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How Buy Now, Pay Later Impacts Your Credit, Alternative Investments & Takeaways from the First Half of 2025
John Owens CFP®, EA, ECA, CPWA® and Ed Zolotarev CPA, MST, CFP® fill in for AJ and Shane on this milestone 150th episode of The Liquidity Event.
FICO (Fair Isaac Corporation) is finally figuring out what to do about your outstanding Klarna loans. We discuss how "buy now, pay later" services might soon impact your credit score.
TLDR: It probably isn't the best idea to finance your DoorDash order over 4 months.
Plus, alternative investments are getting a lot of attention right now. Why are private equity firms suddenly sliding into your DMs? We examine the dry IPO market as one of the root…
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