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July 30, 2025

Klarna gets green light to launch banking products in UK

The BNPL giant has made efforts to diversify its offerings to include banking services in recent months


Tom Matsuda

2 min read

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO of Klarna

The UK’s financial regulator has awarded Klarna a regulatory licence which will allow the Swedish fintech to offer banking services in the country. 

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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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