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Klarna Expands In-Store Pay-Later Offering With Clover Partnership

April 15, 2025
Clover and Klarna
CE 100 Index Sinks 9.9% on Tariff Worries and Payment Names Plunge
Connected Economy // April 07, 2025

In a week of historic stock trading, where we haven’t seen plunges of this magnitude in five years, it’s easy to count the number of CE 100 Index names that finished in the green. Because they could be counted on one hand. Healthcare stocks like McKesson...

Chilly Winds Ahead for FinTech IPOs as Klarna Puts Public Listing on Ice
Markets // April 04, 2025

To get a sense of just how volatile the markets are — and how fragile things will be for FinTechs looking to go public, or for those already trading — Klarna has taken its IPO off the table, three weeks after filing its paperwork with...

Report: Tech Companies Pause IPO Plans Amid Investor Uncertainty Caused by Tariffs
IPO // April 04, 2025

Several technology and FinTech companies reportedly paused their activities related to initial public offerings (IPOs) amid the stock market fall and investor uncertainty caused by the President Donald Trump administration’s announcement of tariffs. Five companies that were in various stages of their IPO-related plans are...

Walmart Takes Pricing Fight to Suppliers as Amazon Mulls TikTok Bid
Retail // April 04, 2025

As global economic conditions grow increasingly complex, major retail players like Walmart and Amazon are making strategic moves to secure their footholds and expand their influence. From navigating supplier negotiations to forging partnerships and exploring new technological frontiers, the marketplace’s largest retail and eCommerce companies...

Interviews & Exclusives
CE 100 Index Sinks 9.9% on Tariff Worries and Payment Names Plunge

April 07, 2025
In a week of historic stock trading, where we haven’t seen plunges of this magnitude in five years, it’s easy to count the number of CE 100 Index names that finished in the green. Because they could be counted on one hand. Healthcare stocks like McKesson and United Healthcare were up 2.3% and 1.8% respectively. Ahold […]

Walmart Takes Pricing Fight to Suppliers as Amazon Mulls TikTok Bid

April 04, 2025
As global economic conditions grow increasingly complex, major retail players like Walmart and Amazon are making strategic moves to secure their footholds and expand their influence. From navigating supplier negotiations...

Fragmentation Gives Way to Consolidation Across Pay-Later Landscape, Says Splitit CEO

April 02, 2025
The pay-later ecosystem has evolved through the past few years, with a broad range of solution providers and available options. The idea of paying over time means different things to...

FinTech IPO Outlook: Profits and Platforms Take Center Stage

January 03, 2025
By any stretch of the imagination, for the FinTech IPO Index, the last 12 months have been largely kind. Headed into 2025, the index was up more than 58% through...

Quick Reads
Klarna Expands In-Store Pay-Later Offering With Clover Partnership

April 15, 2025
Klarna has teamed with Clover to bring its pay-later offering to that company’s point-of-sale system. The partnership will let shoppers pick Klarna’s installment payment option at more than 100,000 merchants in the U.S., according to a Tuesday (April 15) news release. “The agreement marks a major step in Klarna’s push into in-store shopping options, which will allow shoppers to […]

Report: Tech Companies Pause IPO Plans Amid Investor Uncertainty Caused by Tariffs

April 04, 2025
Several technology and FinTech companies reportedly paused their activities related to initial public offerings (IPOs) amid the stock market fall and investor uncertainty caused by the President Donald Trump administration’s...

Klarna Brings BNPL to High-Speed Rail With Eurostar Partnership

April 02, 2025
Pay-later platform Klarna has launched a partnership with rail service Eurostar. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (April 2), lets travelers in the U.K. and France split the cost of their tickets into three interest-free payments,...

Klarna Offered 15 Million Warrants to Seal Walmart Partnership

April 01, 2025
Klarna is reportedly facing backlash ahead of its $15 billion initial public offering (IPO). As the Financial Times (FT) reported Tuesday (April 1), some of that negativity stems from the...