UK-based checkout finance platform provider Divido has announced a partnership with Novuna Consumer Finance, one of the UK’s leading point of sale finance providers, to enable merchants to provide competitive white-labelled finance to their customers.  

The partnership combines Novuna Consumer Finance’s 40+ years of retail finance expertise with Divido’s award-winning technology. 

Merchants will benefit from Divido's seamless checkout finance journeys for in-store and online purchases, now with attractive finance options from Novuna, which can be scaled worldwide by easily adding additional lenders to support new countries. 

Merchants using the Divido checkout finance platform will strengthen their brand and increase conversion rates by having their own white-labelled solution. Divido’s journeys achieve conversion rates of up to 76% with support in-store and online. 

The partnership will allow Divido merchants to benefit from greater choice and flexibility when choosing a lender to provide finance options. Divido will leverage Novuna Consumer Finance’s 40+ years of experience and deep expertise in a wide cross-section of retail verticals to offer competitive lending rates and higher rates of acceptance through their platform. 

Divido forecasts that merchants working with Novuna Consumer Finance through their white-label platform will benefit from an increased volume of sales through retail finance, higher average basket sizes, and greater rates of repeat business. The partnership will allow Divido to offer its retail finance platform to a wider network of large retailers. 

Meanwhile, Novuna Consumer Finance’s portfolio of existing merchants will benefit from Divido’s global platform, allowing them to expand their retail finance offering to international markets. 

Todd Latham, CEO of Divido, said: "This is a landmark partnership for the retail finance sector. With a lender like Novuna Consumer Finance behind the Divido platform, we’ll have the capability to expand our white-label platform to a greater number of retailers in the UK.  

“We look forward to increasing the scope of our partnership to benefit from Novuna Consumer Finance’s established expertise in the market.” 

Brian Flesk, Head of Retail at Novuna Consumer Finance, said: “We are incredibly proud of this exciting new partnership with Divido. 

“Our carefully crafted suite of flexible finance options has been built with customers in mind. Our tailoring options reduce the overall number of declined applications, helping retailers win more customers, as well as maximising on those with high affordability. 

“These and many more services allow our retailer partners to offer customers exactly what they need: flexible finance options with low-cost monthly payments, all at the click of a button on their e-commerce platform, or quickly and simply in-store. 

“With over 40 years of experience, we’re looking forward to continuing to grow within the UK and tapping into a wider international market with the support of Divido.”