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.

If you've shopped online recently, there's a good chance that you've encountered the checkout screen flashing with an offer to split the price of your purchase into four (or more) easy payments. No ...

FICO is updating credit scoring to include buy now, pay later (BNPL) loans. New models (FICO Score 10 BNPL & 10 T BNPL) aim to provide lenders with better insight into repayment behavior and credit ...

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Remember when buy now, pay later (BNPL) loans felt like a secret shopping hack? "Split that $200 jacket into four easy payments and avoid credit card interest while keeping more cash in the bank." ...

RAMPS UP, MANY PEOPLE ARE TURNING TO BUY NOW, PAY LATER TO HELP COVER GIFTS, ESPECIALLY IF MONEY IS TIGHT. BUT CONSUMER REPORTS SAYS THESE PLANS, WHILE CONVENIENT, CAN QUICKLY SNOWBALL INTO DEBT. AND ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pam Danziger reports on retail, focused on the luxury consumer market. Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) is booming, helping retailers ...

In brief: The danger faced by buy now, pay later companies is when customers don't adhere to the "pay later" part. It's a problem being faced by industry giant Klarna, which saw its net losses more ...

Americans are starting the new year with record debt. Here’s how they can get it under control. Buy-now-pay-later is ...

Klarna is now available as a buy-now, pay-later option when using Apple Pay in Denmark, Spain, and Sweden, with France to follow in the coming weeks. This financing option lets you pay for your Apple ...