But Singer—an eccentric entrepreneur ... who could not afford the machine’s high price—the first installment-payment plan in the United States. Clark also had the wisdom to squeeze the ...

“Buy now, pay later” is a type of consumer credit that really got going in the 19th century when Singer sewing machines ... from Apple Inc. The “installment plan” is the precursor to ...

FomoTravel, or Fear of Missing Out Travel, is a South African installment plan startup by Andrew Katzwinkel. It received a seed funding round earlier this month from The Singer Group, owner of ...