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    Klarna

    Klarna Group plc is a Swedish financial technology company and digital bank. It offers buy now, pay later payments, cards, banking services and merchant tools for online and in-store commerce. It listed on the New York Stock Exchange in September 2025.

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    Chief Executive Officer
    Sebastian Siemiatkowski

    Leadership

    Sebastian Siemiatkowski, Chief Executive Officer. Sebastian Siemiatkowski co-founded Klarna in 2005.

    Key facts

    Founded
    2005 in Stockholm, Swedensource
    Founders
    Sebastian Siemiatkowski, Niklas Adalberth and Victor Jacobssonsource
    Stock listing
    New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: KLAR), September 2025source
    Reach (2026)
    more than 119 million active consumers, more than one million merchants, 3.4 million transactions per day, operations across 26 countriessource
    Second-quarter revenue
    $1.04 billion, up 27% from $823 million a year earliersource
    2026 gross merchandise volume outlook
    between $149 billion and $151 billion, below the prior view of more than $155 billionsource

    WYDE coverage of Klarna

    WYDE Newsroom has published 3 articles about Klarna, from Mar 23, 2026 to Jul 12, 2026. Klarna is the subject of 3 stories. The most recent is Swift's banking network turned on its blockchain, Circle became a bank, and an XRP windfall gave away $154 million. Over 60,000 meals..

    WYDE Weekly

    Swift's banking network turned on its blockchain, Circle became a bank, and an XRP windfall gave away $154 million. Over 60,000 meals.

    WYDE Weekly: Swift's live ledger with 17 banks, Circle and Sony's OCC charters, the $1.4 trillion Meta demand, a revived 45 million hunger warning, and Rippleworks' record $154 million grant year.

    Jul 12, 2026 · 7 min read · Subject of the story

    Legal

    Klarna Applies for a US Bank Charter to Move Beyond Buy Now, Pay Later

    Klarna filed applications with Utah regulators and the FDIC on July 6 to launch Klarna Bank USA, an industrial bank that would fund loans with customer deposits and cut its reliance on partner banks

    Jul 6, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story

    Crypto & DeFi

    Stripe and Paradigm Launch $5 Billion Tempo Blockchain With AI Agent Payment Protocol

    Stripe and Paradigm launch Tempo blockchain with Machine Payments Protocol enabling AI agents to send and receive payments autonomously.

    Mar 23, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story

    Reported alongside Klarna

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