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Klarna picks up $200 million investment from CBA; launches in Australia

Buy now, pay later outfit Klarna has officially launched in Australia, backed by a further $200 million investment from Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

30 January 2020

Company announcement/startups

Klarna to open Berlin tech hub

Klarna, one of the world's leading payment providers, today announced its plan to open a tech hub in Germany’s capital at the beginning of next year.

13 December 2019

Finextra TV/payments

FinextraTV spotlight on NextGen Nordics: P27 Momentum

FinextraTV reports from NextGen Nordics: P27 Momentum, the first in a series of events shaping the P27 Nordic Payments journey. Payments professionals came together at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm to gain insight on this world first, real-time and batch multi-currency platform, which is revolutionising the future of payments. P27 Nordic Payments, Klarna, Mastercard, Visa, EPAM, ACI Worldwide, NETS, Tieto, Fiserv, Equinix and Vipps are among the many leading institutions to share their views exclusively with Finextra Research.

09 December 2019

Company announcement/cloud

Klarna signs with AWS

Today, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced that Klarna has selected AWS as its preferred cloud provider. Klarna, the leading global disruptor of payments, banking, and retail shopping, is leveraging AWS’s proven scalability and security, as well as its unmatched portfolio of cloud services, to provide its teams with the ability to innovate at a faster pace while maintaining regulatory compliance and protecting customer data.

02 December 2019

Company announcement

Klarna adds a new merchant every 8 minutes in 2019

2019 to date has proven to be a record growth year for Klarna, and this is before the much anticipated shopping holidays. Each day thousands of new consumers are choosing Klarna, with especially strong preference building in the UK and the US markets.

26 November 2019

Company announcement/payments

Klarna brings Samsung into buy-now-pay-later programme

Klarna today announces its partnership with Samsung Electronics to give customers a convenient and hassle-free way to pay later at Samsung.com

15 October 2019

Company announcement/payments

'House of Klarna' pop-up store arrives in Manchester

Introducing the “House of Klarna”. Hot on the heels of the news this week that 50,000 new Klarna customers a week are choosing ‘Pay later’ at retailer checkouts, and with over 12 million transactions in the past year alone, Klarna is hitting the high-street again with over 27 of the best retail brands in the UK.

27 September 2019

Company announcement

H&M unites with Klarna to release buy now, pay later app

H&M wants to offer customers a truly modern shopping experience that is both flexible and convenient no matter where and how they choose to shop.

10 September 2019

News

Klarna pushes for growth in US and Australia with $460 million equity raise

Buy now pay later outfit Klarna has has raised $460 million in an equity funding round, at a post money valuation of $5.5 billion.

06 August 2019

Company announcement/payments

Klarna and Asos take payments partnership to the US

Always on trend global fashion destination, ASOS, and leading alternative payments provider, Klarna, take on the US.

05 August 2019

Company announcement/payments

Klarna and BigCommerce expand partnership globally

Today, Klarna, a leading global payments provider and licensed bank, and BigCommerce, a leading SaaS ecommerce platform for fast-growing and established brands, announced the expansion of their current partnership in the US, initiated in 2016, to also include Klarna’s European core markets.

03 July 2019

Company announcement/payments

Klarna opens second UK office in central Manchester

Klarna — Europe’s leading payments provider and the company powering Pay later for thousands of brands in the UK — has today announced the expansion of its UK operations with a new office in Manchester.

12 June 2019