'Buy now, pay later' purchases can now affect your credit score. Here's what that means

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'Buy now, pay later' purchases can now affect your credit score. Here's what that means
The credit scoring company FICO recently announced it will add something new to some of its credit scores: data from buy now, pay later loans.
Those are the loans that allow shoppers, usually online,…

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