Payments Research

Mar

Commonwealth Bank throws its hat in Australia’s BNPL ring

Can buy now, pay later (BNPL) get any hotter in Australia? Judging by Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s (CBA) foray into the market, yes, it can. CBA’s move comes less than two weeks after PayPal announced it would enter the market. CBA is the first of Australia’s big four banks to…

Mar

India Payments Research

Amazon steps up its India fintech play

Amazon may be the world’s biggest e-commerce firm and a major player in India’s online shopping market, but that has not translated into digital payments dominance in the subcontinent. In fact, Amazon’s share of the Indian payments market is paltry compared to Google Pay, Walmart backed-Phone Pe and Alibaba-backed Paytm.…

Mar

India Payments Research

Paytm eyes the exit ramp

Paytm is India’s most valuable tech startup and largest fintech. The company says it processed 1.2 billion transactions in January, more than its rivals Google and PhonePe that are dominant on the UPI platform. It claims to serve more than 17 million merchants. Yet Paytm is still losing money after…

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