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What is the innovative payment product that could topple BNPL?

What is the innovative payment product that could topple BNPL?

It is difficult to predict how the economic downturn and recession will impact the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) industry. As interest rates continue to rise, credit card borrowing is growing more expensive. Now there is a new breed of start-ups that have turned the concept of BNPL on its head. Save Now, Buy Later (SNBL) schemes incentivise saving for big-ticket purchases while avoiding the potential debt trap that comes with BNPL. Mark Beresford (Director, London) along with the Retail Payments Practice at EDC have taken a closer look at SNBL as this new alternative payment method starts to gain momentum.

Retail
Product Innovation
by Mark Beresford | Feb 06, 2023
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Buy Now Pay Later
B2C
Retail
Payment Methods
Conversation with Nadeem Hussain founder and chairman of Planet N

Conversation with Nadeem Hussain founder and chairman of Planet N

Samee Zafar (Director, London) recently spoke with Nadeem Hussain, a pioneer in financial services and technology. He is the founder and ex-CEO of Tameer Bank and EasyPaisa (sold to Telenor), which have impacted millions of Pakistanis by extending credit, insurance and mobile banking solutions to a large segment of the unbanked population. EasyPaisa is one of the most successful mobile financial services initiatives outside Africa. He is the founder and chairman of Planet N, which aims to connect and catalyze the next wave of technology leadership in developing markets and in particular Pakistan.

Fintech
Product Innovation
by Samee Zafar | Feb 06, 2023
2 min listen
2 min read
Leadership Interview
Digital payments
Value Creation Playbook for VC/PE owned payments and fintech companies

Value Creation Playbook for VC/PE owned payments and fintech companies

Investors know that being actively involved in ownership can greatly influence the overall success of an investment, and in the current economic climate, it is more critical than ever for private equity firms and the management teams of their payments and fintech portfolio companies to align on value creation initiatives. In this article, Martin Koderisch (Principal) outlines an approach to value creation at VC/PE owned payments and fintech companies.

Investors & Private Equity
Go-To-Market Strategy
by Martin Koderisch | Jan 31, 2023
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Go to market
Growth
Conversation with Adrien Touati, Co-founder at manager.one

Conversation with Adrien Touati, Co-founder at manager.one

Adrien Touati, CEO at manager.one, an online bank for businesses, recently talked with Louis Wapler (Senior Consultant, Paris). During their conversation, Adrien described the origin of manager.one, shared his views on the business banking industry and assessed the short-term lending solutions digital banks may provide to their business customers

Fintech
Product Innovation
by Louis Wapler | Jan 05, 2023
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Embedded Finance
Growth
Fintechs, ESG, and Making a Difference

Fintechs, ESG, and Making a Difference

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ratings are increasing in importance among companies. Samee Zafar (Director, London) writes about the complexity of these ratings and how fintech in the financial services and payment sector embrace the values of ESG

Fintech
Go-To-Market Strategy
by Samee Zafar | Dec 01, 2022
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Embedded Finance
Embedded Payments
Go to market
Conversation with Salim Dhanani, CEO & Co-Founder at BigPay

Conversation with Salim Dhanani, CEO & Co-Founder at BigPay

Conversation with Salim Dhanani, CEO & Co-Founder at BigPay, neobank based in Southeast Asia, recently talked with Samee Zafar (Director, London). During their conversation, Salim described the value proposition of BigPay and the markets and customers that they serve.

Fintech
Product Innovation
by Samee Zafar | Nov 28, 2022
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Digital payments
Embedded Finance

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