Zilch (company)

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Zilch (company)Industry| Financial Services

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Founded| 2018; 6 years ago (2018)
Founder|

* Philip Belamant
* Sean O’Connor

Headquarters| Victoria, England
Services|

* Fintech
* Payment
* Shopping
* Retail
* Financial Services
* Online Payments

Website| zilch.com/uk

Zilch is a London-based BNPL payment platform.[1][2] Co-founded in 2018 by Philip Belamant and Sean O’Connor,[3] it was publicly launched in September 2020.[4] As of 2023, Zilch has over 3 million users.[5]

In November 2020, Zilch secured a Consumer Credit Authorisation with the FCA in the United Kingdom.[6][7][8]

In April 2021, Zilch released its Tap & Pay-over-time feature for its customers, via Apple Pay, Google Pay or Samsung Pay.[9][10] Also in April 2021, Zilch announced a valuation of over $500 million.[11] Shortly after in July 2021, the company announced a funding deal partnership with Goldman Sachs and DMG Ventures.[9] The following month, Zilch announced its acquisition of the US commercial lender Nepfin.[12]

In October 2021, Zilch reported an overall valuation of $2 billion, making it the fastest company in Europe to reach double unicorn status.[9][13][14][15]

In March 2022, Zilch announced it had surpassed 2.5 million customers.[16]

In April 2022, Zilch and Experian announced a partnership to begin reciprocal reporting of credit information in BNPL.[17]

In May 2022, Zilch announced it had launched in the US with over 150,000 pre-registered customers.[18][19][20] Zilch extended its funding in June 2022, bringing the total to $193 million.[21][22]

Zilch partnered with StepChange in February 2023, working to implement StepChange Direct's service directly into its platform.[23] Zilch also announced its partnership with Yapily the following month. Yapily’s open banking platform will be leveraged to support the credit decision process for Zilch’s BNPL offerings.[24]

## References[edit]

1. ↑ "London-based Klarna rival Zilch announces 'Tap & Pay-over-time' feature in the UK". UKTN.
2. ↑ Trapp, Roger. "Zilch Takes Flight On The Back Of Online Shopping's Lockdown Boost". Forbes.
3. ↑ Woodford, Isabel. "Zilch cofounders still own 50% of the fintech as it hits $2bn valuation in record time". sifted.
4. ↑ Hughes, Suman. "Zilch and Mastercard announce an expanded partnership to launch Zilch BNPL card across Europe". Mastercard.
5. ↑ "Zilch to 3 million: Fintech passes 3 million users and turns a gross profit". Fintech Finance News. November 2, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
6. ↑ Carrick, Angharad. "Klarna-challenger Zilch becomes first 'buy now pay later' firm to secure FCA licence". citya.m.
7. ↑ Cooke, Harriet. "Pizza on buy now pay later raises debt concerns". Financial Times.
8. ↑ Finn, Aisling. "Buy-now-pay-later fintech Zilch lands FCA authorisation". altfi.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Kleinman, Mark. "'Buy now pay later' provider Zilch strikes $100m funding deal with Goldman and Daily Mail-owner". Sky News.
10. ↑ Girling, William. "Fintech Zilch redefines BNPL with 'tap and pay-over-time'". FinTech.
11. ↑ Lunden, Ingrid. "UK's Zilch raises $80M at a $500M+ valuation for its direct-to-consumer buy now, pay later service". TechCrunch.
12. ↑ "BNPL Firm Zilch Buys Commercial Lender NepFin, Readies US Growth". pymnts.
13. ↑ Lucas, Peter. "The United Kingdom's Zilch Becomes the Latest Entrant in the Hotly Contested U.S. BNPL Market". Digital Transactions.
14. ↑ Browne, Ryan. "UK buy now, pay later start-up quadruples valuation to $2 billion, plans U.S. expansion". CNBC.
15. ↑ England, Joanna. "Zilch CEO Philip Belamant on Startup to Double-Unicorn Story". FinTech.
16. ↑ Iddenden, George. "BNPL firm Zilch has Klarna, Afterpay in its sights with US launch". Charged Retail.
17. ↑ Kenyon, Tilly. "Zilch partners with Experian for responsible BNPL criteria". FinTech.
18. ↑ "Zilch Expands D2C BNPL With Cashback Rewards in US". pymnts.
19. ↑ Berr, Jonathan. "BNPL player Zilch expands to US". paymentsdive.
20. ↑ "Hypergrowth FinTech Zilch launches in US". Business Cloud.
21. ↑ Hornstein, Oscar. "Zilch adds £41m to Series C round as CEO slams BNPL rivals". uktn.
22. ↑ "Klarna rival UK-based Zilch secures €48M for its BNPL platform, eyes US expansion". Silicon Canals.
23. ↑ "Zilch partners with debt charity StepChange".
24. ↑ "Yapily and Zilch Partner on Affordable Credit Solutions in UK".

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