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LendingTree | A growing percentage of buy now, pay later (BNPL) users say they’ve paid late on one of these loans in the past year. Now, 47% of BNPL users have done so, up six percentage points from 2025 and 13 percentage points from two years ago. That’s just one of the troubling findings in LendingTree’s 2026 Buy Now, Pay Later Report. We asked consumers about their behaviors and perspectives regarding these popular loans. Along with increased late payments, we found that more users are buying groceries with these loans and carrying three or more BNPL loans at once, and that more than half of BNPL users say they wouldn’t be able to make ends meet without them.

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LendingTree | Going organic at the grocery store has always come at a cost, but that cost is significant — and growing. Already, organic fruits and vegetables cost 59.0% more on average than their conventional counterparts. And over the course of a year, organic prices surged 10.0%, while conventional prices remained nearly unchanged.

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LendingTree | The cost of raising a child over 18 years is up again, now topping $300,000 for the first time since we began tracking it in 2023. However, there’s some good news: Costs during the first five years have decreased, powered primarily by a small drop in day care costs.

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One in 4 Americans are currently wrestling with medical debt, and those with it owe more than $7,700 on average, according to the newest survey from LendingTree. But many who’ve negotiated these bills have found some success in getting them reduced.

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According to the latest LendingTree study, the average non-mortgage debt across the 50 largest U.S. metros is $39,713 — which may leave many struggling to stay afloat financially.

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