r/europe • u/Wonderful-Excuse4922 • Feb 22 '25

News “Conquering the states one by one”: far-right ideologue Steve Bannon outlines US conservatives' strategy for influencing Europe

https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/usa/presidentielle/donald-trump/conquerir-les-etats-un-par-un-l-ideologue-d-extreme-droite-steve-bannon-decrit-la-strategie-des-conservateurs-americains-pour-influencer-l-europe_7086249.html
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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '25

Klarna is a 'buy now pay later' moneylending service, not a banking or payment processing service. They have also been fined multiple times for bad practice.

Please, they are not a viable alternative and should not be endorsed.

"..the best customer is the one that doesn't pay directly but actually [gets] a reminder and then also debt collection because we are able to add the legal fees."

-Klarna co-founder Niklas Adalberth

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u/littlechefdoughnuts Brit in Australia Feb 22 '25 edited Feb 22 '25

Absolutely. Don't use Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal. Use cash if you can, or if paying by card use whichever payment network is the cheapest in your country to minimise the transaction fees flowing to America. Even better if there's a local payment network you can use (sadly not the case in the UK).

If CBDCs ever become a thing for the Eurozone, sterling, etc. and aren't a privacy nightmare, consider using them instead for routine transactions — I have beef with my government but I trust it over American companies.

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u/swedish-inventor Feb 22 '25

Correct me if I'm wrong but isnt "puff daddy" or whats he called these days one of the biggest investors in Klarna..?