{
  "id": 5243219,
  "title": "Laters.com raises US$1.5M to expand flexible flight payments",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/laters-com-raises-us-1-5m-to-expand-flexible-flight-payments",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-03T03:49:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "e27",
    "slug": "e27",
    "url": "https://e27.co/laters-com-raises-us1-5m-to-expand-flexible-flight-payments-20260903/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Laters.com, a Singapore-based online travel agency, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding to expand its flexible flight payment options. The company, previously known as Fly Fairly, rebranded to laters.com and acquired LFG, a social travel discovery engine. Laters.com offers flights from over 650 airlines and supports more than 100 payment methods, including digital wallets, cryptocurrencies, and various buy-now-pay-later and installment options. The company's focus is not on offering cheaper fares but on providing customers with more payment choices, particularly in Southeast Asia where payment behavior is fragmented. Laters.com claims that the majority of its payment volume is non-card, making it different from the broader travel industry. The company's CEO, Alex Yardley, stated that customers should not lose their booked fare due to payment delays, emphasizing that Laters.com secures the price and spreads the cost. Laters.com is now profitable every month since February 2025 and has over one million travellers searching for flights on its platform annually. The company's largest market is the United States, despite being based in Singapore. Laters.com's use of flexible payment methods has led to customers booking 35% more often and spending 24% more per booking than those using cards. The platform also accepts cryptocurrencies, with stablecoin users spending more than twice as much as the average customer, typically on long-haul trips and higher cabin classes. XBO Ventures, the investment arm of digital-asset platform XBO.com, led the seed funding round.",
  "summary": "For most travellers, the anxiety of booking a flight starts before the airport. A fare appears, the dates work, and then comes the harder question: can it be paid for today? Laters.com, the Singapore-founded online travel agency previously known as Fly Fairly, is trying to build a business around that moment. The company has raised […] The post Laters.com raises US$1.5M to expand flexible flight…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}