Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services are surging in popularity as shoppers look for flexible ways to manage everyday expenses.

BNPL plans let you spread out payments over time, without running up credit card debt. But a new survey finds a growing number of users falling behind, and racking up new levels of debt.

Buy now, pay later is popular with younger shoppers, but credit cards offer better rewards, protections, and credit building.

Holiday shoppers spent a record $20 billion through “Buy Now, Pay Later” programs this past season, nearly a 10% increase from the previous year.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — As the holiday shopping rush ramps up, many people are turning to “Buy Now, Pay Later” to help cover gifts, especially if money is tight. But these plans, while convenient, ...

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Buy now, pay later giant Affirm is looking to help renters break up housing payments in ways that align with their biweekly paychecks. Affirm is piloting a program in partnership with financial ...

More shoppers are choosing to buy now, pay later this holiday season. On Cyber Monday alone, consumers financed more than $1 billion in online purchases using this payment option — a record, according ...

On a record-setting Cyber Monday, North Carolina opened a multi-state effort to better understand the practices behind a popular payment option that allows millions of Americans to spread out the cost ...

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5 tips for getting your debt under control in 2026 Shoppers spent a record $20 billion using buy-now-pay-later loans over the holidays. The option is now routinely offered to shoppers, making it easy ...