Klarna, the AI-powered payments network and shopping assistant, has announced an agreement with CarTrawler, the leading B2B technology provider of car rental and mobility solutions to the global travel industry. Under the agreement, travellers can now pay for their car rental using Klarna’s full range of flexible payment options, including interest-free Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL), when they book on over 70+ airlines and 250+ travel websites.
CarTrawler aggregates over 2,000 car rental and mobility suppliers into a booking platform that allows 250 airlines and online travel agencies to offer car rental, airport transfer and ride hailing services on their websites. Thanks to the agreement, Klarna is currently live on 25 airline websites across 15 countries, including Vueling, TAP Air Portugal, Eurowings. The two companies are working together to launch on further websites in the near future.
“We are super excited to bring our fair payment methods to travellers across Europe with this CarTrawler agreement,” said Raji Behal Head of Western and Southern Europe, UK and Ireland at Klarna, “Providing consumers with flexible payment options and the opportunity to spread the cost of larger purchases like car rental has never been more important.”