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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Jacob Phillips

Nearly quarter of Londoners turn to buy now, pay later services as cost of living crisis bites

Nearly a quarter of Londoners have turned to buy now, pay later services as the cost of living crisis and inflation continue to bite, a charity has revealed.

The Centre for Financial Capability has warned of the risk of using "wild west" credit services such as Klarna and Laybuy, as 34 per cent of Londoners who use the payment schemes fork out for late fees.

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