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Klarna acquires social shopping outfit Hero

Klarna has acquired 'social shopping' startup Hero, bringing instore retailer expertise to the online shopping experience.

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Goldman Sachs joins $170m funding round for French fintech Younited

Younited, a Paris-based credit and payment platform, has raised $170 million in a funding round joined by Goldman Sachs and Bridgepoint.

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Citi Australia enters buy now, pay later market

Citi Australia is taking on local buy now, pay later vendors Afterpay and Zip, joining forces with online retailer Kogan.com to allow credit cardholders to enter into an instalment loan at checkout.

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Klarna partners Liberis to offer merchants revenue-based financing

Klarna has picked embedded business finance platform Liberis to help it offer its e-commerce clients revenue-based financing.

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Laybuy brings in-store BNPL to UK

New Zealand-based buy now, pay later outfit Laybuy is launching its digital BNPL card in the UK, enabling customers to make in-store purchases with a tap of their phones.

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Klarna raises $639m at $45.6 billion valuation

Klarna has raised $639 million in a funding round led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 that values the buy now, pay later juggernaut at $45.6 billion.

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Klarna takes on credit cards with in-app instalment shopping at all UK online retailers

Klarna has released a shopping app that enables UK users to pay in three monthly instalment for purchases at any online retailer, regardless of whether they’re partnered with Klarna or not

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HSBC and ING invest in BNPL firm Divido

White label buy now, pay later player Divido has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by HSBC and ING.

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Colombian BNPL player Addi lands $65M in funding and a strategic relationship with Banco Santander

Bogota-based buy now, pay later platform Addi has secured $65 million in debt and equity funding and formed a strategic relationship with Banco Santander.

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Klarna locates new tech hub in Madrid

Buy now, pay later giant Klarna is to open a new tech hub in Madrid that will employ 500 freshly-recruited engineering staff.

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ASA rules against misleading communications by Lanistar and Laybuy

Controversial fintech startup Lanistar is back in the wars again after the Advertising Standards Authority ruled that claims made by the firm about the saffety of its card payments product could not be substantiated.

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Affirm B2B BNPL spinoff Resolve lands $60 million in funding

Resolve, a buy now, pay later billing company spun out of Affirm, has raised $60 million in funding.

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Zip pushes into EU and Middle East with acquisitions of Twisto and Spotii

ASX-listed buy now, pay later firm Zip is expanding into Europe and the Middle East, with the acquisitions of European BNPL provider Twisto and UAE-based startup Spotii

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Zilch to recruit 100 staff as BNPL sector heats ups

UK buy now, pay later startup Zilch is loooking to recruit 100 new hires on the back of an $80 million fund raise secured in April.

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Laybuy raises A$35 million for UK market push

New Zealand-based buy now, pay later outfit Laybuy has successfully undertaken a capital raise for A$35m to further its push into the UK market.

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AmEx brings BNPL to air travel

American Express is making a move into a new frontier for the buy now, pay later movement, offering US consumer card members the option to pay for plane flights in instalments.

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Clover and PayBright offer Canadian SMEs BNPL option

Fiserv is joining forces with PayBright to let small businesses in Canada that use the Clover POS platform offer buy now, pay later plans at checkout.

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Klarna to double UK headcount

Swedish buy now, pay later giant Klarna has opened a new headquarter office in London and larger premises in Manchester as it prepares to double its UK headcount to 400 staff over the next year.

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Barclays sees £900m growth opportunity in payments

Barclays has identified payments as a key growth opportunity worth £900 million over three years thank to areas such as merchant acquiring and the BNPL market.

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Afterpay hires advisors for possible US listing

Australian buy now, pay later firm Afterpay is contemplating a US listing following strong growth in North American markets.