BNPL plans look simple, but hidden costs and credit risks can quietly turn small purchases into bigger problems.

Americans are starting the new year with record debt. Here’s how they can get it under control. Buy-now-pay-later is ...

With the growth of services like buy now, pay later, it’s getting harder to keep up with how consumers are doing.

Many travel companies are letting users pay in installments. But is "buy now, pay later" a smart financial decision?

Apple will now let consumers use its mobile payment service, Apply Pay, to make purchases immediately and pay for them in installments over time. With "Apple Pay Later," users have the option of ...

In a previous Dollars and Sense special, the issue of “phantom debt” — buy now, pay later balances that were difficult for ...

SAN ANTONIO – Holiday shoppers now face the financial hangover - debt. That includes the increasingly popular buy now, pay later plans. Online holiday shoppers put $16.6 billion into those services, ...

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