Buy Now, Pay Later
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Buy Now, Pay Later

The Extraordinary Story of Afterpay

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eBook - ePub

Buy Now, Pay Later

The Extraordinary Story of Afterpay

About this book

The fascinating behind the scenes story of the brash Aussie technology start up that changed the way a whole generation around the world does their shopping.
Millennials love it. Amateur investors made millions out of it, and its founders became billionaires. But professional investors steered clear, regarding it as over-valued. In a few short years, the Australian startup Afterpay has put a rocket under consumer finance and birthed a global industry. It pioneered the four-payments model that allows customers to bypass credit cards for online shopping and budgeting, with the cost borne by the retailer. Just five years after it was founded, Afterpay had changed the way a generation went shopping, how brands from big banks to fashion labels win customers, and how institutions value companies.
Buy Now, Pay Later recounts the dramatic behind-the-scenes story of the founding and rise of Afterpay. It reveals the network of business and personal relationships that enabled the company to finance its speedy growth and the maneuevring that enabled it to escape regulation for years, as well as the near-death experiences and rising concern that it is getting young people hooked on debt. Drawing on years of on-the-ground reporting and interviews with key figures involved in their rollercoaster ride, this is the Afterpay story told in full.

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Information

Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9781761062360
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. PRAISE
  3. DEDICATION
  4. TITLE PAGE
  5. COPYRIGHT PAGE
  6. CONTENTS
  7. PROLOGUE
  8. 1 RAGS TO RICHES
  9. 2 ASSET STRIPPERS
  10. 3 LAY-BY
  11. 4 TOUCH POINT
  12. 5 LITTLE KING
  13. 6 GOING PUBLIC
  14. 7 THE UNSUSPECTED SECRET
  15. 8 MICKEY MOUSE AND MARIJUANA
  16. 9 BROKER WARS
  17. 10 SHORT ON TIME
  18. 11 HOUSE OF CARDS
  19. 12 TAKING CREDIT
  20. 13 THE CUB CLUB
  21. 14 GOING VIRAL
  22. 15 STANDING DOWN
  23. 16 TRENDING
  24. 17 ONCE IN A LIFETIME
  25. EPILOGUE
  26. PICTURE SECTION
  27. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  28. NOTES
  29. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  30. INDEX