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    • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
      News in-depth
      Affirm struggles to convince investors of fintech bona fides

      ‘Buy now pay later’ group becomes more reliant on loans amid plummeting share price

    • Monday, 14 March, 2022
      FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
      Affirm’s ABS: canary in the coal mine? (update)

      BNPL begins to break.

    • Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
      LexFinancial services
      ‘Buy now, pay later’: bill comes due as rates rise and behemoths barge in Premium content

      Companies that expanded quickly last year now face competition and regulatory pressures

    • Friday, 11 February, 2022
      Affirm shares plunge after botched earnings release shows wider losses

      ‘Buy now, pay later’ company posted partial results to Twitter before market close

    • Thursday, 16 December, 2021
      Financial services
      US consumer watchdog probes ‘buy now, pay later’ companies

      Regulators around the world focus on threat of rising indebtedness from payment method

    • Wednesday, 24 November, 2021
      ‘Buy now, pay later’ group Affirm backs tougher rules for ‘wild west’ market

      BNPL soared in popularity during the pandemic but regulators are starting to worry about the potential for consumer harm

    • Friday, 3 September, 2021
      News in-depthFinancial services
      ‘Buy now, pay later’ retail loan services test patience of investors

      Affirm’s deal with Amazon is a ‘massive customer expansion opportunity’ but profits may be years away

    • Monday, 24 May, 2021
      Inside BusinessPatrick Jenkins
      The pernicious potential of ‘buy now pay later’ finance

      Innovative credit is clever and useful but in urgent need of proper regulation

    • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
      IPOs
      Affirm shares double on debut in new sign of hot IPO market

      Consumer lender led by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin valued at more than $23bn

    • Monday, 21 December, 2020
      The Future of Money
      Affirm gears up for IPO amid growing competition Premium content

      The US ‘buy now pay later’ specialist is facing rivals such as Klarna and Afterpay in its home market

    • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
      LexFintech
      Affirm: latest instalment Premium content

      Plenty of fintechs have made big promises about using technology to take on big banks only to fizzle out

    • Thursday, 7 March, 2019
      Digital banking
      Tech start-ups go up against big banks on point-of-sale lending

      JPMorgan launches a challenger to Affirm, the US consumer finance start-up

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