Issue 1217 | Apr 2022
Latin America’s Global General Purpose Cards Reach 1 Billion
Latin America Spending, Transactions and Cards by Brand
Market Shares of Purchase Transactions in Latin America 2001-2021
Second 50 Largest Visa/Mastercard Credit Card Issuers
BNPL Deals Since January 2021—Mergers & Acquisitions
BNPL Deals Since January 2021—Corporate Financing
Investments & Acquisitions—March 2022
BNPL Deals Since January 2021
Between January 1, 2021 and March 31, 2022 there were 67 mergers, acquisitions and corporate financing transactions involving buy now, pay later companies. All 67 deals are identified on pages 10 and 11. The five largest are listed here.
1. Afterpay, $29.00 billion
acquired by Block (formerly Square)
2. Paidy, $2.70 billion
acquired by PayPal
3. Klarna, $1.64 billion
in funding
4. Atome, $900.0 million
in funding
5. Scalapay, $545.0 million
in funding
Full access to the BNPL Deals Since January 2021 is available when you subscribe to the Nilson Report.
POSTED APR 18, 2022 | PRINT
Worldpay, Circle are Partners

Circle Internet Financial, the exclusive issuer of USD Coin (USDC), a stablecoin cryptocurrency fully pegged to the U.S. dollar, has formed a partnership with Worldpay from FIS, the second largest merchant acquirer in the U.S. The partnership will facilitate financial settlement in USDC digital dollars for crypto-native and other...
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