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HUMM GROUP LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2019
May 7, 2019
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Capital/Financing Update
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8 May 2019
humm retailer update
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Australia’s original Buy Now Pay Later provider launches newest offer
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Myer, IKEA, JB Hifi New Zealand, Solomon’s Carpets, Strandbags, National Hearing, National Dental Plan and City Fertility join the humm platform
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Continued business momentum as new partners take total humm retailers to over 13,000
FlexiGroup Limited (ASX: FXL) (“ flexigroup ”) today announces that a number of new high profile retail partners have joined the humm platform. The addition of these tier one retailers in the fashion retail, health and home improvement categories represents continued momentum across humm ’s target verticals.
flexigroup, the inventor of Buy Now Pay Later (“ BNPL ”) in Australia has successfully consolidated two legacy platforms - Certegy EziPay and OxiPay - into an innovative and differentiated customer offer which enables shoppers to spend from $1 up to $30,000 completely interest free. humm accounts for 17% market share of the BNPL transaction volume in Australia (and 40% of receivables) with over 1 million customers shopping at more than 13,000 seller locations and e-commerce platforms. In New Zealand flexigroup has over 160,000 BNPL customers who can shop at over 1,700 seller locations.
Commenting on the announcement, Rebecca James, Chief Executive Officer at flexigroup said:
“We have a proud history of financing Australian and New Zealand lifestyles for over twenty years and have a strong reputation for innovating to meet changing consumer demand. Consumers are demanding to have greater control over their finances, and humm gives them the ability to finance the little things and the big things in a way that helps with affordability and managing their household budget.
“We’re delighted with the response we’ve received from our retailers and it’s clear that there is strong demand for our differentiated proposition. These retailers have seen how the humm platform supports customers in financing their lifestyles when it comes to health, family, home, fashion and more. The range of merchants added reflects this appetite for more flexible Buy Now Pay Later solutions that can service a wider breadth of transactions and offer greater repayment terms to the retailers’ customers. With humm , customers can handle the ‘little things’ worth up to $2,000, repaid over 2.5 or 5 months and the ‘big things’ worth over $2,000, repaid over 6-60 months, quickly and easily, from the same app – an Australian first.
“The addition of these leading brands across our target verticals reinforces the strength of humm ’s offering – bringing new growth opportunities to retailers and delivering a unique and compelling user experience direct to consumers.”
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Today flexigroup announces that the following merchants have joined the humm community:
Fashion retailers:
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Myer is one of Australia’s largest department store groups operating 61 stores across the country. From September, customers at Myer will be able to make humm purchases in all Myer stores and concessions, simply by registering on the humm app and scanning the humm payment code at the store register.
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Strandbags is the destination store for bags with stores in over 300 locations throughout Australia and New Zealand.
Home improvement retailers:
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IKEA Group is the world’s largest home furnishing retailer. In Australia, IKEA operates 10 stores at locations across the country and hosts over 11.3 million visitors per year.
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Solomon’s Carpets have extensive retail networks in all mainland capital cities across Australia.
Health providers:
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National Hearing Care is Australia's largest independent hearing service provider. National Hearing Care has one of the most extensive networks of clinics in Australia, with over 250 regional and metropolitan clinics.
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National Dental Plan is a partnership created with CentaurSoftware the largest provider of dental practice software. Humm is now offered in over 500 dental practices around Australia.
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City Fertility is one of Australia ’s leading IVF & fertility service groups with 9 clinics, 65 consulting rooms and over 40 doctors nationwide.
New Zealand:
- JB Hifi New Zealand is New Zealand’s largest home entertainment retailer with 14 stores located across the North and South islands. JB Hifi NZ will be extending their partnership with flexigroup in NZ to include the launch of humm across these stores.
These announcements come after the successful migration of flexigroup’s existing sellers and customers onto the humm platform.
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| Isobel Rogerson +61 2 8905 2191 | Roger Newby +61 401 278 906 |
| Ross Aucutt +61 2 8905 2179 |
ABOUT FLEXIGROUP
FlexiGroup provides a diverse range of finance solutions to consumers and business through a network of retail and business partners. This includes Buy Now Pay Later products, credit cards and consumer and business leasing. FlexiGroup has been operating in Australia for over 30 years, has partnerships with over 62,000 sellers and now serves 1.2 million customers across Australia, New Zealand and Ireland.
For more information visit: flexigroup.com.au
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