Citizens Advice responds to Buy Now Pay Later consultation

Matthew Upton, Director of Policy at Citizens Advice, said:

"At Citizens Advice we’ve been calling on the Government to urgently push on with regulating Buy Now Pay Later for years - this consultation has been a long time coming.

“Buy Now Pay Later borrowing can be like quicksand - easy to slip into and very difficult to get out of. As living costs continue to spiral, we know some people are using it to simply make ends meet, without being fully informed about what they are signing up to or properly protected.

“These reforms should give the industry the overhaul it needs. But action is needed quickly, every day without regulation is another day people are left unprotected.”

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