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Buy now, pay later is taking over the world. Good (www.economist.com)
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[–] SillyGooseQuacked@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Anyone with the discipline and time for keeping a budget benefits a lot from BNPL schemes set specifically at zero percent interest. Put the cash you would have spent in a low yield savings account, then move that cash to checking to make the payment when the payment is due. Mitigates the costs of the natural rate of inflation.