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Does Klarna perform a credit check on me and will it affect my credit score?

As a responsible lender, we want to make sure we’re helping our customers make the right financial decisions for their circumstances and as such we may perform a credit check when you use Klarna.

These credit checks are not visible to other banks or lenders and do not affect your credit score.

Depending on the payment method or service you choose, we may or may not perform searches to check your financial standing. We may perform other credit checks for future purchases you make to keep our commitment to lending responsibly.

You can find an overview of the credit checks we run for our payment options and services below.

We will not perform a credit check on you when:

  • Signing up to use Klarna

  • Downloading the

We will perform a credit check when you either:

  • Purchase with a

    for the first time

  • Choose Klarna as a payment method at check out for the first time

  • Make a new purchase – but only if it’s been more than 365 days since we last performed a credit check or you have not yet fully paid off your first purchase, and it’s been more than 90 days since we last performed a credit check

A positive repayment record with Klarna will help ensure your ability to check out with Klarna in the future. Of course, if you are late with your payments or fail to pay, this could have a negative impact on your credit score and prevent you from using your Klarna account again

Our third party credit checks are performed by

. If you have any questions regarding the services this party offers, we advise you to reach out directly.

These checks are performed in accordance with Klarna’s

.

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