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SouthBayDem

(33,101 posts) Thu Dec 25, 2025, 12:11 PM 4 hrs ago

The Rise of 'Buy Now, Pay Later' - Bloomberg Radio

Dec 19, 2025 Latest Videos from Bloomberg Radio
Stacey Vanek Smith & Max Chafkin, hosts of Bloomberg's 'Everybody's Business' podcast discuss the rise in 'Buy Now, Pay Later' (BNPL) options as the holiday shopping season nears its peak. They break down why the alternative-payment method has grown more popular among millennials and Gen-Z, and how apps like Klarna and Affirm are building their user-base among an increasingly competitive sector.

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The Rise of 'Buy Now, Pay Later' - Bloomberg Radio (Original Post) SouthBayDem 4 hrs ago OP

fools. ret5hd 4 hrs ago #1

Gen-Z is so social and networked because of the Digital Age bucolic_frolic 4 hrs ago #2

No question that Gen-Z people have a completely different social organization than my generation growing up 55 years ago OAITW r.2.0 4 hrs ago #3

ret5hd

(22,133 posts)

1. fools.

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Thu Dec 25, 2025, 12:14 PM

4 hrs ago

bucolic_frolic

(53,819 posts)

2. Gen-Z is so social and networked because of the Digital Age

Reply to SouthBayDem (Original post)

Thu Dec 25, 2025, 12:23 PM

4 hrs ago

I don't think they worry about the cost of things. They use it, if they can no longer use it they swap with their extensive contacts for something else. Cell phone lifestyle but unable to understand a different time period.

OAITW r.2.0

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3. No question that Gen-Z people have a completely different social organization than my generation growing up 55 years ago