Klarna

Name: Klarna
Author: Klarna

Payment service provider from Sweden

SwedenEU Global public ownership

Visit website klarna.com

Scope verdict

Global public ownership

This service remains visible for context, but it is not counted or recommended as a European-controlled option.

How we classify services

Klarna is a payment service provider from Sweden. It handles payments for online shops and offers integrations for many shopping platforms, so a store can accept payments without building the checkout flow from scratch.

Klarna is a Swedish company, which makes it a European alternative to the American payment providers. It suits online retailers that want their payment processing handled inside the EU and integrated into an existing shop system.

Data and operations

Infrastructure and email path

Verified operational dependencies, shown separately from ownership and from the service's core data hosting.

Public website

Amazon Web Services

US-controlled cloud

Observed: A 18.239.105.29, 18.239.105.21, 18.239.105.85 · CNAME klarna.production.us1.one-web-platform.klarna.net · AS16509
Evidence: Live website DNS ↗RIPE network record ↗

Why this matters

This public website route ends on Amazon Web Services, whose European seller is wholly owned by Amazon.com, Inc. An EU region can provide European data residency but remains under US ultimate ownership. DNS does not reveal the AWS region, the core service's host, or use of the separately operated AWS European Sovereign Cloud.

AWS ownership record ↗Sovereign Cloud distinction ↗

Incoming business email

klarna.com

Provider control not verified

Observed: MX 10 mxz1.klarna.com · 10 mxz2.klarna.com · 10 mxz3.klarna.com · 10 mxz4.klarna.com
Evidence: Current daily MX lookup ↗

Domain and email check

klarna.com

Current public DNS records show who manages this domain, which systems handle incoming business email, and selected published service signals. Refreshed daily.

Updated daily

Domain nameservers

a1-74.akam.net
a12-65.akam.net
a20-66.akam.net
a5-64.akam.net
edns7.ultradns.com
edns7.ultradns.org

Incoming business email

10 mxz1.klarna.com
10 mxz2.klarna.com
10 mxz3.klarna.com
10 mxz4.klarna.com

Mail handled by: klarna.com Provider control not verified

Additional service signals

Published SPF, DKIM and discovery records can reveal configured links to major platforms beyond incoming mail.

Mail-signing setup

Google Workspace

Non-European provider

TXT google._domainkey DKIM key published

A provider-specific DKIM record is published for Google Workspace. This shows configured mail-signing infrastructure, but not that every message currently uses it.

Current DNS record ↗Provider setup guide ↗

Sender authorisation

Google Workspace

Non-European provider

SPF include:_spf.google.com

Google Workspace is authorised to send email for this domain. The SPF entry can be unused or stale and does not reveal the configured data region.

Current DNS record ↗Provider setup guide ↗

This is a targeted check, not a complete zone inventory. Generic Google and Microsoft verification tokens are ignored because they do not prove product use or a data flow. DNS normally cannot list arbitrary subdomains or customer-chosen DKIM selectors, including Salesforce selectors. Missing signals are not proof that a provider is unused.

DNS checked: 2026-10-18 09:04 UTC

Public DNS records identify visible providers and routes, not every backend location or private data-region setting.

Infrastructure checked: 2026-09-04