Klarna becomes a built-in payment option for salons and spas booking through Fresha

Klarna and Fresha, the booking and payments platform used by beauty, wellness and fitness businesses, have made Klarna a direct payment option for Fresha merchants around the world. The deal was reported by Digital Transactions on 2 November and by The Paypers on 3 November 2026. Clients booking appointments at hair salons, barbers, nail bars, aesthetics clinics, spas, gyms and similar businesses on Fresha can now pay with Klarna, including in interest-free instalments. Because Klarna is built into Fresha's own checkout, merchants do not need a separate contract or integration to switch it on. Klarna says the partnership reaches tens of thousands of small and medium-sized businesses. Neither company published merchant fees, the list of countries where each Klarna option is available, or a launch date beyond saying the option is live. The deal takes Klarna from selling beauty products online into paying for the appointments themselves, a service market made up mostly of small, independent businesses. It follows other recent Klarna moves into services and smaller merchants, such as a partnership with TaxDome, a platform for accounting and tax firms. Klarna's UK and Ireland country manager presented it as giving small salons the same payment tools that large retailers already have. For service businesses, pay-later at booking changes the economics of higher-priced treatments and courses, but it also adds a provider fee and new rules on cancellations and refunds. In the European Union, the revised Consumer Credit Directive applies from 20 November 2026, so the instalment options shown to clients in EU markets may change around that date.