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[โ€“] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Didn't Zip pay pull out of Australia? Places are still offering it. I never really used these buy now pay later platforms but you could stretch a purchase out over like 6 months with Zip

[โ€“] Aradina@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Zip is still around, they launched a new product fairly recently.

[โ€“] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Interesting. I just remember they announced they were pulling out of Australia. Then they got hacked. And they were just still around after

[โ€“] Aradina@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You might be thinking of latitude

[โ€“] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago

I must be. There are too many of those companies here. This Machine Kills had a great episode on them a few years ago and why there are so many in Australia

[โ€“] Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago

Hmm, I thought they still offered it? I remember the reduced/limited the amount you could have without a credit check a little while back.

[โ€“] Drusenija@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Don't believe so, you can still use it at places that offer it. Pretty sure they expanded the service to also work as a Visa card so you can technically use it anywhere, not just at retailers that offer it (no idea if there's extra costs involved in that though).