Affirm soars as strong holiday shopping powers BNPL lender's surprise profit
(Reuters) -Affirm shares jumped 22.8% on Friday, as a strong holiday shopping season helped the buy now, pay later lender ...
Gen Z is less buzzed about BNPL than you'd think
Buy-now, pay-later services like Klarna and Afterpay seemed to be having a moment with Gen Z, but attitudes might be changing ...
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Need to Return an Item on a BNPL Plan? It May Be Tricky
You can return an item you paid for on a BNPL plan, but the process is anything but smooth. Reddit users have shared stories about difficult BNPL returns. Most found the process to be clunky and ...
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Heavy BNPL use among borrowers with high credit balances and multiple pay-in-four loans: CFPB
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released data highlighting that more than one-fifth of buy now pay later (BNPL) borrowers with a credit record used BNPL loans in 2022 ...
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For Big Purchases, Swap BNPL for These Credit Cards With Longer Interest-Free Periods and Perks
If you can pay off the charge before the introductory APR period ends, you're essentially getting an interest-free loan that lasts several times longer than the ones typically offered by BNPL plans.
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Holiday shoppers used ‘buy now, pay later’ options more than ever in 2024
“We’re seeing it across the retail landscape,” he said. From Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, usage of buy-now-pay-later services, or BNPL, jumped nearly 10 percent over last year, amounting to $18.2 ...
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Consumers lack awareness of the costs of BNPL: Lending Standards Board
UK consumers are ignorant of the true costs of BNPL according to research from the Lending Standards Board. The LSB data underscores the need for more awareness of these products. And highlights ...