after rising as much as 0.6 per cent earlier in the day, repeating a trend that saw early momentu...
11 Mar, 2021, 12.38 PM IST
Australian shares end string of losses as gold, tech stocks rise"The market's rise is just a small improvement after the previous losses, as the benchmark bounces back after coming close to the support l...
28 Oct, 2020, 02.00 PM IST
Australia shares end 2% firmer as investors bet on post-lockdown recoveryBuy-now-pay-later firm Afterpay starred again as it jumped 9% to a record high and helped the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 end 2.2% higher at 5,61...
25 May, 2020, 01.58 PM IST
Australia shares end higher on healthcare, industrials; Afterpay surgesThe S&P/ASX 200 index rose 1.41 per cent to 5,319.8, off 26.1 per cent from its record high touched in February and down 21.52 per cent so ...
04 May, 2020, 01.41 PM IST
AfterPay founder, Stefan van den Berg, joins ePayLater as strategic advisorHe set up fintech startup AfterPay in 2010 after years of working with various financial service providers and banks.
16 May, 2018, 01.46 PM IST