August 14, 2025

Klarna’s quarterly losses more than double amid IPO speculation

The buy-now-pay-later fintech is rebranding itself as a neobank

Tom Matsuda

2 min read

Quarterly pre-tax losses at Klarna more than doubled year-on-year, according to financial results published on Thursday, despite a 25% increase in revenue. 

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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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