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Rod Myer

Buy now, pay later clobbered by interest rate hikes and inflation fears

Buy now pay later borrowers are worried about inflation and rate rises. Photo: Getty

The shining star of the buy now/pay later (BNPL) world, Afterpay, earned its lucky shareholders $32 billion when it was taken over by Twitter creator Jack Dorsey’s Block group in a share swap deal completed in January.

But anyone who held onto the Block shares they received in the deal would have seen their value tank by 55 per cent since April’s highs.

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