From tumbling valuations to the arrival of Big Tech firms, we run down the biggest BNPL developments of 2022.

The share of online purchases that shoppers return keeps rising: That’s a growing challenge for retailers seeking to rein in costs without hindering the customer experience.

We delve through PayPal’s Q3 earnings report to give you the main takeaways.

How do Klarna’s BNPL product features measure up to customer demand? We show how new features can balance these demands against the competing interests of shareholders and regulators.

The API-powered BaaS platform Marketa for Banking offers seven products and is available in 40 countries.

In 2022, four of the six Southeast Asian countries in our forecast will see double-digit growth in their number of proximity mobile payment users. Beyond delivering convenience to consumers, a host of other factors are driving adoption in the region.

In response to market uncertainty, PayPal is pushing further into checkout to grow its in-store traction.

We expect buy now, pay later (BNPL) users and payment value to continue growing in the coming years, despite a perfect storm of rising investor and regulatory scrutiny, increasing competition, and worsening economic conditions.

Low adoption and stagnating growth are driving peer-to-peer mobile payment providers to make their services more accessible and attractive to increase engagement within the existing user base.

Proximity mobile payment growth in Canada is stagnant, posing a challenge for providers. We expect them to counter this trend by boosting customer engagement rather than seeking out new users.

PayPal is rethinking its growth strategy amidst market turmoil and slower-than-anticipated growth. All eyes are on the original fintech and payments powerhouse as it moves in a new direction; its strength in the market affects every part of the payments value chain.

With UK proximity mobile and peer-to-peer payments stagnating, providers in the market will be forced to focus on ways to resolve pain points, engage top user demographics, and facilitate growth around the margins.

Nearly a third of Gen Z consumers will prefer to use apps for online payments in five years, according to Logica.

Following a 13% YoY increase in payment volume, CEO Dan Schulman said PayPal will focus on core functions, including checkout and digital wallets.

A looming recession and economic turmoil will hinder neobanks’ ability to get in the black. They’ll have to fight to create profitable and sustainable growth—and put investors’ and customers’ minds at ease.

The CFPB is reportedly planning new rules to stamp out P2P payment fraud.

On today's episode, we discuss some predictions for H2 2022 that are too specific to be 100% certain but could still come true, including: will there be new talks to revive the Pinterest/PayPal super app merger, what will happen to Mark Zuckerberg's quest to build the metaverse, will Netflix get into live sports, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Debra Aho Williamson, Andrew Lipsman, and Paul Verna.

In the US, 55.1% of Gen Z digital buyers ages 14 and older will use a buy now, pay later (BNPL) service at least once this year. That figure drops to 48.6% for millennial digital buyers and becomes progressively smaller among older generations.