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Klarna App Allows Customers To Purchase Gas In Installments At Participating Chevron & Texaco Gas Stations

<p>Whew&excl; Gas prices have increased&comma; and it seems many have discovered the Klarna app can come through in the clutch&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Recently&comma; gas prices have skyrocketed with inflation and the war in<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;ukraine&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post"> Ukraine<&sol;a>&comma; and if you didn&&num;8217&semi;t know&comma; the buy now &amp&semi; pay later apps have a temporary solution to the problem&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Klarna app sent out messages to its users to remind them that they have partnered with Chevron and Texaco to make gas affordable over a six-week period&period; This will allow users to purchase gas and pay for it in installments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One user on Twitter shared a tweet that read&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Fill up at Chevron or Texaco and split the cost over 6 weeks&period; tap to find your nearest location&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to instructions on the app&comma; users must create a digital in-store card using the Klarna app&period; This virtual card is what will allow users to use the pay-later options and companies can expand their audience to convert customers from online to in-store&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to a statement from Klarna&comma; while this option is becoming popular amid the spike in gas prices&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Klarna has been working with Chevron since 2021&comma; so this is not new and has no connection to the current global geopolitical situation&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Zip is another installment app that has a partnership with Chevron and Texaco to make buying gas more affordable&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While many people support this option&comma; there have been critics of this service&period; One woman tweeted&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Except all the BNPL platforms like Kl&ast;rna and Afterp&ast;y are officially reporting to credit bureaus&period; Tread lightly folks&period; it&&num;8217&semi;s a lot of predatory behavior goin&&num;8217&semi; on rn&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;Klarna&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Egoogle&percnt;7Ctwcamp&percnt;5Eserp&percnt;7Ctwgr&percnt;5Eauthor">official Klarna Twitter account responded and said<&sol;a>&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Hi Janae&comma; Klarna does not report BNPL repayment data to credit bureaus and we will of course communicate if this ever changes&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As you know&comma; Klarna also allows you to purchase flights&comma; hotels&comma; and merchandise using a payment plan&period; Users have to put down a percentage at the time of purchase and pay the balance over time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roomies&comma; how y&&num;8217&semi;all feel about this&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"86103" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;klarna-app-will-allow-customers-to-purchase-gas-in-installments-at-participating-chevron-texaco-gas-stations&sol;" data-secure&equals;"bb78727029"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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