Holiday shopping has more Americans getting comfortable with buy-now-pay-later

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Budgeting isn't for everyone, but 'intuitive spending' has its problems too

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Finance pros often recommend budgeting, but some think it could use a "rebrand."

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Record amount of buy now, pay later purchases expected on Cyber Monday, with many coming from shoppers' phones

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Buy now pay later sales are expected to break a record on Cyber Monday.

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Buy-now, pay-later giant Klarna files for IPO in the US

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Klarna filed for an initial public offering.

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Klarna, the buy-now, pay-later firm, is looking to make a Robinhood-like product for trading stocks, an internal job ad shows

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Klarna is preparing for an IPO, widely anticipated to be in the US.

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Affirm's CEO opens up about the buy-now, pay-later company's IPO and why he doesn't sweat when the stock slumps

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Max Levchin, the CEO of Affirm.

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Klarna CEO faces backlash for saying AI let marketing team 'half the size it was last year' do more work, saving millions

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Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski faced criticism for saying AI has helped the company's marketing team, which is "half the size it was last year," produce more work.

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Now you can put your Botox on Affirm

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You can now use buy now, pay later service Affirm to pay for that Botox.

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The 'phantom debt' of buy now, pay later is growing and will soon hit some Americans hard

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BNPL plans can lower the burden of big purchases, but come with big risks.

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Americans broke a record for spending on Black Friday, but it is just hiding a bigger problem for the economy

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Amazon had their biggest Black Friday ever.

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