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Evening Standard
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Simon Hunt

Buy now, pay later could change your credit score under plans by London fintech Zilch

Buy Now, Pay Later purchases could soon alter Brits’ credit scores, under plans by London fintech Zilch, in a sign of the growing impact the deferred payments schemes have on consumer spending behaviour.

The firm, which was valued at $2 billion in a funding round last year, is set to begin sharing customer data with credit references agencies, according to the Telegraph, as part of a change in policy which could determine their eligibility for credit issued by other lenders.

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