Apply · $500 to $5,000

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The Zebit BNPL application takes a few minutes. Once submitted, your request goes to one or more licensed lenders in our network. Lenders return an offer or a decline. You decide what to do with the result.

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Common amounts

Three common loan sizes

If you're not sure what amount to request, these are the most common sizes our applicants choose. The form below accepts any amount from $500 to $5,000.

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$500

For one-off small bills · 3–12 month terms

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$1,500

For mid-sized expenses · 6–18 month terms

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$5,000

For larger plans · 12–24 month terms

Start your application here.

Fill in the short form below. Your information is sent only to lenders in our network for the purpose of evaluating your request.

What happens after you click submit

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The moment you submit the form, three things happen in sequence. First, your application is validated for completeness and basic eligibility (you're at least eighteen, you have a verifiable U.S. address, you have a source of income, you're requesting an amount in the $500 to $5,000 band). Second, your application is routed to one or more lenders in our network whose underwriting profile matches the category and amount you requested. Routing typically reaches several lenders, not just one. Third, those lenders evaluate your application against their own criteria and return either an offer with terms or a decline. The whole sequence usually completes within the same business day, though some lenders take up to one or two business days to respond depending on workload.

What you'll see if a lender approves

If a Zebit BNPL network lender approves you, you'll see an offer screen with the loan amount they're willing to extend, the annual percentage rate they're charging, the monthly payment, the total cost of credit across the term, the term length, and any origination fee. The offer screen is the lender's, not ours — the legal relationship if you accept is between you and the lender. You're not obligated to accept. You can read the offer, sit with it, run the calculator on this site against the actual terms, ask questions, and either sign or walk away. If you sign, the lender disburses the loan according to their own funding timeline.

What you'll see if a lender declines

If no lender in the routed set approves your application, you'll be told plainly. The decline doesn't include a detailed reason from us — the reason is the lender's, and the lender will send an adverse action notice to your stated mailing address within thirty days. That notice lists the principal reasons the lender declined and tells you whether they used credit report information in the decision, along with the credit bureau they pulled from. The adverse action notice is useful because it tells you specifically what to address before applying again, anywhere — not just here.

What we ask for, and what we don't

The form asks for the minimum information a lender needs to make a real underwriting decision: your legal name, your date of birth, your Social Security number (for credit pull and identity verification), your physical address, your phone, your email, your employment status, your monthly income before tax, your housing situation, the loan amount you'd like, the term you'd prefer, and the loan category. That's the working set. We don't ask for bank account credentials, we don't ask you to upload a paystub at this stage (the lender may ask later, on their own screen), and we don't ask for your driver's license number unless your state requires it for application.

What we won't do with your information

Zebit BNPL won't sell your application data to data brokers. We won't share it with parties outside our lender network. We won't add you to a marketing email list. We will share it with the lenders we route it to, because that sharing is the entire point of submitting the form. The lender's privacy practices govern what happens to your data after they receive it, and you'll typically see their privacy notice on the lender's screen during the offer step. If you want to know which lenders the application was routed to, write to [email protected] after submission and we'll tell you.

Eligibility, in plain language

To apply through the Zebit BNPL buy now pay later platform, you must be at least eighteen years old, be a legal U.S. resident with a verifiable U.S. address, have a Social Security number, have a regular source of income (W-2 employment, 1099 self-employment, retirement income, disability income, alimony, or other documented income are all generally acceptable depending on the lender), have an active checking account where funds can be deposited if approved, and be requesting a loan amount between $500 and $5,000. Lenders may have additional requirements — for example, some lenders require at least three months at your current employer, or income above a certain monthly threshold. These additional requirements are lender-specific and aren't filters we apply at routing.

States and availability

Lender participation varies by state. Most states have at least one lender in our network active for at least one of our loan categories. A small number of states with particularly restrictive lending laws may have limited or no lender participation for certain categories. The application will indicate if your state-and-category combination has limited routing. The most accurate signal of availability is still whether a lender actually returns an offer to your screen.

What if my situation is unusual?

Several situations come up regularly that we want to address before you fill in the form. If you're self-employed, your income may need to be supported by tax returns or bank statements at the lender's request. If you have past bankruptcy, some lenders in our network work with applicants who have filed; others don't, and the most reliable signal is to apply. If you have very thin credit history — fewer than three open tradelines, or a credit file shorter than two years — some lenders weight that more heavily than others, and you may receive a smaller offer amount than requested. If your monthly income is variable (commission, freelance, seasonal), use an honest twelve-month average on the income field; lenders will look at variability anyway, and overstating a single best month tends to surface later in a way that doesn't help you.

After approval, before the funds arrive

Between accepting the offer and the funds landing in your account, the lender typically performs identity verification and may request supporting documents. Respond promptly. The faster you complete the lender's verification steps, the sooner the funds disburse. Customers who delay verification for a few days often delay funding by the same number of days, because the lender's process can't move forward without the missing piece. The lender will tell you specifically what's needed — a recent paystub, a utility bill for address verification, a copy of an ID — and the lender's secure portal is where to upload it. Never email sensitive documents in response to an email that arrived in your inbox unsolicited; always work through the lender's portal linked from the original offer email.

What to do if something feels off

If after submitting the application you receive a message that seems off — for example, a phone call from someone claiming to be Zebit BNPL asking you to wire money for a "processing fee" — that is not us. We don't charge consumers fees and we don't make outbound calls asking for payments. Hang up and email [email protected] with details. Scams in this category are unfortunately persistent. Genuine communication from Zebit BNPL comes by email from the contact address; genuine lender communication after approval comes from the lender's own domains, which they identify in your offer documents.

Common pre-application questions, answered briefly

Customers regularly ask a handful of practical questions before they sit down to fill in the form. The answers below are short on purpose; longer treatment lives on the FAQ page.

"Should I run the calculator first?" Yes. Spending five minutes on the calculator before opening the application gives you a realistic monthly amount to confirm against any offer you receive. Customers who plan first tend to accept offers they end up satisfied with; customers who apply first and run the numbers second sometimes accept offers that strain the budget.

"Can I save my application and finish later?" The application form is short enough that most customers finish in one sitting. If you do need to step away, the form typically holds your inputs for a brief period within the same browser session, but for security reasons it doesn't retain them across sessions. Plan to finish in one go.

"Will my employer be contacted?" Probably not as part of routing, but some lenders may verify employment as part of their underwriting. Verification methods vary — some lenders use third-party employment verification services that don't require contacting your employer directly; others may. The lender will tell you what verification is needed once your application reaches them.

"What happens to my application if I close the browser tab partway through?" If you close the tab before clicking submit, the application isn't submitted and nothing is sent to any lender. You can return later and start fresh.

"Can I apply on my phone?" Yes. The application form is mobile-friendly. Most fields auto-fill if your phone's autofill is enabled. The flow works on iOS Safari, Android Chrome, and most mobile browsers.

If you're not ready to apply today

That's a fine outcome. Not every visit to a lending site has to end in an application. If after reading this page you'd rather think about it for a day or two, here are productive uses of that time: read three articles on the blog to deepen your understanding of installment math and fine print; pull your free annual credit reports from each of the three major bureaus and check for errors that might affect a future application; build a one-page personal budget showing your monthly net income and your existing monthly obligations, so you can quickly evaluate any offer against that picture. When you're ready, the application form will still be here.

The promise we can keep on this page

What this page promises is straightforward. If you submit the form, we will route the application to lenders in our network and tell you what comes back. We will not bill you. We will not sell your information outside the routing path. We will not pretend that an offer that doesn't fit your budget is a good deal. If no lender approves you, we will say so plainly. If a lender approves you and you decline, that's fine. The relationship is the application, and we'll honor whichever outcome comes out of it.

Three small things that improve approval odds

None of these is a magic trick, and none is a guarantee. They're small bits of preparation that make the application stronger and make the lender's underwriting easier.

Make sure your stated income matches what you can verify. Lenders cross-reference stated income against verifiable evidence — paystubs, bank statements, tax returns. If the stated number is significantly higher than what you can document, the discrepancy hurts your application more than a slightly lower stated number that matches reality. Be honest.

Use the same address you've used in recent records. Underwriting tools check address consistency across credit files, public records, and bank statements. If you've recently moved, that's fine — note it accurately. Mismatches without explanation can slow the process.

Have a checking account with at least some recent activity. Lenders typically deposit funds into a checking account in your name with verifiable recent activity. A dormant account that hasn't seen a deposit in months may complicate funding. If you opened an account last week specifically for this loan, expect additional verification.

What we don't promise on this page

We don't promise approval. We don't promise a particular APR. We don't promise a particular loan amount. We don't promise that any specific lender will see your application. What we do is connect your single application to a network of lenders who do this category of loan, and we let their underwriting take it from there. The outcome is theirs, not ours. We tell you what comes back, plainly.

If you have any application question that isn't covered by this Zebit BNPL page or our FAQ, the support contact is in the footer below. Our team responds within one business day during standard hours, and the response will be from a real person — not an auto-reply.

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