Analysis

June 29, 2021

Buy Now Pay Later fintechs won’t kill credit cards that easily

Buy Now, Pay Later companies may be giving credit cards a run for their money, but data shows they can coexist.


Isabel Woodford

6 min read

Sebastian Siemiatkowski

It’s hard to miss the candy-pink posters that now adorn London streets and buses, sweetly declaring war on credit cards via the slogan: #WhyPayInterest.

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