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    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
      Klarna aims to return to monthly profitability in 2023 as losses double

      Once-flying Swedish payments group is trying to turn things round by laying off staff and tightening lending

    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
      Behind the Money podcast17 min listen
      Best Of: Why VC funding is drying up

      Venture capital fundraising hit a record-high. Now, the bonanza is over. What does that mean for the future of start-ups?

    • Monday, 14 November, 2022
      The Future of Money
      Account-to-account payments pose fresh threat to credit card networks Premium content

      Plus, African and Latin American fintechs have lessons for the US and EU

    • Wednesday, 31 August, 2022
      Lex
      Klarna: buy-now-default-later borrowers will test BNPL mettle Premium content

      Claims to superior credit judgment are so much hot air until tested by a few tough years of trading

    • Wednesday, 31 August, 2022
      Klarna losses quadruple as costs rise

      Swedish group’s falling valuation highlights problems facing buy now, pay later sector

    • Monday, 18 July, 2022
      Fintech
      Half a trillion dollars wiped from once high-flying fintechs

      Digital companies that boomed during lockdowns hit by fears they cannot withstand a recession

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      Inside BusinessRichard Waters
      Venture capital’s delayed rendezvous with reality

      The sector, and investors, may be trying to maintain business as usual — but a messy unwinding is under way

    • Monday, 11 July, 2022
      Klarna’s valuation crashes to under $7bn in tough funding round

      Sequoia’s Michael Moritz says investors are in ‘their bunkers’ and prices will recover

    • Monday, 11 July, 2022
      Financial services
      Klarna: buy now, pay 85% less a year later

      Blame fickle shareholders, says biggest shareholder

    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
      Due Diligence
      How a £15bn KKR deal blew up Premium content

      Plus, Klarna becomes the poster child of the private markets meltdown and a highly leveraged Chinese tycoon battles the property bond rout

    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      Fintech
      Klarna valuation crashes to $6.5bn from $46bn

      Swedish fintech’s decline highlights how investors are souring on ‘buy now, pay later’ sector

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      News in-depthFintech
      Fintechs face reckoning as easy money dries up

      Valuations have collapsed even faster than they climbed, making fresh funding hard to come by

    • Friday, 17 June, 2022
      Klarna tries to raise cash at less than half its peak $46bn valuation

      Buy now, pay later company’s struggle underscores challenges facing the sector

    • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
      News in-depthFintech
      Apple piles pressure on embattled buy now, pay later sector

      BNPL companies face rising interest rates, default risks and threat of tighter regulation

    • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
      Inside BusinessPatrick Jenkins
      Buy now, pay later must be regulated — now

      Industry operators are money lenders and should be treated as such before it blows up in all our faces

    • Friday, 3 June, 2022
      The Big Read
      Can buy now, pay later survive the cost of living crisis?

      High energy bills and rising inflation have raised doubts about a sector that relies on consumers who might struggle to meet repayments

    • Monday, 30 May, 2022
      #techFT
      The wages of Masayoshi Son as tech falls Premium content

      Tether’s Bahamas bank, Top Gun’s top takings, Xiaomi’s new TVs

    • Friday, 27 May, 2022
      News in-depth
      Klarna boss puts brave face on buy now, pay later problems

      Europe’s most valuable private tech business forced to cut staff as losses mount

    • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
      Interview
      Klarna CEO says fintech will focus more on ‘short-term profitability’

      Buy now, pay later pioneer faces one of the biggest challenges in its 17-year history

    • Monday, 23 May, 2022
      Fintech
      Swedish fintech Klarna to cut 10% of workforce

      CEO blames Ukraine war, volatile stock market and rising inflation for ‘hardest’ announcement bank has made

    • Monday, 23 May, 2022
      Lex
      Fintech/Klarna: their stars wane amid rising credit costs Premium content

      Sector spends heavily on customer acquisition which means funding rounds are usually vital not optional

    • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
      Fintech
      Klarna to report ‘buy now, pay later’ use to UK credit agencies

      Swedish fintech moves to address concerns about consumer financial wellbeing

    • Monday, 28 February, 2022
      Klarna’s widening losses driven by rapid expansion

      Swedish ‘buy now, pay later’ start-up posts jump in credit defaults as it pushes into new markets

    • Monday, 14 February, 2022
      UK financial regulation
      FCA makes ‘buy now, pay later’ schemes redraft terms

      Concerns mount in UK over market that quadrupled in 2020 to nearly £3bn

    • Saturday, 12 February, 2022
      FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
      ‘Buy now pay later’ boom fuels consumer debt concerns as transactions soar

      Regulators scrutinise fast-growing sector that allows customers to delay payments

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