Klarna has announced it is enabling banks to extend voluntary gambling blocks to Open Banking-driven payments powered by its subsidiary, SOFORT. SOFORT operates one of Klarna's direct bank-to-bank payment methods, which is used by 75,000 merchants across Europe, including some online gambling and gaming sites.
With the update Klarna has announced, banks connected to SOFORT will be able to identify a payment request from a gambling or gaming company and, if there is a gambling block in place, block that payment, protecting their customers.