Installments news and trends

Furniture.com and Flex Pay Turn 77 Stores Into One Purchase
Retail // August 11, 2026

Watch more: Need to Know With Tom Botts of Flex Pay by Upgrade and Dan Russotto of Furniture.com Nobody furnishes a living room one retailer at a time in their head. The shopper is thinking about whether the sofa works with the rug, whether the...

Synchrony and PayPal Bring Special Financing to Entire Mastercard Network
BNPL // August 10, 2026

Synchrony and PayPal now offer PayPal Credit Card cardholders special financing everywhere Mastercard is accepted. This special financing is now available both in online checkout and in stores across the Mastercard network. It offers six months special financing on purchases of $149 or more, with...

J.P. Morgan Payments Adds Klarna Installments at Checkout
BNPL // August 06, 2026

Merchants using J.P. Morgan Payments’ Commerce Platform in the United States can now offer Klarna’s flexible payment options at checkout, with no integration required. With this new capability, businesses across all retail categories can offer their customers Klarna’s pay in full, interest-free installments and longer-term financing,...

South African FinTech Float Launches Card-Linked Installments in UK
BNPL // July 07, 2026

Float, which has offered credit card-linked installment payment options in South Africa since 2021, expanded to the United Kingdom, Motor Trade News reported Tuesday (July 7). The company links to consumers’ existing credit cards, provides the option of paying in installments without a new line...

Interviews & Exclusives
55% of Gen Z Lets Installment Payment Options Influence Healthcare Choices

September 04, 2026
Installment plans can turn the first financed purchase into a lasting shopping habit, giving merchants a chance to win repeat business well beyond the original checkout. That pattern stands out in “Financing the Decision,” the April installment of the PYMNTS Intelligence Pay Later Ecosystem Report. Based on a survey of 2,763 U.S. consumers conducted from […]

Furniture.com and Flex Pay Turn 77 Stores Into One Purchase

August 11, 2026
Watch more: Need to Know With Tom Botts of Flex Pay by Upgrade and Dan Russotto of Furniture.com Nobody furnishes a living room one retailer at a time in their...

High Earners Help Banks Take the Lead in Installments

June 03, 2026
Installment lending was once framed as a way to broaden access to credit. According to a PYMNTS Intelligence April report, “The Pay Later Data Shift: Credit Card Installments Take the...

BNPL Enters Its Everyday Spending Era

May 27, 2026
Financing as a mechanism to close a transaction, but newer evidence suggests installments may be influencing whether the transaction happens at all. In PYMNTS Intelligence’s “Financing the Decision: How BNPL...

Quick Reads
Synchrony and PayPal Bring Special Financing to Entire Mastercard Network

August 10, 2026
Synchrony and PayPal now offer PayPal Credit Card cardholders special financing everywhere Mastercard is accepted. This special financing is now available both in online checkout and in stores across the Mastercard network. It offers six months special financing on purchases of $149 or more, with pay over time at millions of merchants and with everything […]

J.P. Morgan Payments Adds Klarna Installments at Checkout

August 06, 2026
Merchants using J.P. Morgan Payments’ Commerce Platform in the United States can now offer Klarna’s flexible payment options at checkout, with no integration required. With this new capability, businesses across all...

South African FinTech Float Launches Card-Linked Installments in UK

July 07, 2026
Float, which has offered credit card-linked installment payment options in South Africa since 2021, expanded to the United Kingdom, Motor Trade News reported Tuesday (July 7). The company links to...

Apple Pay Pushes Installments to In-Store Checkout

February 17, 2026
Apple is promoting the ability of Apple Pay to let users pay over time in stores as well as in apps and online. This capability is available with iOS 26...