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Regulatory Safeguards Needed For Burgeoning BNPL Industry

Arvin Singh, CEO, hoolah (known as ShopBack PayLater)

27-Oct-22 07:30

Regulatory Safeguards Needed For Burgeoning BNPL Industry

The government is working on enacting a Consumer Credit Act to provide better protection for credit consumers, including the growing number of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) customers. How are industry players engaging with authorities as the regulations take shape? We get an overview of how the BNPL industry is developing from Arvin Singh of hoolah, now known as ShopBack PayLater.


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Produced by: Sim Wie Boon

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Keith Kam


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Categories:  Corporates,  government

Tags:  credit consumers,  bnpl,  consumer credit act, 


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