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April 22, 2024

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April 17, 2024

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April 4, 2024

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Klarna ‘Wikipink’ Challenges Broken US Credit System With Transparent Data

Klarna

"Klarna announced in an industry-first, the launch of a new online initiative - Wikipink - aimed at setting new standards for transparency and responsibility in the credit and lending industry. Klarna challenges the status quo by revealing comprehensive data on its services, including repayment rates, late fee rates, and consumer age demographics, highlighting its commitment to fair and sustainable credit solutions."

March 14, 2024

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February 28, 2024

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February 22, 2024

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January 24, 2024

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December 5, 2023

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November 21, 2023

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Form3 to Support Klarna’s European Payments

Fintech Finance News

"Form3, the cloud-native account-to-account platform, announced it will be providing Klarna, the AI-powered payments network and shopping assistant, with SEPA connectivity to bolster its customer offering in Europe as part of its wider international growth strategy."

November 14, 2023

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October 31, 2023

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October 12, 2023

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September 19, 2023

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July 31, 2023

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July 19, 2023

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Klarna is First BNPL Provider to Partner with Money Adviser Network to Provide Customers with Fast, Free Debt Advice

Klarna

"Klarna, the global payments network and shopping destination, today announced a partnership with the Money Adviser Network to help its consumers access free and impartial debt advice quickly, as part of wider efforts to promote healthy spending. This makes Klarna the first Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) provider to join forces with the Money Adviser Network."

June 21, 2023

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June 16, 2023

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June 15, 2023

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June 14, 2023

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May 25, 2023

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May 18, 2023

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April 25, 2023

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Klarna Spotlight, Spring ‘23: New AI-Powered, Personalized Shopping Feed and Innovations for Consumers and Retailers

Klarna

"Klarna, a leading global retail bank, payments and shopping service is today showcasing a suite of new innovations cementing the company as a global shopping destination for 150 million consumers and growth engine to its 500,000 retailers for its Spotlight Spring product launch. This includes a new personalized shopping feed in the Klarna app and smart shopping features to help consumers find the perfect items, and resell items too. Plus new tools for retailers and creators to help them engage with their audiences in more effective ways. Together, these new products continue to shape the future of shopping, making it more personal, convenient and enjoyable."

March 23, 2023

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Klarna Brings Smoooth Shopping to ChatGPT

PR Newswire

"Klarna, a leading global retail bank, payments, and shopping service is excited to announce its new collaboration with OpenAI, which will level up the shopping experience. Klarna's engineering teams have been working together with OpenAI to bring smoooth shopping to the hugely popular ChatGPT. As one of the first brands to work with OpenAI to use its protocol to build an integrated Plugin for ChatGPT, Klarna is set to go live with a highly personalized and intuitive shopping experience by providing curated product recommendations to users who ask the platform for shopping advice and inspiration, along with links to shop those products via Klarna's search and compare tool."

March 16, 2023

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Klarna Unveils Conscious Badges Powered by Clarity AI, the World's First Assessment of Electronics Brands' Environmental Achievements

PR Newswire

"Klarna, a leading global payments provider and shopping service, today announced the launch of conscious badges in the Klarna App in collaboration with Clarity AI, the leading global sustainability tech platform. Klarna continues to evolve beyond payments to become a starting point for every purchase for 150 million consumers and 26 million app users worldwide, whether they already know what they want or are looking for inspiration, all while prioritizing environmental impact."

January 25, 2023

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Klarna Introduces Money Story: A Personal Overview of Your Spending in 2022

Klarna

Klarna, the global leader in the generational shift away from credit cards, today announced the launch of Money Story in the US Klarna App - a personal spending summary of 2022 that provides millions of consumers with useful insights into their spending habits and helps them be informed and in control of their finances. Using the animated “story” format popularized by social media, Money Story reveals spending habits to consumers in an engaging and familiar way.

January 17, 2023

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The US is Now Klarna’s Biggest Market

AltFi

Klarna seems to be kicking off the year on a high note as the US overtakes Germany as its largest market by revenue. The Swedish ‘buy now, pay later’ (BNPL) had a bit of a rocky 2022, to say the least, with losses tripling in the first half of the year, valuation cuts and layoffs. It ended the year on more of an uptick though, forecasting that in the second half of 2023, it would see itself back into the monthly profits it saw in 2019.

Ingenico partners Klarna to Offer In-Store Payment Solutions

Electronic Payments International

Payments acceptance solutions provider Ingenico has teamed up with Swedish buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) outfit Klarna to provide various payments tools at retail outlets. Under the strategic partnership, Klarna will use Ingenico’s cloud payments platform as a service tool, PPaaS, to introduce its alternative payment solutions at different point of sale (POS) terminals.

January 13, 2023

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Citcon Partners With Klarna to Offer Klarna’s Flexible Payment Solutions Worldwide

Citcon, the leading one-stop service global payment platform in providing in-store, online, and mobile payment solutions, and Klarna, the global leader in the generational shift away from credit cards, announced today an integration and business partnership which will add Klarna as a featured mobile wallet available through Citcon’s omni-channel payment platform. Merchants currently using the Citcon payment gateway can now provide Klarna as a payment option for online purchases and in-store payments using Citcon’s payment capability.

December 7, 2022

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Klarna Adds Granular Carbon Foot Printing to More Than 50 Million Fashion Items

Internet Retailing

“BNPL payment provider Klarna has partnered with climate tech start up Vaayu to provide shoppers with granular carbon footprinting for more than 50 million fashion items, giving them more accurate insights on their environmental impact than ever before and empowering them to make more conscious purchasing decisions. Using Vaayu’s technology, Klarna’s upgraded CO2e tracker automatically calculates carbon emissions for fashion purchases on a product-level in real-time, as featured in Klarna’s recent ‘Spotlight’ event. The cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment (LCA) approach provides users with an enhanced breakdown of a product’s CO₂ emissions along different stages of its lifecycle, allowing Klarna’s 150 million consumers to develop a deeper understanding and sensitivity for their shopping choices.”

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