Kiah Treece is a former attorney, small business owner and personal finance coach with extensive experience in real estate and financing. Her focus is on demystifying debt to help consumers and ...

FICO recently announced that it will begin factoring BNPL information into its credit scoring model this fall. Experian also announced it will add data from Affirm.

We’re on the verge of the holiday shopping season, and buy now, pay later (BNPL) is getting more popular as a way to buy ...

Consumers looking to buy everything from travel to a MacBook to the newest, trendy jeans have the option of financing the cost of their purchase over time with buy now, pay later. BNPL allows ...

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services have transformed from a convenient shopping option into a mainstream payment method.

Louis R. Carlozo is a contributor to Buy Side and expert on banking and investments. When you buy online these days, you're likely to encounter a new kind of payment option — to “buy now, pay later” — ...

Zip divides your purchase into four or eight equal payments, but it charges an installment fee. Zip may deliver on ease and convenience, but its pay-in-four plan is more expensive than other BNPL ...

This fall, FICO's new models will track your BNPL payments, so those previously invisible late payments could now hurt your ...

Over the past several years, Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has shifted from a niche gimmick into a near-baseline payment option in many e-commerce checkouts. In fact, during Black Friday alone in recent ...

BNPL services and credit cards both give you more time to finance purchases -- but each payment option has its own benefits and risks. Peter is a writer and editor for the CNET How-To team. He has ...

Afterpay divides your purchase into four equal installments with zero interest, but it charges a late fee for missed payments. If you’re looking for a simple, zero-interest BNPL plan, Afterpay offers ...