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            <title><![CDATA[From Sweden to Silicon Valley: The Journey of Klarna's Founder]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sebastian Siemiatkowski is the founder of the fintech company Klarna, which has now taken the US by storm. It all started in Sweden, where Sebastian was shaped into the leader he is today. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:22:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Klarna Replaces CEO with AI Avatar for Quarterly Report]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Klarna Delays US Stock Listing Citing Market Uncertainty]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Klarna is pausing the stock exchange listing in the USA, according to sources for Wall Street Journal.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:32:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Klarna's giant deal in the USA - "game changer"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Klarna has landed a giant deal in the USA, where the Swedish payment giant gets exclusive rights to offer financing at Walmart's cash registers – with 255 million customer visits per week. "This is a game changer", writes Klarna's co-founder and CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski in a comment.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Klarna registers for stock exchange listing in New York]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Payment giant Klarna has registered with the US financial supervisory authority SEC to be introduced on the New York Stock Exchange. Bloomberg predicts one of the year's largest financial company listings on Wall Street.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 20:37:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sources: Klarna close to listing on the New York stock exchange]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Payment giant Klarna is aiming to raise 10 billion kronor in connection with a listing on the New York stock exchange, reports Bloomberg, citing sources. An application for listing may come as early as next week.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 06:26:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Klarna's CEO: "I give up – embracing crypto"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Klarna opens up to accepting cryptocurrencies. On X, CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski writes: "Ok. I give up. Klarna and I will embrace crypto."]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 09 Feb 2025 06:21:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Klarna wants to sell loan portfolio in the USA]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The payment service Klarna is trying to sell a large portion of its loan portfolio in the USA, reports the newspaper Financial Times, citing three anonymous sources. The purpose is to free up capital ahead of a stock exchange listing in New York.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 06:23:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Klarna CEO snaps up Trump's offer]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski says that the payment service is ready to take on the challenge from incoming President Donald Trump and make a multi-billion investment in the USA if the authorities there speed up the licensing process. We want to become a bank in the USA, says Siemiatkowski in an interview with Bloomberg TV.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2024 11:39:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Win again for Klarna]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 13:07:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Klarna sets its sights on Wall Street]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The payment giant Klarna is aiming for a stock exchange listing on Wall Street. A preliminary application for registration has been submitted to the US financial supervisory authority SEC.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 06:44:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Klarna top executive forced to leave the board]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Klarna's board member Mikael Walther has been forced to leave the company's board after a power struggle.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 11:38:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The power struggle in Klarna is about to be decided]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Next year, Klarna is expected to go public. Ahead of this, a power struggle has erupted in the board between two of the founders. Now it will be decided whether the representative of one party will be kicked out.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 12:00:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Power Struggle Within Klarna – Calls for Extraordinary General Meeting]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 18:47:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Allegations of new ownership dispute in Klarna]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[An infected power struggle is currently unfolding between the major shareholders of the fintech company Klarna ahead of what is expected to be a stock exchange listing in 2025, reports the Financial Times. The founders' pre-emptive right to shares and the issue of a golden share, which can give extra great influence to certain owners, are said to be at the center of the dispute.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 10:13:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[CEO: Realistic with Klarna on the stock exchange in 2025]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The financial conglomerate Klarna makes a significant profit improvement during the first half of the year. Revenues increase by 27 percent and the payment volume has soared to over one billion kronor in a year. CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski describes a stock exchange listing of Klarna in 2025 as reasonable and realistic.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 09:48:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Klarna Ready for the Stock Exchange – "Question of Timing"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The criteria for a stock exchange listing are in place, according to Klarna's co-founder and CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski. Long-term goals for customer volume, global presence, and profitability have been achieved. Now it's mostly a matter of timing, he says about the listing plans.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Klarna launches account – challenges banks]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The payment giant Klarna is launching a new type of account, Klarna balance. It resembles a regular bank account with interest, and will be offered to customers in the USA and twelve European countries – including Sweden. A major step in Klarna's strive to challenge traditional banks, says Klarna's CEO and co-founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski to TT.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 12:00:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Klarna sells checkout solution in billion-kronor deal]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The payment service company Klarna is selling its checkout solution Klarna Checkout to a group of Swedish investors. The business is valued at 3,4 billion kronor, according to Breakit.]]></description>
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