The payment option is booming among online holiday shoppers this year. But like any form of credit, it comes with drawbacks. Here's how to use BNPL responsibly — and protect yourself from risk.

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Klarna is now available as a buy-now, pay-later option when using Apple Pay in France and Italy. This financing option lets ...

Buy Now, Pay Later loans let you spread out your purchase through several payments and pay no interest. But is there a catch?

Remember when buy now, pay later (BNPL) loans felt like a secret shopping hack? "Split that $200 jacket into four easy payments and avoid credit card interest while keeping more cash in the bank." ...

Klarna, Affirm, and other companies are pushing "buy now, pay later" sales models. And consumers are taking advantage.

Buy now, pay later” transactions, which are essentially zero-interest, short-term loans, topped $1 billion for the first time ...

Buy now, pay later programs are everywhere. Unlike layaway programs, buy now, pay later programs let you purchase goods immediately, paying them off over time through a loan from a third party company ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pam Danziger reports on retail, focused on the luxury consumer market. Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) is booming, helping retailers ...

In brief: The danger faced by buy now, pay later companies is when customers don't adhere to the "pay later" part. It's a problem being faced by industry giant Klarna, which saw its net losses more ...

Americans spent $1.03 billion on Cyber Monday alone using buy-now-pay-later services like Klarna Affirm and PayPal — an ...

With prices rising and airfare still sky-high, the “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) boom has officially hit vacations. More than ...