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What the buy now, pay later regulations mean for your fintech portfolio
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What the buy now, pay later regulations mean for your fintech portfolio
Buy now, pay later companies will be regulated as credit products by the end of the year. Here's what it means for investors.
Joshua Peach | 23 May 2023
Zip Co facing significant headwinds
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Zip Co facing significant headwinds
Zip could run out of cash before it can achieve profitability. We explore the outlook for the fintech and what it means for the wider...
Joshua Peach | 16 April 2023
From Australia's biggest deal to a share market bloodbath: Lessons from the BNPL fallout
Stocks
From Australia's biggest deal to a share market bloodbath: Lessons from the BNPL fallout
Too many investors were willing to jump on the buy-now-pay-later bandwagon at any price, says Morningstar equity analyst Shaun Ler.
Christine St Anne | 18 July 2022
Energy soars but is an end in sight? Best and worst performing stocks in the first half
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Energy soars but is an end in sight? Best and worst performing stocks in the first half
Commodity-linked stocks populate the top and bottom of the league table.
Nicola Chand | 13 July 2022
Afterpay's disappointing results puts sector on notice
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Afterpay's disappointing results puts sector on notice
Morningstar analysts maintain that despite problems the sector is here to stay.
Nicola Chand | 14 April 2022
Latitude makes 'opportunistic' bid for Humm: Morningstar View
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Latitude makes 'opportunistic' bid for Humm: Morningstar View
We would be surprised if the deal proceeded at current terms and believe there is room for Humm to negotiate a higher price.
Shaun Ler | 07 January 2022
Retail investors cool on BNPL as growing pains set in
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Retail investors cool on BNPL as growing pains set in
More competition and share price troubles send investors looking for greener pastures.
Lewis Jackson | 24 December 2021
Is this the beginning of the end for BNPL? Editor's Note
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Is this the beginning of the end for BNPL? Editor's Note
Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
Emma Rapaport | 26 November 2021
New buy-now-pay-later rules to cut margins not customers: Morningstar
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New buy-now-pay-later rules to cut margins not customers: Morningstar
Merchants likely to demand lower fees after the Reserve Bank calls for an end to “no surcharge” rules.
Lewis Jackson | 28 October 2021
What the Afterpay acquisition means for investors: Morningstar Minute
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What the Afterpay acquisition means for investors: Morningstar Minute
We believe the transaction has a high chance of succeeding.
Shaun Ler | 05 August 2021