Credit scores will start to take into account the hundreds of millions of loans tied to the “pay later” option at checkout.Fair Isaac Corp., the company behind the most widely used U.S. credit score,

Americans are managing their Buy Now, Pay Later loans soon could be reflected in their credit scores. FICO plans to launch a suite of credit scores later this year that incorporate BNPL data, providing lenders a window into what’s been a big blind spot: consumers’ repayment behavior on these increasingly popular installment loans.