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dh2022last Tuesday at 6:25 AM2 repliesview on HN

This sounds like a consumer that does not pay the balance each month…


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wildzzzlast Tuesday at 12:22 PM

CC gives me 30 days to pay it back interest free. BNPL gives me 2, 3, 6, or more months with very little or even no interest. If I know I'm not going to be able to pay it off in a month, I'd rather do a BNPL loan since it's so cheap. Additionally, you can have awful or no credit and still be approved for BNPL. It may be beneficial to have some repaid loans on your credit if you ruined your credit earlier in life like this credit builder CCs that have a super low limit.

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loeglast Tuesday at 4:52 PM

I should have specified those durations are both interest-free. If you don't pay your credit card off after one month, it accrues interest at fairly high rates.