Klarna is one of Europe’s leading payment providers and a licensed bank which is fundamentally changing the payment experience for both customers and merchants. Founded in Sweden in 2005, the company enables online shoppers to settle open payments quickly, easily and securely either immediately or later. Klarna works with more than 575,000 merchants such as Asos, Spotify, MediaMarkt and Deutsche Bahn and currently employs more than 3,800 people in 26 countries. In 2014, Klarna purchased Sofort GmbH; this was followed in 2017 with the acquisition of BillPay GmbH. The company’s investors include Sequoia Capital, Bestseller Group, Atomico, VISA and Permira.
Klarna is part of the Klarna Group
Total number of active customers: 85,000,000
Total number of active merchants: 575,000
Number of transactions per day: 2,500,000
Number of employees: 3,800+