Thousands of shoppers who tried to pre-order the latest Microsoft Xbox were left fearing for the state of their credit scores after a bungle between high street retailers and the ‘buy now, pay later’ service Klarna left them without a console but with marks on their credit files. Klarna – which has a slogan No … Read more
Swedish buy now, pay later firm Klarna climbs to top fintech ranking after being valued at £8bn By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:16 BST, 15 September 2020 | Updated: 22:53 BST, 15 September 2020 Swedish payments firm Klarna has become Europe’s highest-valued fintech firm Buy now, pay later firm Klarna has become Europe’s … Read more
The buy now, pay later behemoth Klarna has launched an advertising campaign asking users to consider whether what they’re buying is necessary, despite boasting to retailers that it helps people spend more. The company, one of Europe’s most successful start-ups with 8.6million UK users and a valuation of around $5.5billion, has faced criticism from some … Read more
A shopper who used buy now, pay later service Klarna for a £199 vacuum cleaner in three ‘interest-free’ instalments was left confused after he was charged an extra 4.5 per cent for paying with a credit card. John Hitchin, 61, from Cambridgeshire, bought a cordless vacuum cleaner from Vax on 28 January and chose to … Read more
Credit card customers of high street bank Halifax have reportedly been hit by charges when trying to make Klarna repayments, the buy now, pay later firm said. In a statement on its website published last week following an exclusive story from This is Money which revealed a Tesco Bank credit card customer had been charged … Read more