June 20 (Reuters) - Private equity firm KKR (KKR.N) has agreed to purchase a substantial portion, or up to 40 billion euros ($43.71 billion), of payments company PayPal's (PYPL.O) buy now, pay later (BNPL) loans in Europe, the companies said on Tuesday.
After the deal closes, PayPal expects to allocate roughly $1 billion to incremental share repurchases in 2023, contributing to an updated outlook of about $5 billion in total share repurchases so far this year.
PayPal last year processed more than $20 billion of BNPL payment volume globally, up nearly 160% from 2021.
Since launching its BNPL service in 2020, PayPal has issued more than 200 million loans to more than 30 million customers globally.
The company said it will continue to remain responsible for all customer-facing activities, including underwriting and servicing associated with its European BNPL products.
Persons:
BNPL, Brett Horn, Horn, Manya Saini, Hannah Lang, Arun Koyyur, Will Dunham
Organizations:
KKR, PayPal, Morningstar Research Services, Thomson
Locations:
Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, Bengaluru, Washington