One Year In: What The Pay Later Data Actually Reveals

One Year In: What The Pay Later Data Actually Reveals
One Year In: What The Pay Later Data Actually Reveals
May 11, 2026  |  Buy Now Pay Later

When the Pay Later Ecosystem series launched in April 2025, buy now, pay later was dominating the consumer lending narrative. The payment method had already...

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The Pay Later Data Shift: Credit Card Installments Take the Lead
The Pay Later Data Shift: Credit Card Installments Take the Lead
April 30, 2026  |  BNPL

Buy now, pay later, the supposed credit card killer, has done something more consequential than steal market share in the Pay Later industry. It has...

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Financing the Decision: How BNPL and Installments Reshape Merchant Choice
Financing the Decision: How BNPL and Installments Reshape Merchant Choice
April 06, 2026  |  BNPL

Three fabulous sofas, each costing about the same. Three different retailers. When consumers are deciding where to shop, the financing options a merchant offers can...

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The Pay Later Reset: Data Shows Young Consumers Retreat, Cards Hold Firm
The Pay Later Reset: Data Shows Young Consumers Retreat, Cards Hold Firm
March 18, 2026  |  BNPL

The Pay Later market is entering a new phase. In January, BNPL use declined among younger consumers, while demand remained steady among households living paycheck...

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Speed vs. Strategy: How Consumers Choose Between BNPL and Card Installments
Speed vs. Strategy: How Consumers Choose Between BNPL and Card Installments
March 06, 2026  |  BNPL

Consumers aren’t just choosing a Pay Later option.1 They’re selecting the precise payment method that fits their immediate financial goal at the time of purchase....

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Pay Later Moves Into the Monthly Budget
Pay Later Moves Into the Monthly Budget
February 02, 2026  |  BNPL

For a growing number of consumers, newer deferred payment tools like installment plans on mainstream or private-label (store) cards and BNPL plans have moved beyond...

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Pay Later Reshapes How America Finances the Holidays
Pay Later Reshapes How America Finances the Holidays
January 02, 2026  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Pay Later plans are becoming a key part of how consumers afford meaningful moments amid rising financial pressure.1 Costs are inflating, with necessities such as...

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Credit Card Installments Outrun BNPL in Summer Travel Surge
Credit Card Installments Outrun BNPL in Summer Travel Surge
November 25, 2025  |  BNPL

Consumers are adapting how they shop and pay as higher prices, inflation and tighter budgets reshape their financial routines. Pay Later has become a central...

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