Klarna ‘Definitely Ready’ for IPO After US Growth, CEO Says
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Sebastian Siemiatkowski
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Klarna Bank AB is prepared for an initial public offering after an expansion globally and in the US, which is now the buy-now, pay-later firm’s largest market by revenue, Chief Executive Officer Sebastian Siemiatkowski said.
“We’re definitely ready,” Siemiatkowski said Tuesday in a Bloomberg Television interview. Asked whether a stock sale could come even earlier than the first quarter of next year, he said, “Everything’s possible.”