DoorDash Partners with Klarna for Deferred Payments—in Case You Need a Loan to Pay for Your Burrito

In what is surely a sign of the hyper-capitalist dystopia in which we all live, overpriced food delivery app DoorDash has partnered with creepy payment processor Klarna so that, on the offhand chance you can’t afford to pay the full $30 price of the late-night Chipotle you ordered, you can pay for the meal in installments over a drawn-out period of time. Klarna—which is considered a “buy now, pay later” lender—announced the new partnership in a press release published Thursday. According to the company, DoorDash customers will now have several different payment options when they go to buy a meal. Customers can “Pay in Full,” which means they pay for their food all at once, or they’ll be able to “Pay in 4,” which—just as it sounds—means they can pay in four different installments. Those installments will be interest-free, according to the press release. Customers will also be able to “defer payments to a more convenient time, such as a date that aligns with their paycheck schedules,” t ... Read full article.