Payments firm Klarna's Jan-Sep losses grow on soured credits
Payments firm Klarna's Jan-Sep losses grow on soured credits
STOCKHOLM, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Losses for Swedish payments firm Klarna deepened in the year to the end of September, while transactions using its platform jumped in the final three months of the period, results published on Friday showed.
路透斯德哥尔摩11月26日电-周五公布的财报显示，瑞典支付公司Klarna在截至9月底的一年中亏损加剧，而使用其平台的交易在此期间的最后三个月跃升.
Operating losses at Klarna, a "buy now, pay later" company, widened to 3.13 billion crowns ($344.1 million) in the January-September period, from 801 million crowns a year ago.
Klarna是一家名为“现在购买，以后付款”的公司，今年1-9月的营业亏损从一年前的8.01亿克朗扩大到31.3亿克朗(3.441亿美元)。
Net credit losses rose by over 80% to 2.9 billion crowns, Klarna, which rivals Affirm and Afterpay APT.AX , said.
Klarna说，净信贷损失增加了80%以上，达到29亿克朗。竞争对手Klarna和Afterpay APT.AX证实了这一点。
In the third quarter, the firm's gross merchandise volume (GMV) - the value of transactions made using its payment platform - grew to over $57 billion in the third quarter from $35 billion.
第三季度，该公司的商品交易总额(GMV)-使用其支付平台进行的交易价值-从350亿美元增长到第三季度的570亿美元以上。
"The US continues to be Klarna's fastest growing market with over 300% GMV growth YTD driven by 21m+ consumers," the firm, which is expected to make its stock market debut in the coming months, said in a statement.
该公司在一份声明中表示：“在2100多万消费者的推动下，美国仍然是Klarna增长最快的市场，GMV同比增长超过300%。”该公司预计将在未来几个月上市。
The firm's investors include SoftBank 9984.T , Sequoia Capital, NorthZone, Silver Lake, rapper Snoop Dogg, BlackRock
该公司的投资者包括软银9984.T、红杉资本、NorthZone、银湖、说唱歌手史努比·狗、贝莱德
BLK.N and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC.
BLK.N和新加坡主权财富基金GIC。
($1 = 9.0963 Swedish crowns)
(1美元=9.0963瑞典克朗)
(Reporting by Helena Soderpalm; Editing by Simon Johnson)
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