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Thursday, August 06, 2026

Fintech Insider Episode 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
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