Buy Now Pay Later

Meet Sipora: The newest round-up app targeting buy now, pay later debt culture

‘Round-ups’ are one of the hottest features in banking these days and now there’s a new player in town to take advantage. Meet Sipora, a round-up shopping app for millennials.

By Emma Duffy ● September 23, 2019

Yet another buy now pay later service, ‘Laybuy’, launches in Australia

New Zealand-based buy now, pay later platform (BNPL) Laybuy has launched in Australia as a part of a wider global expansion.

By William Jolly ● September 13, 2019

Women more likely to use buy-now, pay-later schemes like Afterpay

New research from Roy Morgan found 11.6% of women reported using a buy-now, pay-later service in the last year compared to only 5.5% of men.

By Alex Brewster ● September 09, 2019

New buy-now, pay-later product Bundll like ‘a debit card on steroids’

A new buy-now, pay-later scheme called Bundll is set to launch later in 2019, and it will function quite differently to the likes of Afterpay.

By William Jolly ● August 29, 2019

The pros and cons of Afterpay

If you’ve bought anything online in the last few years, you’ve probably heard of Afterpay. You may even be a frequent user of the platform, putting purchases on Afterpay frequently and with wild and reckless abandon. But have you ever stopped to consider the potential dangers of buy now, pay later?

By Emma Duffy ● August 16, 2019

Afterpay for… healthcare? Buy now, pay later service testing medical payment options

Buy now, pay later company Afterpay is expanding its services to include healthcare, but the move has raised fears it will leave financially vulnerable patients exposed to creeping out-of-pocket costs.

By Emma Duffy ● June 11, 2019

Veteran buy now, pay later provider partners with Myer, IKEA & more

Flexigroup, the originator of ‘buy now, pay later’ in Australia, has announced its new payments platform, Humm, will now be available across several additional major retailers.

By Dominic Beattie ● May 08, 2019

How do Afterpay and Zip Pay really work?

Savings.com.au investigates the finer points of buy now, pay later schemes like Afterpay and Zip, plus the impact they may have on your finances.

By William Jolly ● April 18, 2019

‘Buy-Now-Pay-Later’ platforms like Afterpay and Zip hit 1.5 million users

From January 2018 to 2019, 1.59 million Australians used ‘buy-now-pay-later’ digital payment methods such as Afterpay and Zip, according to Roy Morgan Research.

By William Jolly ● March 18, 2019