Buy Now, Pay Later loans let you spread out your purchase through several payments and pay no interest. But is there a catch?

BNPL plans look simple, but hidden costs and credit risks can quietly turn small purchases into bigger problems.

Buy Now, Pay Later services are available everywhere, including clothing sites, electronics retailers, and even travel ...

Update: On May 22, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ruled that buy now, pay later companies must provide consumers the right to dispute charges and demand refunds after returning a ...

New buy now, pay later options are available for purchases as big as concert tickets and as small as meal deliveries. Carrie Pallardy has more than nine years of experience writing about a range of ...

A financial crisis may be brewing with buy now, pay late r, users, a new survey shows. Not only do shoppers who use short-term financing tend to borrow and spend a lot, but they’re having difficulty ...

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) options allow consumers to split purchases into manageable installments, often without interest. If the BNPL service reports activity to credit bureaus, it can impact your ...

NEW YORK — More shoppers than ever are on track to use “buy now, pay later” plans this holiday season, as the ability to spread out payments looks attractive at a time when Americans still feel the ...

That theme came up repeatedly in the thread. Many said services like Klarna may appear harmless if you’re financially responsible and use them occasionally. But the real danger is behavioral: the more ...