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Klarna makes shopping smooth. With Klarna consumers can buy now and pay later, so they can get what they love today. Klarna’s offering to consumers and retailers include payments, social shopping, and personal finances. Over 250,000 retail partners, including H&M, IKEA, Expedia Group, Samsung, ASOS, Peloton, Abercrombie & Fitch, Nike and AliExpress have enabled Klarna’s innovative shopping experience online and in-store. Klarna is one of the most highly valued private fintechs globally with a valuation of $31 billion. Klarna was founded in 2005, has over 3,500 employees and is active in 17 countries. 



Company Members

Robert Bueninck
Sebastian Siemiatkowski
Angus Trigg
Alex Marsh


Articles Featuring Klarna

Zilch scoops $110m in debt and equity from Goldman Sachs and Daily Mail owner DMGT

23rd July 2021 | Aisling Finn

The AltFi view on the Big Tech takeover: No foregone conclusion

19th July 2021 | AltFi

Embracing open finance will lead to a healthier financial system

19th July 2021 | Alex Marsh

More fintech funding raised in the first half of 2021 than the whole of 2020

14th July 2021 | Aisling Finn

Apple and Goldman Sachs join forces to take on Klarna with Buy Now Pay Later

14th July 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Klarna acquires ‘social shopping’ startup Hero

13th July 2021 | Aisling Finn

Danish challenger Lunar bags €210m as it sets sights on conquering the Nordics

12th July 2021 | Aisling Finn

Chrysalis Investments lifted 28% by early bets on Klarna and Starling Bank

30th June 2021 | Oliver Smith

Embedded finance: Klarna partners with Liberis for revenue-based finance

29th June 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Smart bags £165m in round led by Starling and Klarna backer Chrysalis Investments

28th June 2021 | Aisling Finn

From Disruptors to Dominators: The fintechs taking over the world

28th June 2021 | Aisling Finn

Big banks must adopt a long-term view when backing digital start-ups, says Mettle boss

24th June 2021 | John Reynolds

Booming BNPL industry is still at "inception stage," says UK boss of Klarna

23rd June 2021 | John Reynolds

Who are the leaders of embedded finance?

21st June 2021 | AltFi

Laybuy launches its own buy-now-pay-later virtual card for UK shoppers

15th June 2021 | Oliver Smith

The AltFi view on fintech mega-rounds: Fully-justified

14th June 2021 | AltFi

Klarna gets SoftBank Vision Fund backing along with a new $45.6bn price tag

11th June 2021 | Oliver Smith

What’s driving the rise of the £16bn embedded finance sector?

10th June 2021 | Keith Grose

Marqeta reaches $17bn valuation as shares pop on its Nasdaq debut

10th June 2021 | Oliver Smith

Canadian fintech Trulioo scores nearly $400m to create end-to-end identity giant

8th June 2021 | Oliver Smith

Klarna invades Amazon, eBay and more with new buy-now-pay-later virtual cards

7th June 2021 | Aisling Finn

Five things not to miss at AltFi’s Festival of Finance 2021

7th June 2021 | Aisling Finn

HSBC and ING back buy-now-pay-later platform Divido with $30m

3rd June 2021 | Oliver Smith

Sebastian Siemiatkowski stepped down as CEO of Klarna to make way for… A$AP Rocky

2nd June 2021 | Aisling Finn

Curve raises nearly £10m in its most successful crowdfunding campaign yet 

28th May 2021 | Aisling Finn

Klarna says app data bug was “self-inflicted”

28th May 2021 | Oliver Smith

Klarna chooses Madrid for new tech hub

26th May 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Lunar launches all-in-one corporate credit card to win over SME customers

26th May 2021 | Aisling Finn

Australian BNPL fintech Zip acquires rivals for Europe and Middle East push

24th May 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Fintech valuations keep tripling, is it a trend or just a coincidence?

24th May 2021 | Aisling Finn

Klarna eyes up London for upcoming IPO

19th May 2021 | Aisling Finn

Klarna turns to murals and QR codes to “set the record straight” 

14th May 2021 | Aisling Finn

New digs: Klarna opens fresh London HQ in WeWork Holborn

5th May 2021 | Oliver Smith

The AltFi view on fintech super apps: The European race is on!

3rd May 2021 | AltFi

From pink to green: Klarna unveils carbon footprint tracking for customers

21st April 2021 | Aisling Finn

Newly minted unicorn Mollie adds new chair from UBS

20th April 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Curve taps Credit Kudos to strengthen its Klarna-rival

20th April 2021 | Oliver Smith

Lunar doubles down on lending as it acquires Swedish loan marketplace Lendify

20th April 2021 | Aisling Finn

Klarna backers invest $20m into Bulgarian payments startup

20th April 2021 | Aisling Finn

Stripe launches issuing business across Europe

19th April 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

BNPL fintech scoops $80m as it sets its sights on the American Dream

19th April 2021 | Aisling Finn

How IBAN discrimination is holding back French fintech

7th April 2021 | Selin Bucak

A year in lockdown: What the world of fintech looks like a year on

23rd March 2021 | Aisling Finn

Australia’s biggest bank wages war on Klarna and Afterpay with its own pay-later offering

17th March 2021 | Aisling Finn

Stripe is the world’s most valuable fintech once more

15th March 2021 | Aisling Finn

Zego scoops $150m, securing its position as the UK’s first insurtech unicorn 

10th March 2021 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank fundraise: McPike reduces stake, Chrysalis NAV jumps 6p

9th March 2021 | Oliver Smith

Klarna expands its open banking offering to eight new countries

4th March 2021 | Aisling Finn

Klarna confirms its $1bn raise at a $31bn post-money valuation

1st March 2021 | Oliver Smith

Buy-Now-Pay-Later could account for 10% of all UK eCommerce by 2024

24th February 2021 | Oliver Smith

Klarna said to be raising $1bn at $31bn valuation

24th February 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Will P2P lenders ever soar in the stock market?

22nd February 2021 | Yonatan Brand

The AltFi view on entrepreneurialism: Fintech is at risk of becoming bland

22nd February 2021 | AltFi

Klarna goes crypto: BNPL fintech dips toes into crypto waters with Safello partnership

19th February 2021 | Aisling Finn

Dutch payment processing firm Mollie makes it easier for UK firms to crack Europe

16th February 2021 | Aisling Finn

Exclusive: Lunar adds in-app mental health tool for business customers

11th February 2021 | Aisling Finn

Klarna introduces bank accounts in Germany as it moves closer to building a financial ‘super app’

10th February 2021 | Aisling Finn

Is Klarna now worth $30bn? Rumours of a $500m fundraise circulate

10th February 2021 | Aisling Finn

Klarna and other ‘buy now, pay later’ firms set for UK regulatory clampdown 

2nd February 2021 | Aisling Finn

Buy Now Pay Later: Klarna rival Scalapay raises €40m

28th January 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Fintech regulation to watch out for in 2021

25th January 2021 | Aisling Finn

Checkout.com's European arm just posted a loss for the first time since 2013

15th January 2021 | Aisling Finn

Plaid and Visa pull the plug on $5.3bn takeover deal

13th January 2021 | Aisling Finn

Checkout.com is Europe’s most valuable fintech again, following $450m fundraise

12th January 2021 | Aisling Finn

Here are the biggest fintech funding rounds of 2020 in Europe

5th January 2021 | Oliver Smith

Advertising watchdog bans four ‘irresponsible’ Klarna ads

23rd December 2020 | Aisling Finn

The 4 firms taking on Klarna in 2021

21st December 2020 | Aisling Finn

The AltFi team’s alternative lending predictions for 2021

18th December 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Checkout.com to power The Hut Group’s many checkouts

17th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Zilch scoops $30m equity round as customer numbers quadruple

16th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Curve adds full account aggregation with the help of Plaid

16th December 2020 | Oliver Smith

Our favourite fintech apps of 2020

16th December 2020 | Oliver Smith

Danish challenger bank Lunar takes on Klarna with pay later product

15th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Capital One blocks buy-now-pay-later credit card transactions

9th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Klarna appoints Sequoia Capital partner as chairman 

1st December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Laybuy publishes UK buy-now-pay-later Code of Practice

30th November 2020 | Oliver Smith

Buy-now-pay-later fintech Zilch lands FCA authorisation

23rd November 2020 | Aisling Finn

Despite the pandemic global fintech financing runs high

29th October 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Sales soar at Klarna rival Laybuy as buy-now-pay-later sector hots up

22nd October 2020 | Aisling Finn

PayPal vs Klarna: US payment giant launches rival ‘buy-now, pay-later’ service

14th October 2020 | Oliver Smith

Ex-Barclays execs to launch digital bank for the (not yet) rich

13th October 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

ComplyAdvantage picks ex-Funding Circle and Photobox duo to lead its technology teams

25th September 2020 | Aisling Finn

Laybuy’s partner programme to expand its pay-later coverage

22nd September 2020 | Oliver Smith

Klarna becomes Europe’s highest-valued private fintech, following $650m funding round

15th September 2020 | John Reynolds

Klarna reportedly eyeing $500m raise at $10bn valuation

9th September 2020 | Aisling Finn

Exclusive: Klarna updates app strategy to take advantage of COVID-19 online shopping boom

7th September 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Curve expands its all-in-one service to include loyalty cards

3rd September 2020 | Oliver Smith

Klarna sees H1 pay-later volume soar 44% to $22bn, but expected credit losses grow

27th August 2020 | Oliver Smith

Visa takeover of Plaid given the green light by UK regulators

25th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Clearpay enters Spain, France and Italy with €50m Pagantis acquisition

25th August 2020 | Oliver Smith

Klarna rival Laybuy gears up to float on the Australian stock exchange

24th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

What it’s like to raise money under lockdown by fintechs that have done just that 

17th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Exclusive: ComplyAdvantage expands senior team

12th August 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Revolut’s revenues and losses triple in 2019 amid slowing customer growth

11th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

COVID-19: When, if ever, will fintech companies head to the office? 

11th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Under lockdown, Generation X turning ‘to buy now pay later’, says Klarna

10th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Curve’s new credit proposition plans to entice up to 300,000 UK customers in three years and make a splash in the US

4th August 2020 | John Reynolds

Curve stakes deal with Onfido to speed-up customer sign-ups

29th July 2020 | John Reynolds

Laybuy secures $80m debt facility as looks to bolster UK business

29th July 2020 | John Reynolds

TransferWise valued at $5bn after confirming $319m secondary share sale

29th July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Scalable Capital raises $50m Series D from existing backers

22nd July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Klarna locked down lending under lockdown

21st July 2020 | Aisling Finn

London-based Fidel continues North American expansion as it opens New York office

16th July 2020 | Aisling Finn

D1 Capital Partners revealed as mystery buyer in TransferWise secondary share sale

14th July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Robinhood tops up Series F funding round with additional $320m

14th July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Here are the biggest fintech funding rounds in Europe of 2020 so far

6th July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Laybuy adds PrettyLittleThing and Hype for UK summer push

26th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Curve revealed as the backbone of Samsung’s European Pay card

24th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Checkout.com triples its valuation to $5.5bn and closes $150m Series B round

22nd June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Raisin “not particularly hit by the pandemic,” says CEO and co-founder Dr Tamaz Georgadze

22nd June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Here are the fintech sectors which are thriving (and those which are just surviving)

15th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Klarna joins forces with Raisin to launch savings accounts in Germany

11th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Stocard officially launches in the UK and adds payments with the help of Wirecard

11th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Klarna bringing Vibe loyalty scheme to Europe this summer

10th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Curve is rolling out Curve Credit for employees to test

8th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Monzo CEO and founder Tom Blomfield to step down

21st May 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Breaking: Monzo’s chief credit officer Tim Trailor has joined Capital On Tap

19th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Swedish fintech Anyfin snags €27.6 m Series B funding to help users refinance existing loans

15th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Klarna, Transferwise and Checkout.com execs to join new investor platform Cultivate

7th April 2020 | Aisling Finn

Danish digital bank Lunar receives €20m in fresh funding

3rd April 2020 | Aisling Finn

Klarna Review - March 2020

10th March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Alibaba’s Ant Financial wades into the pay-later wars with stake in Klarna

4th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Afterpay doubles customer numbers as popularity for buy-now-pay-later platforms surges

27th February 2020 | Aisling Finn

Klarna customer’s spending jumped by nearly a third to $35bn in 2019

26th February 2020 | Aisling Finn

Fintech founders back new $820m Atomico fund

18th February 2020 | Aisling Finn

Fintech should be disrupting exorbitant overdrafts

11th February 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Australia’s biggest bank wages pay-later war with $300m stake in Klarna

3rd February 2020 | Oliver Smith

UK fintech investment is booming as the UK prepares for Brexit

31st January 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Visa shells out $5.3bn for Silicon Valley startup

14th January 2020 | John Reynolds

VC Predictions: What do you think the UK IPO landscape looks like for fintechs in 2020?

9th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Which UK and European fintech startups raised the most money in 2019

7th January 2020 | John Reynolds

The international fintechs that launched in the UK in 2019

2nd January 2020 | Oliver Smith

2019 In Fintech And Alternative Finance: Part 2

24th December 2019 | Oliver Smith

Curve appoints ex-Googler to launch credit card product

20th December 2019 | John Reynolds

Klarna adds 60,000 merchant partners

27th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Tink poaches Stripe’s Rafael Plantier to lead UK and Ireland

7th November 2019 | Oliver Smith

Capital flowing into fintech is driving funding deals for European tech companies

4th November 2019 | John Reynolds

MarketInvoice, targeting larger firms, ups credit facilities

28th October 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Swedish fintech Klarna signs payment deal with Samsung

16th October 2019 | John Reynolds

Klarna hits 3 million UK users

26th September 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Merian Chrysalis raises £175m

25th September 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Fintech-focused fund Merian Chrysalis looks to raise £100m

10th September 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

H&M brings Klarna ‘Pay Later’ partnership to UK high street stores

10th September 2019 | Oliver Smith

How Klarna became Europe’s largest fintech?

12th August 2019 | Roger Baird

Klarna becomes Europe’s most valuable fintech with $5.5bn valuation

6th August 2019 | Roger Baird

Klarna and Asos strike US deal

6th August 2019 | Roger Baird

Klarna bolsters its roster of European retailers with Superdry addition

18th July 2019 | Oliver Smith

N26 valued at $3.5bn after new investment

18th July 2019 | Roger Baird

Alexa Chung partners with Klarna challenger Laybuy

11th July 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

5 things we learnt from Monzo’s 2019 Annual Report

28th June 2019 | Oliver Smith

Klarna launches in H&M US stores

27th June 2019 | Roger Baird

PayPal reveals its involvement in Tink’s €56m Series D

4th June 2019 | Oliver Smith

HSBC slammed by startup for Open Banking uptime of just 20%

23rd May 2019 | Oliver Smith

Fintech is Europe’s richest startup sector

13th May 2019 | Oliver Smith

Swedish fintech Tink to take over NatWest’s app money management

9th May 2019 | Oliver Smith

Klarna launches in-store payment service

2nd May 2019 | Roger Baird

Klarna sales jump by almost a third as transactions hit a million a day

29th April 2019 | Roger Baird

Klarna’s push into authentication and identity could be a gamechanger for retailers

4th April 2019 | Oliver Smith

Afterpay fine tunes UK expansion

28th March 2019 | Roger Baird

Klarna launches Open Banking platform

28th March 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Klarna challenger launches in UK

11th March 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Blossom Capital scores $85m from Robinhood and Funding Circle backers

26th February 2019 | Oliver Smith

Banks and credit fund among MarketInvoice Series B investors

21st January 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Snoop Dogg partners with fintech banking platform

19th January 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Klarna acquires Close Brothers’ retail finance arm

14th September 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Overheard at Money20/20 Europe

6th June 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Klarna slams ceaseless sales spirals

5th April 2018 | Ryan Weeks

BNP Paribas Fortis partners with Swedish fintech Tink for digital banking

9th March 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Ex-iZettle and Klarna execs land €4.8m Series A for loan refinancing start-up

21st February 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Payments platform Klarna partners up with Maplin

30th January 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Fintech investor holds first close of €65m European tech fund

26th January 2018 | Emily Nicolle

2017: The year of digital banking. What's next?

28th December 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Fully-automated fintech lender Billie secures €10m series A

7th December 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Revolut applies for European banking licence

8th November 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Will Amsterdam cement its position as a global fintech hub?

25th October 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Small business lender partners with FinWise Bank

14th August 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Fintech bank Klarna scoops private equity investment

21st July 2017 | Ryan Weeks

The race to banking license: why fintech companies want the old trusted safety chain

29th June 2017 | Gabriella Kindert

Fintech payments giant Klarna granted banking licence

20th June 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Will Brexit mean London loses its 'fintech capital' crown?

13th June 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Alternative finance firms, digital banks star in new FinTech50 list

7th June 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Buy now, pay later service for travel strikes first contracts

10th November 2016 | Ryan Weeks

LendInvest Raises £17m

14th March 2016 | Ryan Weeks

TrustBuddy Suspends Services

12th October 2015 | Ryan Weeks

An Interview With New Trustbuddy CEO Philip Mikal

14th September 2015 | Ryan Weeks

More Management Changes at Trustbuddy

8th September 2015 | Ryan Weeks