Articles tagged “bnpl”

Online Travel

Affirm Signs Booking.com as Latest Buy Now, Pay Later Partner

You probably can't blame travel companies for giving travelers more options for financing their vacations. But which will be the first to run a YouTube ad on how to responsibly budget for your next trip?

Dennis Schaal | 8 months ago

Affirm Signs Booking.com as Latest Buy Now, Pay Later Partner

Mergers and Acquisitions

Fintech Firm Buys Uplift for $100 Million

As with lots of cash and stock deals, the ultimate outcome will depend on Upgrade's eventual exit, and how that turns out. On the face of it, though, this deal looks underwhelming for Uplift.

Dennis Schaal | 9 months ago

Fintech Firm Buys Uplift for $100 Million

Online Travel

CheapOair Offers Savings Accounts for Trips as an Alternative to Going Into Debt

Save Now, Buy Later may contribute more to traveler well-being than having to worry about the bills later from a trip that you really couldn't afford. Anyway, it's a novel way in travel to market vacations.

Dennis Schaal | 11 months ago

CheapOair Offers Savings Accounts for Trips as an Alternative to Going Into Debt

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Expedia Partners With Buy Now Pay Later App Afterpay

Travelers booking flights and hotels from Expedia in a co-branded feature in the Afterpay app can now choose to pay in four interest-free payments over six weeks, Expedia announced. Passengers inside a plane. Source: Getty Images. "Expedia Group is proud to become Afterpay’s first major U.S. travel partner,” said Senior Vice President Media and Brand…

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

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Trip.com Jumps on Buy Now Pay Later Bandwagon

China’s Trip.com has struck two new partnerships, covering the UK and Asia Pacific, to give customers the opportunity to delay or spread out payments for their purchases. In Asia Trip.com has joined forces with Atome, while in the UK it will use Klarna. Trip.com bookers in the UK will see Klarna as an additional payment…

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

Online Travel

Despegar Finds Acquisition Bargains in Latin America’s Hard-Hit Economies

At the beginning of the pandemic, it was clear there would be plenty of mergers and acquisition targets. Despegar found at least a couple in Viajanet and Stays.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Despegar Finds Acquisition Bargains in Latin America’s Hard-Hit Economies

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Consumer Adoption of Buy-Now-Pay-Later In Travel Increasing Rapidly: Affirm’s Earnings

Affirm, the public buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) fintech company just reported its latest quarterly earnings, and some hint that BNPL is being rapidly adopted by the suppliers in travel AND increasing usage by the travelers. From the earnings call transcript: "The Travel and Ticketing segment has been outperforming expectations, and volume more than doubled year over year.…

Rafat Ali | 2 years ago