Virgin Money enters buy now pay later market
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FILE PHOTO: People walk past a Virgin Money store in central London, Britain, July 27, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
LONDON (Reuters) - Virgin Money will enter the fast-growing 'buy now pay later' market, the British bank said on Tuesday, joining other mainstream lenders pushing into the lucrative but sometimes controversial business.
Virgin will offer a credit card that allows customers to spread repayments over a number of months, it said, with instalment fees added if they repay in nine months or longer.
'Buy now pay later' products have soared in popularity in recent years with customers buying anything from clothes to electronic gadgets, but have attracted criticism from lawmakers and watchdogs over the sometimes high rates of interest charged.
(Reporting by Lawrence White, Editing by Louise Heavens)
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