Walmart’s (WMT) majority-owned fintech startup One has begun offering buy now, pay later, or BNPL loans for big-ticket items at some of the retailer’s more than 4,600 U.S. stores, putting One in direct competition with Affirm (AFRM), the BNPL leader and exclusive provider of installment loans for Walmart customers since 2019, CNBC’s Hugh Son and Melissa Repko reported.
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