The Latest Breaking News from BNPL

Standalone operators feel burden of rising interest rates and slowing growth as third big Australian bank enters BNPL scene

Companies like Klarna and Afterpay can enable bad spending habits, tank your credit, and lack the consumer protections of genuine credit lenders.

Finance experts are concerned about the expansion of buy now pay later platforms into everyday shopping as supermarkets and petrol stations open their arms.

The BNPL industry has gained traction lately owing to consumers' growing preference for deferred payment of online purchases. Furthermore, rising investments by prominent industry leaders have been driving the BNPL market’s growth. So, Wall Street analysts expect fundamentally strong BNPL stocks PayPal (PYPL), Block (SQ), and Affirm (AFRM) to deliver…

First UK high street bank moves into lucrative yet unregulated payment sector

The bank said it would put safeguards in place to help make sure lending is affordable

A global alliance of consumer groups is calling for regulation of the buy-now, pay-later industry amid warnings that more customers will end up in a debt spiral as the cost of living goes up.

As Klarna promises greater convenience and flexibility with its latest offering, Saman Javed speaks to its users about the dangers of buy now, pay later services

Industry says no-interest BNPL loans are more equitable than credit cards but consumers say they can be a spending trap