CFPB Signals Renewed Push on BNPL Disclosure Rules
New guidance treats short-term installment loans like credit cards for dispute and refund handling.
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The CFPB is moving forward with rule revisions that would treat buy-now-pay-later loans similarly to credit cards for dispute resolution, refund handling, and statement disclosures. For merchants, the most concrete impact is on chargeback and return workflows — BNPL transactions that were once governed only by the lender's merchant agreement will inherit a federal floor of consumer protections. Operators should expect lenders to push some of the compliance burden back through merchant agreements as the rule timeline firms up.
Source: CFPB Newsroom