Shopify moves to dismiss US antitrust complaint over buy now, pay later services
( September 18, 2025, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Shopify moved to dismiss US antitrust claims accusing it of charging businesses unfair fees and manipulating consumers to force them to use Shopify’s online payment services instead of competing services. “In Sezzle’s telling, Shopify has monopolized a market for ‘BNPL-services on the Shopify Platform’ by charging merchants fees to use its platform and designing a checkout experience that benefits consumers and merchants over Sezzle. But Sezzle, Shopify, and other payment services do not compete solely for BNPLon-Shopify transactions any more than Visa and American Express compete only for transactions at Target. Moreover, settled law confirms that Shopify may set its own ‘terms and conditions’ and need not lend Sezzle—or any rival—'assistance’ to compete,” it said. See attached file. ...
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