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From Skims to Stripe, here are the startups that are likely — or definitely — not having IPOs this year
Last year’s investor dreams of a strong 2024 IPO pipeline have faded, if not fully disappeared, as we settle in to the second half of the year. This year delivered…
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Klarna credit card launches in the US as Swedish fintech grows its market presence
Klarna is launching its credit card in the United States, the Swedish fintech giant told TechCrunch in an exclusive interview. “It was one of our most asked for products,” said David Fock, Klarna’s chief product and design officer, “and will allow people to pay in the Klarna way but with…
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Swedish fintech company Klarna announced today its first subscription plan, “Klarna Plus,” for $7.99 per month, featuring benefits like no added service fees when using Klarna’s One Time Card, double…
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Notable among the Klarna IPO chatter is the fact that it is far from the only private company worth billions that we are watching approach the public markets.
The Equity crew is seeing encouraging signs from the fintech startup market, starting with Klarna’s Q3 results.
Before being known as the bank that collapsed, Silicon Valley Blank made a name for itself as a bank that helps support underrepresented founders.
Fintech giant Klarna has reached an agreement with workers that were set to strike next week, the company told TechCrunch today. Klarna employees were planning to strike next week in…
Klarna is introducing a suite of new features, including an AI-powered image-search tool called Shopping lens, the company announced on Wednesday. The company is also launching shoppable videos in Europe,…
Tech companies are getting the hang of making money, or at least they’re losing far less than they used to when money was cheap and “growth” was sexy.
Revenue in the second quarter grew at an even faster pace, up 17%.
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Klarna managed to nab market share in a contracting market, keeping its own growth story afloat despite stiff headwinds.
Klarna, the payments and shopping platform, announced today new features and updates that aim to give users a more personalized shopping experience. This includes “Ask Klarna,” a personal shopping assistant…
Each week listeners can tune into Found to get the real stories behind today’s startups. And while that isn’t changing any time soon, this week…
After installing the Klarna plugin from the ChatGPT plugin store, users can ask the ChatGPT chatbot product recommendation questions, even referencing budget.
Klarna has had a publicly difficult few quarters. Now that we have its 2022 financial data, we can look more closely at how it performed amid all the noise.
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The U.S. is now Swedish payment giant Klarna’s biggest market by revenue, surpassing Germany, and that has CEO and co-founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski feeling proud. In an exclusive interview with TechCrunch,…
As inflation and interest rates climbed, consumer-focused BNPL players have struggled with increased defaults amid less discretionary spending.
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. In this week’s episode Darrell and Becca are joined by Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the…
Buy now, pay later is an alluring option for consumers. But with rising debt and inflation, perhaps the focus should be on companies that help protect borrowers from digging themselves…
While most fintech unicorns are still garnering impressive valuations, the sector’s hype from last year has started to fade.
A ‘credible alternative to Google and Amazon’: Klarna brings its price comparison tool to Europe
Klarna is expanding into the competitive world of price comparisons, with the launch of a new tool that compares prices across thousands of retailers. The company quietly rolled out the…
As consumers turn to content creators to influence their online shopping habits, Klarna, the buy now, pay later platform, today launched a new Klarna Creator app for retailers and influencers…
They say if you’re going to cut, cut deeply so you only have to do it once. Alas, a growing number of companies are realizing that despite layoffs earlier in…
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Klarna, Affirm show how expensive fintech growth can be
Why are Klarna and Affirm worth as much as they are, given that they are unprofitable, cash-consuming businesses seemingly unable to generate corporate net income off of consumer lending despite a presumed tech advantage?
According to BCG global assets under management are around $100 trillion, but only $715 billion, or less than 1%, goes on what you might term “impact” companies or projects to…
