Get a Loan from Microsoft Edge?

Is a buy now, pay later loan from your browser a good idea?

Andy Spears

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This story notes that Microsoft is getting into the buy now, pay later loan business by way of its Edge browser:

Microsoft is always trying new stuff with its Edge browser, and its latest move is rather interesting. Rather than going through a retailer, Edge will offer a buy now, pay later (BNPL) option on the browser level.

“Usually, BNPL is offered in specific eCommerce websites like Target, Walmart. But now, Microsoft…

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Andy Spears

Writer and policy advocate living in Nashville, TN —Public Policy Ph.D. — writes on education policy, consumer affairs, and more . . .