It’s been almost five months since Klarna IPO’d on the New York Stock Exchange.
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January 29, 2026
Klarna’s share price is down by more than a third. Is there any hope for Europe’s other IPO candidates?
Klarna defied expectations in its NYSE debut last September — but five months on, the Swedish fintech is trading well below its IPO price
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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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