READ MORE Motorway drivers face unexpected \u00a3200 fines after ‘being held accountable’<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\u201cThey want simplicity, flexibility, and transparency – all in one place. That\u2019s exactly what has made Klarna payment methods so popular online, and now that same experience is coming to a physical card.<\/p>\n
“The Klarna Card is the future of everyday banking – creating smart payments, to empower smarter shoppers.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMillions of people around the world have embraced the choice and control offered by Visa\u2019s Flexible Credential, and we\u2019re delighted to extend this to even more U.S. consumers, as well as bringing it to Europe for the first time,\u201d added Mathieu Altwegg, SVP Product and Solutions, for Visa in Europe.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a pioneering example of a future where consumers will only need one card in order to have access to their preferred ways to pay, no matter where they are, or what they\u2019re purchasing.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Scott Dixon, consumer and motoring disputes expert, said the card could be \u201cpotentially risky for cash-strapped consumers\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the face of it, it gives people more control by allowing them to pay upfront or spread the cost when it suits\u201d.<\/p>\n
The expert warned flexibility can \u201cquickly spiral out of control if consumers don\u2019t fully understand when they are dipping into credit and risk incurring interest or fees.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adam French, head of news at Moneyfactscompare.co.uk, told the Sun: “The card is \u2018debit-first\u2019 by default, which means shoppers will be spending their own money unless they expressly switch to a pay later option.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, therein lies the risk as pay later and instalment options can too-easily tempt some shoppers into overspending, especially at a time when inflation is close to 4% and cost of living pressures are mounting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Klarna Card, powered by Visa Flexible Credential, is debit by default, letting users pay instantly with their own…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15,961],"class_list":{"0":"post-503596","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-your-money"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115382713644353603","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Klarna issues major update to millions of customers who use debit cards<\/p>\n