FreshBooks partners with Affirm to offer “buy now, pay later” feature

FreshBooks customers in the United States and Canada can now let clients pay their invoices a little bit at a time.

FreshBooks expanded its partnership with American payments processor Stripe last year to launch its Payments offering.

The Toronto-based financial software company is adding the buy now, pay later ( BNPL ) feature to its Payments offering through a partnership with San Francisco-based Affirm. When businesses select BNPL as an eligible invoice payment method through Freshbook Payments, their clients can sign up through Affirm to pay through biweekly or monthly plans. Business owners receive the full invoice amount upfront, minus a transaction fee, while the client pays Affirm over a set period.

“By giving their clients a smarter, more flexible way to pay for services, Fresh