February 16, 2023 – BNPL programs are still relatively small in terms of their share of total purchase volume, but they have grown dramatically over the last three years. Although this growth is impressive, it is also a little frightening from a financial crimes and regulatory risk perspective. This warrants increased attention by risk and compliance leaders.

This report provides an overview of the BNPL market and its participants, and explores the different fraud threat vectors as well as AML and regulatory challenges affecting BNPL programs. It is supported by desk research of publicly available information and reports along with interviews with fraud prevention experts from leading organizations.
Clients of Aite-Novarica Group’s Fraud & AML service can download this report.
This report mentions Affirm, Afterpay, Barclays, Chase, HSBC, Klarna, and NatWest.
About the Author
Jim Mortensen
Jim Mortensen is a Strategic Advisor in Datos Insights’ Fraud & AML practice, covering identity, fraud, and data security issues. His coverage includes the trends associated with fraud in the financial services sector, solutions to detect and mitigate fraud, and the impacts of AI and deepfakes on fraud threats and remediation. Jim has been in the financial services industry for...
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Chuck Subrt
Charles (Chuck) Subrt is the Director of Datos Insights' Fraud & AML practice, and he covers anti-money laundering and compliance issues. Chuck brings 20 years of legal and compliance experience and a deep expertise advising business leaders, driving change, and establishing strong, self-sustaining AML and financial crime compliance and risk management programs at a global financial services company. For the past 10 years, Chuck led multiple compliance functions for Sun...