Clémence Le Floch: “After the Klarna card, 12-installment payments are coming to France and a mobile plan will follow” Four years after launching in France, the Swedish payment specialist Klarna claims 6.6 million end customers and 21,000 partner retailers. Clémence Le Floch, Country Manager, reviews the company’s progress in France and details the roadmap: after savings accounts, now the card, 12-installment payments and even a mobile plan. The goal is to become a daily-use neobank.
OpenAI enables U.S. users to purchase Etsy products directly within ChatGPT Americas On September 29, OpenAI (H1 2025 revenue: US$4.3 billion, up by 16% year-on-year, net loss of US$2.5 billion) launched a native e-commerce feature for the ChatGPT LLM in the U.S.A.…
Exclusive NRF [mind Info] Coopérative U teams up with Diebold, GK Software and Paytweak to reduce shrinkage and simplify payment Europe As computer vision technologies have become more accessible and offer a faster ROI in a context of rising shrinkage, a growing number of grocers are turning to embedded cameras to control automatic checkouts. This is the case at French retailer Coopérative U, where other POCs are underway around payment, as mind Retail learned at NRF Europe.
[mind Info] Courir to roll out mobile checkout in 20 stores in October Europe After a successful trial period for in-store checkout, Courir is stepping up a gear and rolling out Zebra's mobile payment solution in 20 stores in October 2025, according to mind Retail. Arnaud de la Fournière, Director of Strategic Projects, discusses the challenges of streamlining the customer journey, particularly during peak periods.
After Asda and Currys, Sainsbury’s tests facial recognition to lower theft Europe To reduce theft, the UK’s second-largest food retailer, Sainsbury’s (2024 turnover: €42.9 billion, up by 1%), has been using facial recognition technology since September 3,…
UK : Morrisons and Waitrose are trialling connected trolleys to reduce shoplifting Europe Against a backdrop of rising shoplifting across Europe, Morrisons and Waitrose are trialling connected shopping trolleys with Instacart and Shopic. The aim of this digitalisation of a customer journey is to reduce stock loss and secure new revenue opportunities, thanks to the retail media capabilities built into these services.
Klarna valued at US$15 billion for a NYSE listing Americas On September 9, Swedish payment company Klarna, known for buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) solutions, raised US$1.37 billion in an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).…
South Africa: Shoprite rolls out smart trolleys, designed in-house by the tech division Africa, Middle East In 2 Checkers hypermarkets, the South African giant is testing a smart connected trolley technology developed by ShopriteX, the tech entity of the parent company. Trolleys are equipped with cameras and control scales. Designed in-house, will this innovation be more economically viable than those from Caper (Instacart), Hanshow, Shopic or Trollee?
Biometric payment: Handwave raises US$4.2 million and signs with Visa Europe In the wake of Amazon One, Latvian start-up Handwave aims to democratise biometric payment and authentication using the palm of the hand. The past weeks have seen major announcements by the Founders, both former Worldline employees. Here are the details.
After Ebay, Klarna is collaborating with the resale platform Poshmark Americas Faced with the rise of circular fashion in the USA, where the second-hand market is worth US$51.9 billion, and the Swedish fintech company's ambitions to offer services beyond payment methods, Klarna and Poshmark are launching a new offer. It integrates a resale feature directly into the Klarna app.
