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Young people aren't avoiding credit cards because they can't get them. They're avoiding them because they don't trust them.
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We built Afterpay to be the opposite of a credit card. No interest, no hidden fees. If you can't pay, we stop you from spending.
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The best founders solve their own problems. I was a young person who hated credit cards. That turned out to be a $29 billion insight.
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This deal with Block is about scale. Together we can reach every corner of the world that Afterpay couldn't reach alone.
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Australia has world-class founders. What we have lacked is the belief that we can build global companies. That is finally changing.