Buy Now, Pay Later?

Wake Up to Money

BBC

Business

4.4 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Felicity Hannah reviews the week's business news with her Friday panel - where she will be discussing the regulation of Buy Now Pay Later products and finding out why graduation gown makers have been selling more and more smaller versions for children. Download the podcast via the BBC Sounds app.

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0:00.0	Get closer to the action with live commentary from the world's greatest sporting events on BBC Sounds.
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0:35.6	Wake Up to Money from BBC Five Live. Hello, welcome to Wake Up to Money. Buy Now, Pay Later. Is it something you use? I think it's just exciting to be able to not have to pay for it right there and there. I just feel like it's a trap. My mum always says, like, if you don't have the money for something three times, then you can't get that thing. Oh, Mum mum wisdom. Well, soon, shoppers could face stricter affordability checks. That's under new proposals.
0:59.6	We'll find out what it means and what it might mean for you. Also on the show today, it's
1:05.0	graduation season, but it's not just for university students. There's been real growth in the
1:09.8	number of preschools offering graduations for four-year-olds.
1:13.4	Super cute or super annoying.
1:15.4	I think cute, but we're going to ask why nurseries are doing it.
1:19.1	And it's been another busy week.
1:21.0	The Chancellor had her Mansion House speech, that we had a lot of new economic data on inflation, on wages.
1:27.2	We're going to go through all of it with our Friday panel.
1:29.8	Wake Up to Money with Felicity Hannah.
1:33.0	Very good morning to you.
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