Tag: Klarna
Klarna launches bank accounts in Germany
Fintech startup Klarna is turning its mobile app into a banking app in Germany. Customers living there can now open a consumer bank account and get a Visa debit card. For now, Klarna is launching bank accounts for a limited number of users. The company expects to roll it out…
Read MoreFintechs could see $100 billion of liquidity in 2021
The Matrix Fintech Index weighs public markets, liquidity and a new e-commerce trend Jake Jolis Contributor Jake Jolis is a partner at Matrix Partners and invests in seed and Series A technology companies including marketplaces and software. More posts by this contributor 4-year founder vesting is dead 2019 saw a…
Read MoreMaking sense of Klarna
Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the co-founder and CEO of Klarna — the Swedish fintech “buy now, pay later” sensation that is currently Europe’s most valuable private tech company — is dismissive of the suggestion that non U.S. companies should relocate to Silicon Valley if they really want to grow. “We did hear…
Read MorePrimaHealth Credit offers a buy-now, pay-later lending service for elective procedures
The Newport Beach, Calif.-based healthcare lending service PrimaHealth Credit is now pitching point-of-sale lending services for elective medical procedures. Taking the kinds of financial lending services that have been popularized by companies like Klarna and Affirm, PrimaHealth Credit is bringing them into elective surgical space for things like cataract surgery,…
Read MoreFunded by Connect Ventures, Purple Dot plans to take on Klarna-style purchase debt
In recent times startups have appeared offering credit at an e-commerce basket checkout so that a customer can buy a product without needing to pay right away. Klarna or Clearpay are the two most notable in this field. But what if you flipped the model around so that consumers could…
Read MoreClimateView raises $2.5 million for its toolkit to visualize climate mitigation plans
ClimateView, a Swedish software development company working on monitoring and visualization tools for greenhouse gas emissions, said it has raised $2.5 million in its latest round of financing. While the world is gripped by the material and economic toll of the COVID-19 epidemic, the problems society faces from longterm global…
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