488. Insights: After Dark Debate - Buy Now Pay Later

Welcome to our latest instalment of After Dark! This time we enter into a debate about Buy Now Pay Later products and what benefits or issues can be identified in these products. These offerings have exploded in recent years, and so have the views around them. In the debate, we have two teams and the consist of these masterminds: Team Love: Simon Taylor, 11:FS Head of Ventures Ali Paterson, Editor in Chief at Fintech Finance Team hate David Brear, 11:FS Group CEO Sharon Kimathi, Editor at Fintech Futures Moderator Gemma Godfrey, Non executive Director and Serial Fintech Entrepeneur. We are also given some industry expertise by Alex Marsh, Country Lead at Klarna UK & Justin Basini, CEO and Co-Founder of ClearScore! The teams debate the following topics: What counts as debt? Marketing The Battle of the Checkout This After Dark is sponsored by Radar Payments. Radar Payments takes out the complexity of payments to let Banks, Neobanks, PSPs and Fintechs solely focus on delivering a frictionless customer experience. The white label one-stop service helps financial institutions issue payment instruments, accept the widest range of methods online - in-store - in app, while keeping their brand at the forefront. To find out more, visit www.radarpayments.com This After Dark is also sponsored by Mitek. Digital Identity Verification trusted the world over - secure more high-value customers while reducing risk and costs with Mitek, a global leader and enterprise partner in Identity Verification technology. Create certainty in today’s digital world with Mitek. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3lY9YRn Banking as a Service is deconstructing the banking stack. It's enabling brands to embed finance more easily, and to tailor financial products to specific customer needs. This is presenting new opportunities for specialised providers and offers banks extra revenue streams. Download our report for a comprehensive, no BS view of what Banking as a Service is and what it means for the industry. Head to bit.ly/bankingasaservice. Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. Hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David Brear, Simon Taylor, Jason Bates and Sarah Kocianski and joined by a range of brilliant guests, we cover the latest global news, bring you interviews from industry experts or take a deep dive into subject matters such as APIs, AI or digital banking. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, alternatively email [email protected]! Special Guests: Alex Marsh, Ali Paterson, Gemma Godfrey, Justin Basini, and Sharon Kimathi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices