Laybuy offers new interest free payment option to Manchester United fans

By Megha Bhattacharya

Laybuy, a Buy Now, Pay Later provider today announced a partnership with Manchester United with an aim to offer a new and interest-free payment option to help customers buy merchandise and show support for the club. Laybuy, via the collaboration, aims to make football more accessible to fans across the UK.

“At Laybuy, we share our customers’ obsession with football, and we want to help as many fans as we can enjoy and celebrate the game. That is why we are incredibly excited to be partnering with Manchester United, who have some of the most passionate fans in the world,” said Laybuy’s Co-Founder and Managing Director, Gary Rohloff.

“We want to make life as easy as possible for Manchester United’s fans. Laybuy is simple to use and helps fans fit new merchandise into their weekly budgets by allowing them to buy goods now and spread the payments over the following six weeks. Best of all, Laybuy customers don’t pay interest, ever!”

Laybuy stated the partnership would allow fans to purchase club merchandise from the Manchester United Megastore at Old Trafford and spread their payments with weekly interest-free instalments over six weeks, via the Laybuy app.

The company is looking to further integrate its offering across a number of the club’s other retail platforms in 2021.

“We know fans are looking for a range of different payment options that best meet their specific needs,“ said Manchester United’s director of partnerships, Sean Jefferson. ”That is why we are delighted to be partnering with Laybuy, a global leader in Buy Now Pay Later technology, to provide fans access to a more convenient way of purchasing club merchandise and services.”

Recently, Laybuy launched a global partner programme for helping retailers to offer flexible interest-free payment options at the checkout. The company’s solution is now offered by around 6000 merchants and its partner programme.