Swedish fintech Klarna is prioritising a push into banking services after volatile market conditions derailed its long-awaited public listing and regulatory frameworks for its flagship buy now, pay later (BNPL) product begin to crystallise.

'At Klarna, 99% of people don’t care about the IPO': buy now pay later’s poster child trumpets banking push after delayed listing
Klarna is set to take on some of the world’s largest fintechs as well as traditional finance heavyweights in its consumer banking push
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Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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