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🚨"Buy Now, Pay Later" (BNPL) transactions in the US are set to hit a record high in 2025

US consumers have never been more indebted:

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"Buy Now, Pay Later" (BNPL) transactions are estimated to hit $116.7 billion in 2025, an all-time high, according to Emarketer. That would be double the 2022 total and 7 times higher than in 2020.

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BNPL transactions have risen almost in a straight line in the past few years as usage has expanded even to groceries.

A LendingTree survey showed in April that ~25% users now rely on BNPL to buy groceries, up from 14% in 2024.

Concerningly, nearly 25% of BNPL users missed at least one payment in 2025, up from 15% in 2021, according to Federal Reserve data.

More about the US consumer:

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