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Qliro

“Can a Nordic-native BNPL and checkout provider become a pan-European growth engine for merchants by wrapping payments, credit, and consumer loyalty into a single Flywheel?”

Founded2014
HQStockholm, Sweden
IndustryFintech / Lending
The story

Founded 2014 as CDON Group's captive payment arm for Nordic e-commerce merchants (pay-after-delivery). Obtained a Swedish credit-market-company license in 2017 and built out consumer credit (invoice, installment, BNPL) and savings deposits. Spun out and listed publicly, then repositioned as an independent Nordic checkout + BNPL provider. Most recent strategic move: distributing its BNPL rail through PPRO to gain international merchant reach without direct sales.

Last 12 months
2025
Product timeline
2014
Founded by e-merchants to provide pay-after-delivery to Nordic merchants· pivot
2015
Design and platform development begins· banking
2016
Launched Qliro One checkout and consumer app· banking
2017
Received credit market company license from Finansinspektionen; launched personal loans and Swedish savings accounts· banking
2020
Listed publicly (spin-off from Qliro Group)· ipo
2021
Launched EUR deposit offering to private individuals in Germany via Deposit Solutions platform· banking
2025
Signed exclusive partnership with PPRO as sole Nordic BNPL provider to PPRO's global PSP/merchant network· lending
Regulated entities
1
regulatory licence held by Qliro
Licence types, jurisdictions and registered entities are in the Embedded Finance Index report.
The stack
4 layers disclosed in Qliro’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
Qliro Checkout (self-operated)checkout
Banking / BaaS
in the full report
Lending
in the full report
FX & payouts
in the full report
Accounting gap: minor
8 more providers across 3 layers, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.