The group of people who used Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services the most as of June 2023 in the United States were those who experienced credit rejection and/or more than 30 days of delinquency. Nevertheless, even among those groups, the majority of the people had not used BNPL.
In the past year, 40.7 percent of people who applied for some other type of credit and were rejected used BNPL. Meanwhile, 37 percent of those that were at least 30 days delinquent at some point in the past year had used BNPL.
Share of people who have purchased something using a buy now, pay later option in the United States in June 2023, by credit application and delinquency in the past year
Survey responses from the New York Fed’s Survey of Consumer Expectations (SCE) Credit Access Survey.
Method of interview
Online panel
Supplementary notes
The figures do not add up to 100 because they show the percentage of people in each of those situations that used BNPL. For example, if 37 percent of people with 30+ day delinquencies used BNPL, that means that 63 percent of people in those situations did not use BNPL.
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