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Zip (Quadpay)

Announced

Buy now, pay later provider operating in 14 countries, building UCP integration to let AI agents offer interest-free installments at supported merchant checkouts.

Zip (Quadpay) has announced plans to support UCP as a participant. No public endpoint is available yet.

Zip, formerly known as Quadpay in the US, is a buy now, pay later platform that lets shoppers split purchases into four interest-free payments. Zip operates in 14 countries and partners with over 50,000 merchants. The company is building UCP payment token support to make its installment products available in agent-initiated checkout sessions.

The practical value is significant. Shoppers who have pre-authorized Zip through their AI agent platform can buy items above their immediate budget in four payments, fully automated. The agent handles the checkout session, Zip handles the credit decision and payment schedule, and the merchant receives full payment upfront. No human intervention required.

Zip's UCP integration targets its core consumer segment: shoppers aged 18 to 35 who already use BNPL as a default payment method. Merchants selling apparel, electronics, and home goods with average order values between $50 and $500 are the primary beneficiaries.

Why This Matters for UCP

Zip brings buy now, pay later to UCP-enabled checkouts, enabling AI agents to offer interest-free installment payments at any compatible merchant without a separate BNPL integration.

UCP Capabilities

checkoutpayment token exchange

UCP Endpoint

Announced — Endpoint not yet publicly available

Integration Example

// Zip UCP BNPL token exchange (announced)
// Shopper pre-authorizes Zip for use by their AI agent
const zipToken = await ucpClient.payment.requestToken({
  provider: 'zip',
  merchant_id: merchantId,
  amount: 199.99,
  currency: 'USD',
  payment_plan: 'pay_in_4'  // or 'pay_in_8', 'pay_monthly'
});

// Zip approves or declines in real time.
// On approval, agent proceeds with checkout.
// Merchant receives full payment; shopper pays Zip directly.

UCP Status

Announced

Tags

bnplbuy-now-pay-laterinstallmentsglobalconsumer-finance

Pricing

paid

Added 2026-04-14
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★★★★★4.7 (3 reviews)

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C. Russo

Payments Engineer · Mar 2, 2026

★★★★★

Payment token exchange is solid. We process UCP transactions across multiple merchants and have not hit any protocol-level issues in three months.

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N. Bergman

Senior Backend Engineer · Feb 7, 2026

★★★★

The UCP payment handling is correct. Latency is a bit higher than our non-UCP flows, but still within acceptable bounds for checkout.

AK

A. Kim

Fintech Developer · Jan 25, 2026

★★★★★

Used this to add UCP checkout support to our app. The spec compliance is exact — everything we tested against the conformance suite passed.

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