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Founded just six years ago, Afterpay recently hit a monstrous $30 billion value in its market cap. Here's how it did it.

Afterpay is making a play in the mainland European market, through the acquisition of Spanish fintech Pagantis for at least $82 million.

Cash was already teetering on the brink of oblivion. COVID-19 just kicked it over the edge.

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Buy-now-pay-later giants Afterpay and Zip have signed onto a new industry code of conduct to improve consumer protections... but merchants have missed out.

Should buy-now-pay-later services such as Afterpay be able to prevent merchants from passing on their fees to customers? Merchants say yes.

Commonwealth Bank has joined Snoop Dogg as a shareholder in buy-now-pay-later giant Klarna, with the intention of taking on Afterpay.

Now out the other side of regulatory scrutiny, BNPL players such as Afterpay and Humm are looking to a future with broader demographics.

Afterpay is going cap in hand to investors for support in realising ambitious growth targets by expanding overseas and "scaling" its SME business.

In light of the rise of buy-now-pay-later offerings, should the law be changed to make a distinction between credit and debt?

Afterpay, Zip and other buy-now-pay-later providers have escaped the clutches of consumer credit protections, but will be regulated by something else.

Afterpay and Zip Co were critical of each other's business models yesterday amid basic questions from senators about their business models.

Curious about Afterpay? Here is an overview of the platform, the assosicated costs and short- and long-term suggestions for your small business.