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Finance

Buy Now, Pay Later: 3 steps to get a BNPL account

Summary: Buy now pay later' schemes are immensely popular particularly with a younger generation of shoppers. Here’s what this concept is all about

07 Mar 2022 by Team FinFIRST

Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) is a basically a line of credit given to you – digitally. It has similarities with a Credit Card, but with a few cool differences (check our next point on what they are!). Once you set up a BNPL account successfully, you can make purchases with one click while shopping online, while making recurring bill payments - and make a single repayment on a defined due date - #quickneasypay.

So how is BNPL different from a Credit Card?


For beginners, you do not need to get a plastic to get started with BNPL - #cardlesscredit. Once you set up a BNPL account with a few digital steps, you will be provided with a limit - you can get started small and work your way up to a higher credit limit with a steady repayment track. And then there is the whole 1 touch convenience – you see your BNPL option at checkout that you can avail of with a single click. No more entering long card numbers (who remembers them anyway) or waiting for pesky OTPs.

 

 

So how do I get Buy Now Pay Later (or PayLater) account?


3 super simple steps –

  1. Get to any one of our Partner sites (we offer BNPL facility with Flipkart, Amazon, Mobikwik & Ola for now) and sign up for a Pay Later facility
  2. Complete a simple 3 screen journey by filling in details to get your eligible credit limit
  3. Agree to the Terms & Conditions through a simple OTP process.

You are on!

How does Buy Now Pay Later work?


Once our BNPL account is successfully set up, you will get a credit limit. You can start paying for your purchases up to the extent of the limit provided to you. On or before the due date, you repay the total outstanding due amount. Simple!

Once you repay the amount due, your limit gets freed up again, allowing you to use it for your next purchases.

What are the top 4 benefits of Buy Now Pay Later?


1. Convenient
 – Your BNPL line is at the checkout of your favorite e-comm site, right where you need it, right when you need it.

2. Digital – Gone are the days when you fished out cash or waited for a plastic card for shopping. BNPL is a digital credit line at your check-out. No more inconvenient Cash-On-Deliveries or remembering card numbers to pay for your purchases.

3. Low / No Costs – Offers from your shopping site often mean that you are paying very low charges for use of the BNPL line. In fact, if you pay on time, you would not be paying anything additional.

4. Organising tool – Pay for individual items, or all the items in your cart, return items to your shopping site (based on the site policy), pay for your utilities and all of it gets accounted in a single bill that you repay on the due date.

 

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