Buy, buy, buy as pay-later giant Zip charts plans for global expansion
Zip wants to open its purse to kickstart its global expansion plans, unveiling a proposal to obtain stakes in not one, or two, but three companies.
“If the ride is more fly, then you must buy”: Commonwealth Bank joins forces with Snoop Dogg to take on Afterpay
Commonwealth Bank has joined Snoop Dogg as a shareholder in buy-now-pay-later giant Klarna, with the intention of taking on Afterpay.
As buy-now-pay-later grows, will the likes of Afterpay, Zip and Humm displace credit cards?
Now out the other side of regulatory scrutiny, BNPL players such as Afterpay and Humm are looking to a future with broader demographics.
Visa announces buy-now pay-later offering: Is this the end for Afterpay?
Established payments companies and startups alike are jumping on the buy now pay later train Afterpay pioneered. What does it all mean for the giant?
Afterpay faces audit over money laundering and terrorism finance compliance
Afterpay is being audited over its compliance with money laundering and terrorism finance laws, AUSTRAC has said in a statement.
Afterpay asks investors for $300 million to chase 400% increase in underlying sales by 2022
Afterpay is going cap in hand to investors for support in realising ambitious growth targets by expanding overseas and "scaling" its SME business.
The (not so) secret rise of Melbourne as Australia’s tech capital, according to a Silicon Valley Insider
With more than 8,000 tech businesses operating in Victoria, the industry generates $34 billion in revenue each year and employs about 90,000 people.
Sydney startup Cashrewards raises $5.2 million as it gears up for 2020 IPO
Aussie cashback startup Cashrewards has raised $5.2 million in Series A funding, and after a mammoth year of growth, it’s now gearing up to list on the ASX.
A legal loophole: How Afterpay and other buy-now-pay-later providers skirt consumer laws
In light of the rise of buy-now-pay-later offerings, should the law be changed to make a distinction between credit and debt?
A unicorn a year: More than 50 Australian startups founded since 2011 are valued over $100 million
Today, 52 companies founded by Australians since 2011 are worth more than $100 million. Fourteen companies are worth more than $500 million.
Afterpay moves into pay-now-travel-later in attempt to cash in on worldly millennials
Afterpay has inked a deal that will see it move into a new vertical, offering millennials pay-now-travel-later holiday options.
Afterpay, Zip to face stronger regulation as ASIC welcomes new intervention power
ASIC says new product intervention powers which cover Afterpay and Zip Co will allow it to ensure better outcomes for consumers.