Consumer lending fintech Affirm (ticker: AFRM) went public on the Nasdaq Wednesday and saw their stock take off. Shares were...
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Affirm, the leader in point of sale financing for consumers, announced today that it is spinning out a new business...
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According to Bloomberg, the company is in advanced talks for the latest round; the valuation would be about double of Affirm’s last round in April 2016; Affirm works with over 1,000 retailers and also recently rolled out a mobile app which includes a virtual credit card; the point of sale loans have annual percentage rates between 10-30%. Source
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Certain customers will be able to use an Affirm pay later option at checkout, Amazon said in a press release.