Apple’s ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ service gets shut down today — what you need to know

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Shut down less than a year after Apple introduced it

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After less than a year of full access to Apple Pay Later, the Cupertino-company is shutting down the installment pay service starting today. 

Part of the shutdown is to focus on features coming to Apple Pay this coming fall, as reported by 9to5Mac. 

Killing Apple Pay Later appears to be part of a wider, global rollout of new Apple Pay features that are supposed to come out in the fall. US users will get a version of Apple Pay Later with former rival, Affirm being integrated into the system. 

Any loans that were made via Apple Pay Later were backed by Apple itself. It's not clear from either announcement if teaming up with Affirm means that the responsibility is being shifted over to them or not.

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