Aussies spend billions on buy now, pay later, which allows them to spread across their payments without losing out on a big sum in one fell swoop. What’s more, it cushions the blow of rising interest rates. The US is witnessing a similar trend. This has brought financial services like Zip (ASX: ZIP) into the
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Regardless of the ongoing debates over the financial wisdom of doing so, the fact remains that Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) services have gained immense traction in Australia. They’ve significantly changed how people shop and pay as more Australians are turning to BNPL, even for necessities. Fueled by the surge, Zip (ASX: ZIP) has revealed
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As the BNPL fad continues deepening into irrelevance, market leader Zip Co (ASX: ZIP) insists profitability is on its horizon. You just have to overlook any timelines for such to be achieved, and their $1 billion loss for FY22 which includes $276m in customer delinquency write offs. Consumers have been happy to utilise Zip’s BNPL
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Australians have witnessed the birth of a service that allows them to access their payday ahead of time via an advancement, bypassing banks with a service striving to operate similar to payday lenders but with fewer fees and shorter repayment timeframes. With several ‘pay advance’ companies popping up recently, it was only a matter of
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Cashing in on the busy retail season, buy-now-pay-later company Zip Co (ASX: Z1P) set a new quarterly record as Australians use the popular app over the past few months leaving repayments as a matter for future-self. With interest picking up around their platform, they have signed on 10 million new customers and a total of
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As with the coronavirus, the buy now pay later (BNPL) sector was expected to have fizzled out by now. Instead, it’s stepped up another level in terms of revenue usage trends and valuations. Among investors, Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) is rife as the BNPL contagion continues to displace the role of credit cards in
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