Klarna Wikipink appears to be an effort to contrast credit card debt and delinquency with BNPL debt and delinquency. As BNPL faces more regulatory scrutiny it’s in Klarna’s best interest to paint traditional financing as predatory and show themselves as the better option. Klarna seems to be portraying themselves as the lessor of two evils in this scenario.
This look like it’s written more for lobbyists to use for persuading lawmakers that Klarna and BNPL in general is benign to avoid additional legal and regulatory backlash as BNPL adoption continues to rise. It could be a direct response to the letter Senators Sherrod Brown, John Fetterman, and Raphael Warnock sent to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau back in Dec of ’23. The letter urges the CFPB to focus the full authority of the agency on ensuring BNPL does not prey on consumers.
Time will tell if this tactic will help blunt additional regulatory action.