Understand the potential downsides before you sign onBy Lisa L. GillIn February 2024, Heather Furgang and her husband wanted ...

Shawn, a thirty-five-year-old IT specialist who lives in Ohio, first learned about Klarna while shopping for a climbing tower ...

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 ...

Buy now, pay later products have become more common customers can pay a portion of the purchase price up front, and then pay ...

Increasingly, shoppers are turning to 'buy now, pay later' loans to pay for everything from exercise bikes to bedding because the financial product allows customers to split up the cost of their ...

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of ...

Financial experts warn holiday shoppers about the accumulating impact of 'Buy Now, Pay Later.' ...

On 17 October 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the " CJEU ") delivered a ruling in the case of Riverty GmbH (legal successor of Arvato Finance BV) v MI (Case C-409/23), on the ...

If you pay that much or more towards your debt each month until the balance is paid off, it's technically cheaper to buy it now with a credit card rather than buy it later after the tariff.

Improved consumer confidence helped to drive greater use of buy now/pay later as younger generations turned to short-term ...

Newsweek asked personal finance experts what they wanted to see less of in the new year. This is what they said.