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CEOs of Alibaba, Klarna, and CoStar bought over $20 million combined in company shares as each stock struggled in 2026, signaling insider confidence despite weak performance.
Bank of America dropped a fresh price target on Affirm just as yields began to ease, and the combination sent buy-now-pay-later stocks racing ahead of a sleepy broad market. Whether the rally holds depends on a credit question Levchin himself flagged on live television.
Insider stake now reaches 25.3 million shares held indirectly through Flat Capital AB, valued at $360 million as of transaction date.
Stripe and Advent International just walked away from a potential $50 billion PayPal takeover, and the BNPL challengers are celebrating loudly. Here is what the Friday moves actually signal about who wins and who is still exposed.
A collapsed $50 billion buyout sent shockwaves through the buy-now-pay-later sector Friday morning, splitting two of digital payments' biggest names into opposite directions while the broader financials market barely flinched.
Klarna stock saw a big post-earnings sell-off despite posting sales and earnings beats. Was it deserved?
Klarna posted Q2 earnings results last week, beating Wall Street expectations on both topline and bottom line figures, while Affirm is expected to report Q4 results later this week.
Financial technology firms’ SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOFI) and PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL)’s shares have diverged in performance in 2026. SOFI is down by 31% year-to-date while PYPL is up by 5.9%. PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL)’s stock has gained primarily on the back of takeover news, but Cramer has remained unconvinced. In his previous remarks about […]
Klarna delivers strong Q2 with record transaction margins and 2 million subscribers, yet tempers guidance amid German consumer weakness and FX headwinds.
However, the financial firm downgraded its outlook for the second half amid a recent drop in its share price.
Klarna Group PLC (NYSE:KLAR) shares fell 20.5% Tuesday morning after the buy-now-pay-later company issued full-year guidance that fell short of analyst estimates, overshadowing a second-quarter earnings beat. The company reported second-quarter revenue of $1.04 billion, up 27% year-over-year...
Klarna (KLAR) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +114.29% and +4.98%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
Klarna Group (NYSE:KLAR) is providing the leasing and financing backbone for Apple's new Apple Upgrade program in the United States. The partnership integrates Klarna into one of Apple's core hardware ownership offerings, expanding Klarna's exposure to US Apple customers. The role places Klarna more directly in consumer electronics financing beyond its existing buy now, pay later services. This kind of tie up is only one way to gain exposure to stable consumer themes. It can be useful to...
Klarna (NYSE:KLAR) has expanded its U. S.
Maximus (MMS) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +0.91% and -3.20%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
Global Payments (GPN) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +0.29% and -0.40%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
Apple's new Upgrade program is the latest sign that smartphone ownership is changing.
Faster upgrades and more customers buying higher-priced devices are likely to be Apple's goals.
Apple's earnings report comes days after the company launched Apple Upgrade in the U.S.—a program that BofA Securities says could improve affordability for consumers and help the company wrestle some control from wireless carriers. As part of Apple Upgrade, customers now have one- or two-year leasing options for iPhones and Apple Watches, and two- or three-year options for Macs and iPads. Apple has long offered trade-ins and financing plans, but "the new structure packages those familiar mechanics into a broader platform spanning major hardware categories," wrote Wamsi Mohan, an analyst at BofA.
Klarna Group (NYSE:KLAR) has been selected as the leasing provider for Apple Upgrade, Apple's new hardware leasing program in the United States. The program supports financing for Apple hardware across in-store and online checkout channels. Klarna Group now sits inside a high-profile consumer hardware program with Apple Upgrade in the US. The stock closed at $18.71 and is down 1.7% over the past week, 7.8% over the past month, and 34.5% year to date. Those moves frame the Apple partnership...
Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL, XETRA:APC) has rolled out Apple Upgrade nationwide in the US, a hardware-leasing program available through the company's online store, the Apple Store app and its retail locations. The program offers 12- and 24-month leasing terms for iPhone and Apple Watch, and 24-...
Apple Upgrade lets customers lease iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch devices through Klarna, then return, upgrade or purchase the product when the lease ends.
Leasing prices start at $17.99 per month for iPhone, $11.99 for Apple Watch, $24.99 for Mac, and $11.99 for iPad.
The program would let customers lease iPhones, Macs, iPads and Apple Watches through monthly payments, with options to upgrade, buy out or return devices at the end of the term.
Investing.com -- Klarna shares jumped 9% Tuesday after Bloomberg reported that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) will partner with the Swedish fintech company for a new device leasing program called Apple Upgrade.
Apple is launching a device leasing program called 'Apple Upgrade' on July 28 in the U.S. to boost sales, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The new service arrives as Apple has raised prices on its iPads, MacBooks and other devices except the iPhone, no longer able to shield customers from surging memory and storage chip costs driven by the AI industry's data-center buildout. Apple Upgrade will support most iPhone, Mac, iPad and Apple Watch models and the company is partnering with Klarna Group as the financial backer for the program, the report said.
In early July 2026, Air Premia announced an interline partnership with Southwest Airlines and Klarna Group plc revealed a long-term payment collaboration with Southwest, enabling Korean travelers to access over 120 Southwest destinations and U.S. customers to use flexible payment options such as installments and financing when booking flights. Together, these agreements extend Southwest’s reach into East Asia while broadening its payment ecosystem, potentially deepening customer engagement...
Southwest Airlines (LUV) has been in focus after Air Premia introduced an interline partnership that links Korean travelers to more than 120 Southwest destinations, which highlights fresh demand and network reach for the carrier’s stock. See our latest analysis for Southwest Airlines. The interline deal with Air Premia and the new Klarna payment options arrive while Southwest Airlines trades at US$48.08, with a 30 day share price return of 3.04% and a 1 year total shareholder return of...