The “buy now, pay later” model is more accessible than ever. A Chipotle order for the family through DoorDash? That’ll be four installments of $11. Weight-loss medications like Wegovy?

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services have surged in popularity, offering consumers the ability to purchase items immediately and defer payment over time. Companies like Affirm, Klarna, and Afterpay ...

Discover more data. Last month, DoorDash announced a partnership with Klarna to introduce Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services for its users in the coming months. This collaboration aims to give ...

Imagine a scenario in which you’re about to finalize a loan — and the lender suddenly quotes a higher APR than you expected. You’re surprised, disappointed and wondering what happened.

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services, which also include Affirm and Apple, have exploded over the past few years. However, many economists and consumer advocates say the widespread use of these ...

With holiday shopping now in full swing, US consumers are making more purchases using these services, which are known in the industry as BNPL. So far in 2024, BNPL spending in the United States ...

On January 13, the CFPB published a report analyzing consumers’ use of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) loan products. This latest report builds on previous CFPB work related to BNPL lending by pairing ...

Some find this concerning because the users of this payment method tend to be less economically secure – in fact, the CFPB found in 2022 that about two-thirds of BNPL users have subprime or deep ...

But getting BNPL loans — especially Pay in 4 — reported to the credit reporting agencies and integrated into consumers' credit scores is no easy task, and requires a confluence of wider industry ...

"If the economy sours, we'd expect an increase in new customers and volume at the BNPL vendors. However, this is going to be risky," Danner said. The ability of BNPL fintechs to make sound lending ...

Generation Y and Generation Z are the biggest users of buy now, pay later, according to J.D. Power’s annual BNPL satisfaction study. Some 42% of both generations use BNPL products, compared to 21% of ...

But unlike borrowing from other traditional financial institutions, BNPL has typically been left off credit reports. Affirm is the first major BNPL provider to report these popular short-term ...