Although the concept of buy now and pay later (BNPL) is nothing new, the rise of e-commerce has allowed it to be reinvented for the digital age.

Rebecca is a freelance contributor to Newsweek’s personal finance team. A certified student loan counselor, she has written extensively on student loan debt and higher education. Rebecca has ...

When you're ready to purchase a new coat from Neiman Marcus or a new iPhone from Apple, you have the option of financing the cost of your order over time with buy now, pay later. BNPL, also known ...

The author and editors take ultimate responsibility for the content. Over half of buy now, pay later (BNPL) users prefer BNPL to credit cards and trust BNPL providers more than traditional credit ...

Zilch Technology Ltd.’s chief financial officer says the buy-now-pay-later lender is one step closer to issuing its first publicly-rated asset-backed security after expanding an existing debt ...

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) giant Affirm is launching in the U.K., its first market outside North America. Affirm’s long-anticipated arrival comes as U.K. lawmakers mull new rules to bring BNPL ...

Apple Pay will now include Klarna as an option at checkout. The addition of the buy now, pay later (BNPL) service comes just months after Apple shut down Pay Later, its own BNPL service launched ...

NEW YORK — As Amazon's Prime Day kicked off the holiday shopping season this week, U.S. consumers are expected to spend a record $18.5 billion using buy now, pay later for purchases in the last ...

COURT: D.D.C. TRACK DOCKET: No. 1:24-cv-02966 (Bloomberg Law subscription) A financial technology trade group representing buy now, pay later providers such as Block Inc. and Klarna Bank AB is suing ...

It was only after I had downloaded it that I realised it was an app for “buy now, pay later”, otherwise known as BNPL. The app offered to split my $30 payment over a few months. Join ST's ...