Sweden’s Klarna has filed registration documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ahead of its widely anticipated initial public offering.The buy-now-pay-later payments specialist said Wednesday that the number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering haven’t yet been determined.

Payments firm Klarna began the process of going public for a second time in three years despite a sharp drop in its valuation, making it the largest Swedish company to float its shares in the U.S. since Spotify's listing in 2018.

Swedish payments firm Klarna Group Plc has filed for an initial public offering in the US, ending months of speculation that the company was readying a stock market listing.

(Reuters) -Swedish payments group Klarna said on Tuesday it had confidentially filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed IPO have not yet been determined,