Microsoft pushes ahead with controversial ‘buy now, pay later’ feature for Edge browser

Microsoft is introducing a new feature in Edge allowing customers to pay for e-commerce transactions in installments - and not everybody is happy.

The buy now, pay later' (BNPL) feature is, controversially, integrated at the browser level, thanks to a partnership with third-party payments provider Zip, formerly QuadPay.

The option is similar to those already offered by many e-commerce sites and web payment providers such as PayPal.

Tacky and tasteless feature.