{"id":313852,"date":"2021-08-02T12:18:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T09:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-square-paid-a-whopping-29b-for-afterpay\/"},"modified":"2021-08-02T12:18:22","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T09:18:22","slug":"why-square-paid-a-whopping-29b-for-afterpay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-square-paid-a-whopping-29b-for-afterpay\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why Square paid a whopping $29B for AfterPay"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Why Square paid a whopping $29B for AfterPay<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Earlier this morning, fintech giant Square announced that it has struck a deal to acquire Australia-based AfterPay for a whopping $29 billion.<\/p>\n

Square is acquiring the company in an all-stock deal, the final transaction will take place in the first quarter of 2022. The company wants to integrate AfterPay into its current offerings so that\u00a0\u201cthe smallest of merchants\u201d can offer pay later services.<\/span><\/p>\n

AfterPay was founded by\u00a0Nick Molnar and Anthony Eisen in 2015 to let customers buy goods, and pay for them later. The firm started its services in Australia and New Zealand, and later expanded to other markets such as the US, the UK, and Canada.<\/p>\n

As part of the deal with Square, Molnar and Eisen are joining the company to head AfterPay\u2019s merchant and consumer business.<\/p>\n

In 2017, the company merged with its technology provider Touchcorp<\/a> to form AfterPay Touch Group.<\/p>\n

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