Buy Now Pay Later business model faces test as rates riseBuy Now Pay Later (BNPL) firms have created one of the fastest-growing segments in consumer finance, with transaction volumes hitting $120 ...
10 Jun, 2022, 05.02 PM IST
Buy now, pay later stocks roiled by Apple's entryHe added Apple has a big competitive advantage over industry players as its Apple Pay service was used by 85% of U.S. merchants, compared w...
07 Jun, 2022, 08.09 PM IST
Elon Musk, Twitter’s new technokingA “free speech absolutist”, Musk has long had a love-hate relationship with the platform. He has accused it of caving to censorship, while ...
09 Apr, 2022, 10.40 AM IST
Elevation raises $670M India fund; edtech giant lays off 1,000 employeesElevation Capital, which invested in around 30 Indian startups last year alone, has closed its latest India-dedicated fund at $670 million.
08 Apr, 2022, 09.52 AM IST
Sezzle to exit India amid global restructuring of operationsThe fintech firm, which informed merchants of its decision on Wednesday, has requested all its merchants to deactivate the service from the...
08 Apr, 2022, 08.37 AM IST
Mining, energy stocks lift Australian shares amid Ukraine crisisThe S&P/ASX 200 index ended 0.7% higher at 7,049.1, extending gains to a straight session, even as broader Asian markets fell.
28 Feb, 2022, 12.46 PM IST
Australia shares close at 8-month low as rate hikes in focusThe S&P/ASX 200 ended down 2.5% at 6,961.6, hitting its lowest close since last May.
25 Jan, 2022, 01.28 PM IST
Buy now, Pay later will soon become preferred payment option: Vandhana Parkavi Valaguru, Sezzle India"There are several differences between a credit card and BNPL. For one, we don’t charge users an annual fee whereas most credit card compan...
10 Nov, 2021, 03.01 PM IST
PayPal heats up buy now, pay later race with $2.7 bn Japan dealThe deal tracks rival Square Inc's agreement last month to buy Australian BNPL success story Afterpay Ltd for $29 billion, which experts sa...
08 Sep, 2021, 11.19 AM IST
PayPal heats up 'buy now, pay later' race with $2.7-billion Paidy dealThe move comes weeks after the Square-Afterpay deal and the Amazon-Affirm Holdings deal, at a time when ‘buy now, pay later’ (BNPL) solutio...
08 Sep, 2021, 09.31 AM 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
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 close year of historic highs and lows little changedOn Thursday, the S&P/ASX 200 index ended 1.4% lower at 6,587.1, capping off a year of record highs and historic lows just 1.5% below where ...
31 Dec, 2020, 02.13 PM IST
Australia shares track Wall Street lower, snap 3 days of gainsThe S&P/ASX 200 index ended down 0.27 per cent at 6,682.4, snapping a three-day gain. The benchmark recovered from a session low of 6630.5.
30 Dec, 2020, 12.12 PM IST
Australia shares rise most in over two months on rate-cut betsSydney's ASX 200 index closed 2.4% higher, snapping four straight sessions of falls.
23 Sep, 2020, 02.45 PM IST
Australia shares dip as banks drag; eyes on U.S. Fed meetingThe ASX 200 index ended 0.08% lower at 5,894.8, with the "Big Four" banks falling between 1.4% and 1.9%. Heavyweights CSL Ltd and BHP Group...
15 Sep, 2020, 02.05 PM IST
- MIDC starts to SEZzle, okays 21 zones in state
Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) gets into the SEZ act, the scale has to match its landholdings, which at last count w...
21 Sep, 2006, 12.53 AM IST