Home Credit invests VND200 billion into Buy Now Pay Later service

Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) payment options are now no longer new to Vietnamese customers, especially young shoppers who are tech-savvy and financially proactive. This payment type allows customers to buy goods first and pay later in instalments that can be divided over several months depending on personal financial conditions.

In Vietnam, Home Credit is one of the pioneering consumer finance companies that offer the service. From previous studies and surveys of consumers’ current shopping habits and financial management, the company has found that BNPL creates new financial trends, brings convenience to customers, and stimulates demand.

Michal Skalicky, chief customer officer of Home Credit

Own your favourites with the right financial plan

Instead of having to bear the heat when your home is not air-conditioned or continuing to work on a stubborn laptop, you can choose BNPL with flexible instalment options. With Home Credit, a consumer finance firm pioneering BNPL services in Vietnam, customers can shop comfortably, choose instalment options over one, three, six or 12 months, and benefit from zero per cent interest rates.

Home Credit does not only offer BNPL on its website but also cooperates with top e-commerce platforms to develop a wide network of hundreds of different brands of goods and services, available to buy through payment portals.

Home Credit partners with Tiki to launch Home PayLater

Aiming to enhance the online shopping experience, in July Home Credit signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Tiki e-commerce platform to launch Home PayLater, a BNPL scheme.

Home PayLater improves the efficiency and convenience of online payment. Through Home PayLater, customers have an additional smart financial solution to help them enjoy an ideal and seamless shopping experience while still being able to actively plan their personal finances.

Flexible procedures, diverse products

Unlike traditional instalment payment schemes that require customers to provide a bewildering array of documentation such as ID cards, household registration documents, bank statements, and others, Home PayLater services offer a simple and fast BNPL registration option that maximises the advantages of digital technology.

There are just three steps to register for Home PayLater: online registration with a copy of an ID card, a selfie, and online contract completion. Quick and easy, the application is then automatically processed without having to wait a long time for results.

BNPL promises to be a new financial trend

According to a Home Credit representative, all registration processes for Home PayLater purchases have the sole goal of improving convenience for users. “Spend smart. Pay smart” is the core value that Home PayLater wants to bring to the young generation of customers.

“We have focused on providing comprehensive investment for Home PayLater, including in human resources, attractive incentives for customers, and the application of technology to process systems for partners. Home Credit wants to be a part of more online transactions, serving the needs of, and providing an optimal experience for, Vietnamese users,” said Michal Skalicky, chief customer officer of Home Credit.

Besides traditional transactions paid in instalments such as electronics, education, and motorbikes, with Home PayLater, Home Credit also opens up new BNPL schemes for air tickets, travel, cosmetics, and more. This creates opportunities to help retailers access good, modern financial solutions to increase sales, and also give consumers diverse options to balance their spending and personal finances.

Home PayLater helps customers diversify their choices, spend wisely, and be proactive in personal finance

Convenient payment

With Home PayLater, Home Credit and Tiki customers can opt to spread payments with just a few clicks on the Tiki website. The entire shopping process takes less than five minutes from the first registration. In the future, Home PayLater payments will only take a few seconds. The integration of facial recognition and OTP codes also increases customers’ data security.

Lu Duy Nguyen, senior director in charge of payments at Tiki said, "Through working with Home Credit to launch Home PayLater, Tiki wishes to add a smart payment solution on our website, and at the same time help customers control their personal finances when shopping online, further improving the e-commerce experience for consumers."

Various promotional schemes

After signing the deal, Home Credit offered hundreds of e-vouchers worth up to $20 to welcome new customers to experience smart financial products on Tiki.

In addition, the firms also treated users to a big feast with thousands of e-vouchers, contributing to satisfying the increasing shopping and consumption needs of Vietnamese consumers.

Home Credit Vietnam honoured among the top 50 outstanding investors in 2021-2022 Home Credit Vietnam has been awarded this year’s Golden Dragon Award, marking the eighth year in a row the company has won the distinguished award.

Home Credit Vietnam CRO wins prestigious C-Suite Awards Home Credit’s Chief Risk Officer (CRO) Fabien Sanchez has been honoured as the “Most Trusted Financial Services CRO” in Southeast Asia by London-based CEO Monthly, the magazine for top professionals globally. Last month, CEO Monthly unveiled its inaugural C-Suite Awards.

Home Credit publishes its 2021 Sustainability Report Home Credit on June 30 released its Sustainability Report 2021, detailing the company’s progress in delivering on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles, such as by promoting financial inclusion and offering responsible products and services to underserved populations.

Home Credit partners with Tiki to launch Home PayLater Home Credit announced on July 15 that the company has signed a cooperation agreement with Tiki – one of Vietnam’s top e-commerce platforms – to launch Home PayLater, a Buy Now Pay Later product.