Traditionally offered just for online spending by financial tech companies like Affirm, Klarna and PayPay Credit in addition to Afterpay, the types of BNPL plans available and the companies that provide them has grown sharply. Now the plans have been extended to include some in-store purchases too, and credit-card issuers are getting into the act as well, offering their own versions of installment payment plans. In other words, they’re everywhere these days. While estimates of use range widely, the consensus suggests that between at least one-third to one-half of Americans have used an extended payment plan at least once and that roughly three-quarters of them are repeat customers.
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