Consumer FX

Consumer FX lets your store accept Klarna customers from around the world, even if you only sell in a single currency. Klarna automatically converts the order amount into the currency your customer pays in, so they can check out in their local currency with their familiar payment methods from Klarna.

You always receive payouts in the currency you create transactions in. Klarna handles the rest, currency conversion, exchange rate disclosure, and regulatory compliance, all within the Klarna purchase flow.

Consumer FX is available across all currently supported Klarna markets. See where Klarna is available at klarna.com/international.

For each transaction, Klarna identifies the customer's billing currency based on the billing country associated with their Klarna account. If the billing currency differs from your transaction currency, Klarna converts the amount automatically within the Klarna purchase flow.

The foreign exchange rate is locked at the time of each transaction event with Klarna, capture, refund or dispute. Because the rate is set independently at each stage, the applied rate may differ across the authorization, capture, and refund stages of a transaction.

Klarna manages the full customer-facing currency conversion experience within its own purchase flow and post-purchase communications.

Your website can continue to display prices in your transaction currency, no changes are required.

Once the customer enters the Klarna Purchase flow, they see amounts in their billing currency at every step.

The converted amount is shown using Klarna's current exchange rate. This rate is indicative of the final charge and customers are informed that the rate is subject to change at capture.

After the order is placed, the indicative exchange rate and converted amount appear in the Klarna app.

At the time of capture, the exchange rate is locked and applied to calculate the final amount charged to the customer in their billing currency. Klarna communicates the final rate and amount by email and in the Klarna app.

At the time of refund, Klarna converts the refund amount to the customer's billing currency using the exchange rate at the time of the refund. Because this rate may differ from the rate applied at capture, the refunded amount in the customer's billing currency may not exactly match the original charge. There may be an open amount left to pay after a full refund due to market fluctuations.

Consumer FX is available across all currently supported Klarna customer countries.

The billing currency is based on the billing country in the customer's Klarna account. Klarna always charges the customer in their local currency.

Yes. Klarna's app, push notifications, and email communications are fully localized in the customer's language and billing currency.

No matter where your customers are shopping from, the Klarna purchase flow presents them with the payment options they know and trust from their home country, keeping checkout seamless and conversion-friendly.

No. Klarna handles all FX disclosure, customer consent, and regulatory compliance within the payment flow. You can optionally mention that Klarna communicates the final exchange rate at capture if you display converted prices on your site.

Avoid hard-coding specific payment method names. The options presented to customers may differ by market, for example, a German customer on a US store may see "Pay in 3" rather than "Pay in 4." Use generic messaging such as "Pay with Klarna" as described in Payment Descriptors.

When Consumer FX is enabled, Klarna validates the purchase_currency in your session request against the currencies supported by your configured bank accounts. To resolve this, make sure a bank account is configured for the currency you're creating sessions in. You can do this in Merchant Portal > Settings > Bank Accounts if you’re an administrator.