Klarna
Buy now, pay later and flexible checkout solutions — a European alternative to Affirm and PayPal Credit.
About
Klarna is a Swedish fintech company founded in Stockholm in 2005 and now one of Europe's largest privately held technology companies. It offers Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL), consumer financing, and checkout solutions used by over 500,000 merchants globally. For EU e-commerce businesses, Klarna is the leading BNPL provider — particularly strong in Sweden, Germany, and the Nordics — and is regulated as a bank under Swedish financial services law. Klarna's checkout reduces cart abandonment by offering consumers flexible payment options at the moment of purchase. Its merchant APIs and Shopify/WooCommerce plugins are straightforward to integrate.
Details
- Founded
- 2005
- Headquarters
- Stockholm, Sweden