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let s speak to the global boss of swedish firm klarna, probably the most well known buy now, pay later company. sebastian siemiatkowski is in london this week, and joins me now. welcome to the uk. good to see you. as of today klarna will be rolled out more widely. tell us how that is going to happen and where you make your money from that? going to happen and where you make your money from that? sure. what we are announcing your money from that? sure. what we are announcing today your money from that? sure. what we are announcing today is your money from that? sure. what we are announcing today is the your money from that? sure. what we are announcing today is the ability i are announcing today is the ability with the are announcing today is the ability with the usage of our app to use klarna with the usage of our app to use klarna everywhere. until now in the uk you klarna everywhere. until now in the uk you have been limited to use on the website is currently offering
i think now the attention is on what the regulation actually looks like. i wasjust remembering one of my firstjob interviews, where i bought a dress on a store card and put off the payment for a while. if that option wasn t available to me, i wouldn t have been able to buy the dress and feel good in the interview. so it is important, isn t it, in a sense to have that availability? absolutely. i think for the sake of financial inclusion and ensuring that we are not excluding people from access to credit, i welcome these products and actually, in many cases i think they can be a better alternative to high interest cards, payday loans, whatever. i think, absolutely. but better doesn t necessarily mean they should be exempt from regulation. so i think there s a balancing act there. the regulator has called for affordability checks and more support for customers who are struggling to repay. the government said it will act as soon as it can, and the details will be crucial for both how we sh
like thinking, oh, i got to wait for more money to come back into so i can buy more stuff. so, yeah, i use that quite a lot to be fair. our use of buy now, pay later products quadrupled over the pandemic. we spent £2.7 billion using services like klarna, clearpay and laybuy last year. the vast majority of that cash went on fashion and footwear. three quarters of users are women. so what s the catch? well, the financial regulator is worried that people are encouraged to spend more, rack up unseen debts and then face difficult and expensive repayments. alice is a personal finance expert who s campaigned for these companies to face tougher rules. i came across young people as young as 19, for whom buy now, pay later was their first interaction with credit and they d racked up significant sums, several thousand, as close to £10,000 worth in some cases, across multiple buy now, pay later providers. and obviously, there s questions as to whether that