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Buy Now Pay Later: How It Works and What to Watch
Pay-in-four mechanics, the CFPB's 2024 interpretive rule that treated BNPL like credit cards, the May 2025 withdrawal of that guidance, and the numbers that show where the product strains.

Pay-in-four mechanics, the CFPB's 2024 interpretive rule that treated BNPL like credit cards, the May 2025 withdrawal of that guidance, and the numbers that show where the product strains.

When the last teller window in town stays open, the reason is rarely the branch's own economics — it is everything the branch quietly carries.