Klarna Joins Google’s Open Payments Protocol AP2

Klarna (KLAR) on Monday announced its participation in Alphabet Inc’s. (GOOGL) (GOOG) Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) initiative. The open-source standard is designed to make digital transactions, especially AI-agent-led ones, safer. 

This collaboration extends Klarna’s existing partnership with Google, which already spans Google Pay, Chrome’s autofill, the Google Store, Google Play, and Google Cloud. 

Klarna stock traded over 2% higher in Monday’s premarket. On Stocktwits, retail sentiment around the stock remained in ‘bearish’ territory amid ‘extremely low’ message volume levels. 

Klarna’s current suite of tools already includes real-time risk assessment, flexible payment plans, and transparency in user terms. The inclusion of AP2 will allow Klarna to apply these features in environments where purchases are initiated or assisted by AI agents. 

This ensures a secure and consistent shopping experience, whether a customer is using a chatbot or has delegated their purchase task entirely to a digital assistant.

“Agent-led commerce represents an exciting new frontier, one that demands transparency, trust, and smarter payment experiences,” said David Sykes, Chief Commercial Officer at Klarna. 

On October 9, Klarna announced its partnership with Google Cloud to utilize the tech giant’s artificial intelligence (AI) across its app. Klarna went public in September in one of the year’s largest fintech IPOs, priced at $40 per share. 

Klarna is a global digital bank and payments platform serving over 111 million users, processing 2.9 million daily transactions. AP2 participation positions it as a key contributor to the infrastructure supporting agent-driven digital commerce.

Klarna's stock has lost over 15% since its listing in September this year. 

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