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MicrosoftIntroducing Buy now, pay later in Microsoft Edge
“Buy now, pay later,” or BNPL, lets shoppers break their purchases into equal installment payments, often interest-free, which can allow shoppers to get their purchase upfront, instead of having to wait until it’s paid in full.
Usually, BNPL is offered in specific ecommerce websites like Target, Walmart. But now, Microsoft partners with 3rd party Zip (previously Quadpay) to offer a BNPL payment option at browser level. It means any purchase between $35 - $1,000 you make through Microsoft Edge can be split into 4 installments over 6 weeks.
On top of coverage, we also aim to 1) meet you where you are. 2) simplify the application process.
Meet you where you are:
When you are in checkout page, you can find BNPL option right when you enter credit card number
For some shoppers, you can also find BNPL option right when you enter checkout page.
Simplify application process:
Applying BNPL could take time, you need to sign in with zip every single time. With BNPL in Edge, you can simply link your Microsoft account with your zip account with one click and then bypass sign in from Zip side. It can expedite the application process for you.
BNPL is currently available in Microsoft Edge Canary and Dev channels and will be available by default to all users in Microsoft Edge release 96. If you experience any issue while using this feature, please let us know through Microsoft Edge by pressing Shift+Alt+I on a Windows device or going to Settings and more … > Help and feedback > Send feedback.
You can read more on the FAQ support article. Please also join us here on the Microsoft Edge Insider forums or Twitter to discuss your experience or send us your feedback through the browser! We hope you enjoy this exciting new feature and look forward to hearing from you!
263 Replies
- **bleep** no. Seriously, who thought this was a good idea?
- What an absolute horrendous idea, a browser recommending installment payments that could encourage a user into dept. The browser should be angostic to this not encouraging spending.
Are you deliberately trying to force users to alternative browsers and alienate Edge? - A browser shouldn't come with this kind of intrusive features. Please reconsider!
A browser should be just that, a browser that people use to consume the content they want. Any features added to the browser should be only to make the browsing experience better. This feature, will only be useful to a small sub-set of websites (shopping sites). The feature is also only supported in only 6 countries. And not many people will want to use this feature. So why is this being added to the product, when, the vast majority cannot or will not use this? If this was launched as an extension created by Microsoft I would understand it. As long as it was not added by default...
This feels like a waste of resources and frankly makes me doubt if the Edge browser is for me. I started using it when the RC release came out I believe, because it felt better than Chrome. This is starting to make Chrome look mighty fine again.
I already had to turn off a Pinterest "feature" and another shopping "feature" in the settings. When another is being added I think I'm pretty much over Edge. I want a browser that provides me the best browsing experience, not a browser that is loaded with affiliate links and kickback "features".
- Running Vivaldi parallel to Edge at the moment so I can swap if this is actually introduced. I really thought MS had changed its spots. The only thing I will really miss is Collections I guess.
Languageservicesco61 pretty sure collections still exist? Or is it going away sometime?
bigpete-za It will be if I have to ditch Edge :-).
How do I break a good browser? Put Bloatware in it and guarantee that over time your browser will no longer be used by ANYONE! I disabled the Edge now on Windows 11.... Hello Microsoft Edge until never again!
- Even international MS-positive Media, like http://www.winfuture.de is writing about this faux pas from the Edge Team. Please remove this utterly useless and dumb feature!
- Really loving Edge Microsoft, being using Microsoft Surface and all your stuff for years. It's a great browser so far, extenstions are the way to go. Everything else if perfect, make this the best browser out there 🙂 You can do it!! Bing is amazing too though please don't push it. Let Edge speak for it's self.
- Really not wanted. Please remove this intrusive and unnecessary feature from what is otherwise an excellent product.
- Between windows 11 & buy now, pay later, Microsoft is coming off as very tone deaf to the current state of the world!
