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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

Klarna losses more than triple as consumer spending slows

A smartphone displays a Klarna logo in this illustration taken in 2020
Klarna is the biggest buy now, pay later provider in Britain, with 18 million customers. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

Klarna, the buy now, pay later provider, has revealed that losses more than tripled in the first half of the year, saying it had slashed jobs and would issue smaller loans to some customers to return to profitability.

The Swedish payments company said operating losses rose to 6.2bn kronor (£499m) in the six months to June, a figure which it blamed on rapid international expansion, higher credit losses in new markets, and rising staff costs. That compared with a 1.8bn-kronor loss last year.

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