BNPL surge squeezes Indian household savings to decade-low 5.2% of GDP
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.
Indian household savings have fallen to 5.2% of GDP as BNPL adoption surges across e-commerce checkouts (LazyPay, Mobikwik, Amazon, Flipkart). RBI now mandates credit-bureau reporting; missed payments trigger 24-48% interest, raising debt-trap risks for retail consumers.