BNPL is now on your credit file — Affirm reports to Experian and TransUnion. But it’s not yet scored by lenders. Here’s what that means for you and when it changes.
What really happens when you stop paying Afterpay, Klarna, or Sezzle: late fees, account suspension, collections, and when they can sue — the full timeline.
Compulsive spending shares brain circuitry with substance addiction. Budgets won’t fix it. I founded the first inpatient program for this — here’s what the research says works.
New York’s proposed BNPL rules would cap interest at 16%, late fees at $8, require licensing and underwriting, and establish the nation’s first comprehensive consumer protections for buy now pay later products.
A new LendingTree study found 41% of BNPL users paid late in the past year, up from 34%. More troubling: 25% are now using buy now pay later for groceries — nearly double the rate from a year ago. When people finance food on installment plans, the math is already broken.
Steve Rhode and Damon Day discuss DoorDash’s new partnership with Klarna that allows customers to finance food delivery in installments. They explore the…
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