Why higher interest rates threaten the buy now, pay later bubble — via financialpost Finance Fintech Banking
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“We think we’re going to see consolidation,” said Alyssa Henry, who runs Square. “But I think we’re also going to see the rise of ecosystems like the ecosystem we have.”For much of the past decade, interest rates hovered at historically low levels. That helped spur the growth of the popular “pay-in-four” model, which allowed retailers to reach more customers by teaming with upstart financial companies that promised to underwrite the loans relatively cheaply.
“A lot of these BNPL providers just kind of popped up in the last couple of years when it was an attractive environment, but maybe they don’t have the business model to withstand some of the challenges that are currently present,” Taiano said.
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