Klarna Bank AB, a Swedish Popular Fintech company in Europe, plans to adopt cryptocurrencies on its platform, announced the director general of the firm, Sebastian Siemiatkowski in an article on X this weekend.
“I give up. Klarna and I will kiss the crypto! More to come, ”he wrote to his 33,000 subscribers on the application.
Klarna is a popular application “Buy now, pay later” mainly used in Europe. The platform, which is estimated at $ 14.8 billion according to Investopedia, has more than 85 million users and 100 billion volumes, said Siemiatkowski.
The company has existed since 2005 and has received the support of Sequoia Capital, an eminent capitalist capitalist capitalist behind many finccked and crypto companies.
Sequoia, which has a 22% participation of Klarna, also supports the avalanche, the fire blocks, Stripe and Crypto Exchange Edx Markets, among others.
Many other fintech companies have long incorporated the crypto into their platforms, such as Robinhood, Venmo or Revolut. The last two, for example, have long allowed users to buy, sell and have certain cryptocurrencies on the application.
“It still seems historic,” wrote Siemiatkowski. “Last big fintech in the world to kiss him. Someone had to be the last.
Siemiatkowski did not specify how Klarna would incorporate cryptocurrencies in her business model exactly. A user suggested an option “Buy Crypto, pay later”, that Siemiatkowski replied to say “probably not”. Earlier in the day, he said that if the company would examine all the options, it could take some time to have a plan in place.
