Klarna has emerged triumphant in the Payments Innovation category at the first ever RTIH Innovation Awards.

The Swedish FinTech impressed us with the launch of pop-up stores in London and Manchester.

A big thank you to our 2019 judging panel for their help in picking our 2019 winners.

Hayley Meenan-Wilkin, Web Trading Management, Ocado.com

Christine Bardwell, Global Strategy Lead, Oracle

Martin Newman, Founder, The Customer First Group

Toby Pickard, Head of Insight - Innovation & Futures, IGD

Natalie Berg, Retail Analyst, Author & Founder, NBK Retail

Tiffany Lung, Retail Analyst

Nadine Neatrour, Independent Consultant

Judges’ comments on Klarna included:

“They’ve had a great year in the buy now, pay later space, announcing deals with a number of leading retailers. And the pop-ups were a fantastic way of promoting the brand, something a bit different that really made them stand out from the crowd.”

“Another good way Klarna is marketing itself as a consumer brand.”

“This year Klarna became Europe’s most valuable FinTech. The pop-ups and the company’s vibrant and original marketing efforts in general were the icing on the payments cake.”

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