LazyPay, Mobikwik, Amazon Pay Later and Flipkart Pay Later are embedding credit at e-commerce checkouts as net household savings drop to 5.2% of GDP from 7.7% pre-pandemic. RBI now mandates credit-bureau reporting; missed payments incur 24-48% interest, with EMI loads above 40-45% of take-home flagged as a debt-trap threshold.

Mint · Money · 5/18/2026, 10:12:06 AM