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Corbin Davenport

Google is experimenting with direct integration for Affirm, Zip, and possibly other Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services in the Chrome browser. This is the same thing Microsoft did with Edge a few years ago, and is now in Apple Pay in iOS 18.

"When enabled, users will have the option to pay with buy now pay later with Affirm on specific merchant webpages.”

The tech industry is increasingly embracing predatory loans.

github.com/chromium/chromium/c

Add provider and sync flags for BNPL.

Bug: 363328960, 356443046
Change-Id: Icc2164806aa1a03845f1025db6866f2d5d1fb040
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/5870627
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GitHub[BNPL] Feature Flags · chromium/chromium@3a9e2c9Add provider and sync flags for BNPL. Bug: 363328960, 356443046 Change-Id: Icc2164806aa1a03845f1025db6866f2d5d1fb040 Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/5870627 ...