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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Marsh

One in four adults in UK to buy now, pay later for Christmas, study shows

Presents under a Christmas tree in a family home
Citizens Advice says it is braced for a new year of debt support as millions turn to buy now, pay later services. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

More than a quarter of adults in the UK will use buy now, pay later to help with festive spending, research suggests, with the proportion rising to more than half of parents with young children.

The survey for Citizens Advice also found 11% of respondents used such credit schemes to pay for groceries, a proportion that rose to 35% for regular BNPL users.

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