Klarna Group plc is a Swedish financial technology company and digital bank. Founded in 2005 in Stockholm, Sweden, Klarna provides digital payments, short-term consumer credit, cards, banking services and merchant tools for online and in-store commerce. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is best known for buy now, pay later payment products. Klarna Bank AB, the group's Swedish banking subsidiary, is authorized as a bank and supervised by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority. It provides financial services in the European Economic Area under European Union banking rules as well as areas outside the EEA, including in the United States and the United Kingdom, through local subsidiaries. As of 2026, Klarna reported more than 119 million active consumers, more than one million merchants, 3.4 million transactions per day and operations across 26 countries.