Klarna, the leading global payments and shopping service, announces the expansion of its leading Open Banking solution across eight more European countries, including Portugal, Denmark, Luxembourg, Ireland, Croatia, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.
„Klarna provides the largest open banking network in Europe, supporting a total of 24 countries in the continent, with up to 99% and a minimum of 90% bank coverage across markets,” according to the press release.
Klarna’s Open Banking solution which today processes more than 150m+ transactions per year, offers third party providers simplified access to consumer bank account data via ‘Account information’ (AIS) and ‘Payment initiation’ (PIS) services in line with Payment Services Directives (PSD2).
As part of the latest expansion, Klarna also introduces ‘Account Insights’ a new solution that turns simple bank statements into unique insights through categorization and data enrichment.
„These insights can enable a variety of use cases including personalized budget plans, insurance checks, loan applications, credit- & risk assessments, personal finance management applications, and many more, all through a simple API integration,” the company said.
“Since we launched our Open Banking Offering in March 2019 our growth trajectory has been tremendous. That’s why we’re excited to launch in 8 more markets today and expand our product offering even further, as we continue to lead Europe’s Open Banking industry covering more than 6.000 banks across 24 countries. The ability to empower consumers through financial data should not be at the discretion of a single provider but open to many providers so that more solutions can be developed that put the customer at the centre of their personal finances,” says Koen Köppen, Klarnas Chief Technology Officer.
The company strongly believes that „Klarna’s XS2A API is the most established and proven solution that has been developed at scale across markets for more than 15 years. Across markets, Klarna has a superior PIS conversion rate from the login to successful completion of the flow.”
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Open banking market availability in Europe: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ireland, and the UK.
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