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Westpac to offer young customers ‘subscription credit’

James Eyers
James EyersSenior Reporter

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Westpac has joined National Australia Bank and Commonwealth Bank of Australia in offering a no interest credit card that will target the buy now, pay later sector’s Millennial customers, who tend to avoid high-rate cards with big credit limits.

A year after its two rivals announced similar products and five years after Afterpay started to scale, Westpac said its new card Flex will help improve traction with younger customers, a segment where Westpac remains badly underweight.

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James Eyers writes on banking, payments and fintech. He is a former legal and investment banking editor at the AFR, has degrees in commerce and law from UNSW, and is co-author of Buy now, pay later: The extraordinary story of Afterpay Connect with James on Twitter. Email James at jeyers@afr.com.au

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