In the Netherlands, the government does not want BNPL in stores

In the Netherlands, the government is opposed to the deployment of BNPL in stores. In a letter to Parliament on January 21, 2025, Finance Minister raised the alarm about the risks for young consumers, who are often ill-informed about the costs, according to Reuters. He urged Zalando and Amazon to introduce a code of conduct, in particular by checking the age of customers. Parliament is also asking Klarna to abandon the roll-out of BNPL on Adyen‘s POS terminals, launched in September 2024....