Britain will soon lay out new plans to regulate 'buy now, pay later' firms like Klarna after delays

https://lemmy.world/post/18298316

Britain will soon lay out new plans to regulate 'buy now, pay later' firms like Klarna after delays - Lemmy.World

Good. Shut that shit down

While I agree that increasing consumer debt is a problem, I think Klarna provides a valuable service for online shopping.

I can get my goods delivered and inspect them before paying anything. If the goods are not as stated (or don’t arrive at all) I just dispute it and then it is Klarnas problem, I haven’t risked anything of my own money. If I had paid up front, I would have to try to get my money back. It’s almost always harder to get money back than to dispute and refuse to pay.

Some regulations are welcome, but I don’t see BNPL as a bad concept in itself.

You can already do all that with a credit card, and your bank is more likely to side with you. Why not just use that? There’s several decades more regulation on credit cards, too.
Mostly convenience, the Klarna app is miles ahead of what my bank offers.