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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Simon Hunt

Swedish fintech Klarna booms in Europe as demand up by a quarter in the UK

Swedish fintech Klarna is booming in Europe as shoppers turn to Buy Now, Pay Later products amid inflationary pressure and high interest rates.

The firm today said gross merchandise value, a measure of the goods sold through its platform, had grown 26% in the UK and 14% across Europe in the second quarter of the year, as it amassed over 100 million European consumers and struck deals with over 470,000 merchants.

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