When it comes to consumer finance or BNPL, the decision-making criteria depend on the lender as well as on the financial product itself. For example, a split-pay (Pay-in-3/Pay-in-4) product generally uses an existing credit line or credit card, so there is little decision-making required since the consumer was already approved for the credit card or line previously. The credit card is used as a vehicle to ascertain the previous underwriting and to split the payment.
For bigger-ticket items that require an installment loan or line of credit, with or without APR, banks and lenders would generally base approvals on criteria such as credit rating.
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