UK Business

Buy-now-pay-later rules in the UK will change in 2026, but will they offer protection or exclusion?

Written by Adeola Y. Oyebowale, Assistant Professor in Banking, University of Doha for Science and Technology

Buy-now-pay-later is an appealing proposition. You get what you want now, but you delay settling the bill until later, with no interest and no fees.

It’s how lots of things are bought. The UK’s buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) sector has nearly 23 million users and was worth £28 billion in...

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