DoorDash announced on Thursday its partnership with Klarna, a Swedish fintech firm that provides online financial services, to offer a "flexible range of payment options to DoorDash customers." American DoorDash Marketplace customers can now choose the Klarna option at checkout, which offers three options: Pay in Full, which functions like any other payment processor; Pay in 4, which "allows customers to pay in four equal interest-free installments"; and Pay Later, which "allows customers to defer payments to a more convenient time."
Klarna's chief commercial officer, David Sykes, described the partnership as expanding convenience to millions of Americans "by offering smarter, more flexible payment solutions for groceries, takeout, and retail essentials."
Many X users were less enthusiastic about the team up. One post said integrating Klarna's payment services into DoorDash is "a collab fresh from the gates of hell." Other posts joking about financing a pizza from Domino's, paying off a Starbucks drink over the course of a year, and "Collateralized Burrito Obligations" received millions of views and tens of thousands of likes.
