Apple Announces New Klarna and PayPal Integrations for Apple Pay on iOS 18

In June, Apple discontinued its "buy now, pay later" service called Apple Pay Later, which let qualifying customers split a purchase made with Apple Pay into four equal payments over six weeks, with no interest or fees. Instead, Apple said customers in the U.S. would be able to apply for loans from select other "buy now, pay later" services when they check out with Apple Pay on the web and in apps on iOS 18 and iPadOS 18.

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Affirm payment plans have been available through Apple Pay since last month, and competing service Klarna announced that it is integrating with Apple Pay in the U.S. and the U.K. starting today, and in Canada in the coming months.

iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 users can select "Other Cards & Pay Later Options" when checking out with Apple Pay to access payment plans available from Klarna and Affirm. For example, Klarna offers an interest-free "Pay in 4" payment plan for purchases totaling between $35 and $2,000, which is similar to what Apple Pay Later offered.

Apple also announced an upcoming integration with PayPal.

Starting next year, customers in the U.S. will be able to see their PayPal balance when using their PayPal debit card in the Wallet app on the iPhone, according to Apple.

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jooish Avatar
2 hours ago at 07:33 am
Reminder: PayPal is a terrible company. There are countless stories of them freezing user funds for things that aren't illegal. There's practically no reason to use them anymore. Also, buy now and pay later services can be predatory... even if it's 0% interest (it isn't).
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Wig321 Avatar
1 hour ago at 08:13 am
Thanks, I hate this.
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Justin Cymbal Avatar
2 hours ago at 07:33 am
Having the ability to now be able to see my PayPal balance from the PayPal debit card (within the Apple Wallet app) will be awesome

I’m now starting to use my PayPal debit card a lot more because of the 5% cash back that it currently offers (on a selected monthly category)

In my case, I always select the restaurant category because that’s where I spent the most money and I’ve been able to get 5% back on all of my takeout purchases since I started using my PayPal debit card last month
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iMatt. Avatar
2 hours ago at 07:36 am
The feature is great and always good to see Apple incorporating third parties into their systems. However BNPL is awful all round, and I say that as someone who has fallen into that hole many times
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spaxxedout Avatar
2 hours ago at 07:38 am

Reminder: PayPal is a terrible company. There are countless stories of them freezing user funds for things that aren't illegal. There's practically no reason to use them anymore. Also, buy now and pay later services can be predatory... even if it's 0% interest (it isn't).
Agreed. Account of 15 years got suspended with no given reason. Even with that, I’m glad to see some semblance of debit / checking integration with the wallet app. Really just wish Apple would offer checking accounts or provide API for banks to securely pipe user
Financial info into the wallet app.
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Spock Avatar
2 hours ago at 07:40 am
I wonder how much Apple is making off of these options..
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