What's next for BNPL?

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Expert perspectives to inspire your next move

Published: Wednesday 25 May 2022

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) products and services are at a very interesting point in their meteoric rise as the fastest-growing payments method in the eyes of consumers.

BNPL has shifted economic activity from mobile banking apps to a retailer space that's now become a marketplace for financial institutions to show their brand’s offer.

With so much consumer pull, usage rates continue to rapidly grow, powered by technology that seamlessly unlocks valuable use cases that fuel our move to a cashless, contactless society. However, with the eyes of regulators on this ever-growing industry and more and more players entering the space, how to identify and secure value in BNPL is a key challenge.

This in-depth opinion piece combines on-the-ground BNPL points of view, including experts at Paidy and Mastercard, with financial services technology experience and recent user research from Star's FinTech Design and Product Management teams.

I hope you enjoy our experts’ thought-provoking points of view and that they trigger more inspiration for you in your business to inform your BNPL strategy and accelerate your endgame journey.


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