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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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