Klarna BE
Country: Belgium (BE) | Payment Rail: closed_loop_wallet
BNPL
Market Adoption: 3%
Klarna is a popular Buy Now Pay Later service in Belgium, featuring flexible interest-free installments and 30-day delayed invoices and widely used for online fashion, consumer electronics, and lifestyle retail.
🔄 User Payment Flow
- Shopper chooses Klarna (Pay in 3 or Pay in 30 days) at checkout
- Shopper completes brief credit assessment verification via phone OTP
- Klarna approves order instantly and schedules installment debits on shopper debit/credit card
- Merchant ships order immediately while shopper pays later in installments
⚙️ Characteristics & Settlement
| Instant Payment | YES |
| Supports QR | NO |
| Supports Recurring | YES |
| Supports Refund | YES |
🛠️ Merchant Integration Steps
- Merchant sends checkout session to Klarna API / PSP partner
- Klarna performs real-time fraud and underwriting check
- Klarna guarantees full payment upfront to merchant regardless of shopper defaults
🚀 Supported Payment Gateways & Acquirers (PSPs)
🔌 Stripe🔌 Adyen