Buy Now Pay Later Provider in Receivership

The downturn in the BNPL sector has led to a leading Australasian provider being placed into receivership as attempts to find a buyer came up short.
Buy Now Pay Later Provider in Receivership
Bay Now pay later providers exploded in popularity during COVID. panuwat phimpha/ShutterStock
Jim Birchall
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The buy now pay later (BNPL) market in New Zealand and Australia has been rocked by the collapse of provider Laybuy which announced that it has been placed into receivership

According to the company’s receivers Deloitte, Laybuy Group Holdings Limited, Laybuy Holdings Limited and Laybuy Australia Pty Ltd suffered a downturn attributed to sluggish sales and the companies had failed to get back into the black after the hey-days of Covid where BNPL grew exponentially.

Jim Birchall
Jim Birchall
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Jim Birchall has written and edited for several regional New Zealand publications. He was most recently the editor of the Hauraki Coromandel Post.