BNPL providers not charging late fees may face consequences

Buy now pay later services with no late fees might struggle for profit this holiday season

Nothing good comes for free, but it does come 75% off up-front. That’s the payment model for many of the buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) services that are springing up across businesses large and small – customers will often pay for the product in four smaller installments, forking over only a quarter of the asking price at checkout and coming up with the rest later.

It sounds sort of like how a credit card works, with the buyer receiving the product before the credit provider receives the payment....

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Affirm Holdings acquires e-commerce returns specialist Returnly

Affirm Holdings, a company that specializes in providing “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) solutions for consumers, has reached an agreement to acquire e-commerce returns and post-purchase company Returnly.

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM) will pay $300 million for Returnly. The transaction is expected to close during the second half of Affirm’s fiscal year, which ends June 30.

“Over the last few years, alongside the rapid growth of online shopping, consumers’ expectations of accommodations for returns and...

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