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Klarna said a Swedish court awarded PriceRunner about $1.97 billion in damages over Google's preferential treatment of its own comparison-shopping service.

A Swedish market court on Wednesday ordered Google to pay some 14.3 billion kronor ($1.46 billion) in damages to price comparison site Pricerunner for promoting its own shopping comparisons in search results.The Patent and Market Court in Stockholm said "Pricerunner is considered to have suffered harm as a result of Google having, for many years, unlawfully favoured its own price comparison service."

Investing.com -- Klarna Group (NYSE:KLAR) shares jumped 6% on Wednesday following a massive legal victory over Alphabet’s tech monopoly. A Swedish court ruled in favor of Klarna’s subsidiary, PriceRunner, awarding the company a staggering $1.97 billion in antitrust damages. The high-stakes judgment caps off a fierce battle over online shopping dominance, with the court finding that Google illegally choked out competition by manipulating search results to favor its own comparison-shopping service

STOCKHOLM, July 1 (Reuters) - A Swedish court said on Wednesday Alphabet's Google is to pay the equivalent of around 14.3 billion Swedish crowns  ($1.5 billion) in antitrust damages to Klarna's price

A Swedish court on Wednesday ordered Alphabet's Google to pay about $1.5 billion in antitrust damages ‌to PriceRunner, the price comparison business owned by payments platform Klarna. The ‌award, equivalent to around 14.3 billion Swedish crowns, comes amid growing scrutiny of U.S. Big ​Tech companies in Europe. It is the largest award by a Swedish court in a competition case, though well below the 78 billion crowns PriceRunner had sought, including accrued interest.

Despite capital markets integration being a top priority for EU leadership, member states remain reluctant to deepen it further. A full European capital markets union comparable to the US remains out of reach, even though it is seen as necessary to compete in strategic sectors like AI and defence.View on euronews

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Investing.com -- Circle Internet shares fell 5% Tuesday morning after Bloomberg reported that Visa, Stripe and more than 100 other financial firms are joining forces to launch a new stablecoin venture.

Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading higher after a big start to the holiday-shortened trading week, which saw every index trade higher, after the small-cap Russell 2000 eked out a tiny gain on the close, finishing up 0.01% at $3010, and still leads all the major indices in 2026, up over 20%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq ... Here are Tuesday’s Best Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Block, Comcast, Fortinet, Goldman Sachs, Honeywell, Klarna, Logitech, Scorpio Tankers, Trade Desk, and More

GPN is scaling up with Worldpay and rising earnings estimates, but margin pressure and fierce fintech competition warrant patience.

Meridian Funds, managed by ArrowMark Partners, released its first-quarter 2026 investor letter for “Meridian Contrarian Fund”. The Fund aims to invest in undervalued companies with clear catalysts for sustainable improvement. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The US equities market started 2026 with volatility driven by trade policy uncertainty and heightened geopolitical […]

Sezzle CEO and Executive Chairman Charlie Youakim appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Friday, June 26, to argue that the buy-now-pay-later sector is pulling market share from legacy regional and community banks and credit unions that never built the digital-first payment rails that younger consumers now expect. “The losses are coming from these nonpublic companies… they just don’t have the technological ... Sezzle CEO Says BNPL Market Share Is Coming From Regional Banks, Not Rivals, as Stock Soars

Klarna Group (NYSE:KLAR) and Bolt are partnering to integrate Klarna’s payment services into the Bolt app across four European markets. The rollout covers ride hailing, scooter rentals, and car rentals, aiming to give users more flexible digital payment options at checkout. The move extends Klarna’s reach into everyday mobility spending and broadens its presence in app based consumer payments. Klarna Group, known for its digital payment and banking services, is moving further into the...

AFRM's latest merchant win with Backcountry expands its BNPL reach and could help drive higher spending on outdoor gear.

Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading higher this morning, after all the big funds and portfolio managers may have shown their hands on Wednesday, as the tech and chip stocks sell-off resumed after stocks started higher in the morning but faded in the afternoon. The tech sell-off came before Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) posted huge ... Here Are Thursday’s Best Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Brown-Forman, CoreWeave, Intel, JFrog, Keurig Dr. Pepper, Klarna Group, Qualcomm, Shift 4 P

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Klarna is taking its payment platform into everyday transportation through Bolt, aiming to increase transaction frequency and deepen user engagement.

Klarna Group plc (NYSE: KLAR) is one of the best growth stocks under $30 to buy now. On June 9, Klarna launched FDIC-insured savings accounts in the US, offering users an interest rate starting at 3.28% APY. These accounts, held by WebBank, feature no monthly fees or minimum deposit requirements and are fully integrated into the […]

Fidelity National wins First Commerce Bank for its HORIZON platform, underscoring demand for AI-ready banking tech and its push into modernization-led growth.

Fidelity National launches Trade & Distribution Manager to automate secondary loan trading, expanding its lending suite as demand grows for integrated lending tech.

Buy now, pay later players, including Klarna and Affirm, are facing more competition as financial institutions begin offering installment payment options.

ULTA expands beyond retail with social commerce, AI tools and new growth platforms across wellness and global markets.

Klarna Group (NYSE:KLAR) has partnered with Ulta Beauty to offer flexible payment options to U.S. shoppers. The arrangement will allow Ulta customers to use Klarna Group's pay-over-time services at checkout. The partnership extends Klarna Group's footprint in the U.S. beauty retail sector and targets millions of Ulta shoppers. Klarna Group enters this Ulta Beauty partnership with its stock trading at $17.6 and a mixed recent track record. NYSE:KLAR is up 6.3% over the past week and 16.0%...

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The BNPL firm’s objective was to “absorb Pagaya’s trade secrets, use them to build its own competing capabilities, and cut Pagaya out,” the underwriting fintech alleged.

Financial stocks were higher in late Tuesday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index increa