Eye on youth and reckless spending


PETALING JAYA: There should be loan thresholds as well as stricter criteria for taking part in buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) schemes on top of a proposed Bill to regulate the industry, say experts.

This is because young Malaysians, they warn, are especially vulnerable to societal pressure to buy expensive goods and impulse buying, driving them into taking part in such schemes.

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