Klarna shopping habits will affect credit report

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A buy now, pay later boom has fuelled fears it encourages people into debt.

Buy-now-pay-later firm Klarna will start telling credit agencies who pays on time and who falls behind.

Citizens Advice said buy-now-pay-later "can be like quicksand - easy to get into but difficult to get out of" amid fears it encourages people into debt. "Too often consumers don't understand what they're signing up for and we've found people who've used it accidentally," he said. For shoppers, buy-now-pay-later seems to be everywhere. It has been used by 17 million people in the UK, including 30% of those aged in their 20s, but it has never been the most visible of credit products.

It will test the claim by BNPL providers that their customers are almost always able to keep to the "pay later" part of the deal.Will they consider applicants' use of BNPL products as a sign of financial stress and be more reluctant to provide loans and mortgages to them? Klarna said it had been working with the agencies for two years so they could adapt reporting systems which are set up for credit card companies.The Klarna announcement was made as official figures revealed that UK consumers had borrowed £800m more in March on credit cards.

 

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