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March 4, 2026

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Affirm And Stripe Link AI Agents To Buy Now Pay Later Growth

Yahoo Finance

"Affirm Holdings has expanded its work with Stripe to support Shared Payment Tokens for buy now, pay later transactions.  The update allows AI agents to initiate secure pay over time purchases without sharing full card or account credentials.  Affirm is also connecting its services to emerging agent driven commerce platforms that can shop and check out on behalf of users."

January 29, 2026

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January 23, 2026

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Affirm Submits Applications to Establish Industrial Loan Company

Business Wire

"Affirm announced that it has submitted applications to the Nevada Financial Institutions Division and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to establish Affirm Bank, a proposed Nevada-chartered industrial loan company. The proposed bank subsidiary would enable Affirm to continue scaling responsibly while having an FDIC-insured institution. This would help Affirm expand access to honest financial products to more consumers."

January 15, 2026

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Will Affirm's Smart Underwriting Shift Redefine BNPL Risk?

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"Affirm recently upgraded how it evaluates credit risk by embedding richer real-time financial signals into its underwriting process, like up-to-the-minute bank account balances and cash flow trends. Instead of relying mostly on static credit reports or past behavior, Affirm now adds dynamic data that shows how a consumer’s finances look at the moment they want to make a purchase. This upgrade is already live for Affirm Card users who link a third-party bank account or use an Affirm Money Account, and it will soon be offered more broadly to anyone who opts in to link their banking data."

January 7, 2026

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October 24, 2025

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Affirm Expands Partnership With Worldpay for Platforms With Embedded Payments Integration

Affirm Holdings, Inc.

"Affirm announced an expanded partnership with Worldpay. The new deal will integrate Affirm into the company’s embedded payments offering for software platforms. Worldpay for Platforms provides embedded payments for more than 1,000 SaaS companies, and over the last 12 months has processed more than $400 billion in payment volume and 4.6 billion in transactions. With this integration, platforms will now have the ability to offer Affirm as a payment method to their merchants, giving eligible end customers more flexible, transparent ways to pay."

October 9, 2025

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Affirm Extends Collaboration With Google as a Supporter of Agent Payments Protocol (AP2)

Affirm Holdings, Inc.

"Affirm announced its support for Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open, payment-agnostic protocol developed with leading payments and technology companies to securely support agent-led payments across platforms. The collaboration extends Affirm’s long-standing partnership with Google, which also includes integrations with Google Pay and Chrome’s autofill feature."

September 25, 2025

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US Buy Now, Pay Later Giant Affirm Launches in the UK

MSN

"A US buy now, pay later giant run by a co-founder of PayPal has launched in the UK, as its boss sets his sights on the market led by brands like Klarna and ClearPay. Affirm, which was founded in 2012 by Max Levchin, will start offering its credit options to UK consumers. It means shoppers will be able to split the cost of a purchase into several payments, with some interest-free deals and other items charging interest."

September 16, 2025

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Apple Pay Adds Affirm and Klarna for In-Store Purchases

MAC Observer

"Apple Pay users in the U.S. and UK can now use Affirm and Klarna to split in-store purchases into flexible payment plans. Until now, Apple Pay supported these services only for online and in-app checkouts. The update extends “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) options to physical retail stores, giving shoppers more choice at checkout."

August 13, 2025

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Affirm Expands Work With Google Pay, Integrates With Autofill on Chrome

Business Wire

"Affirm announced that it is expanding its collaboration with Google Pay and making its payment options available via autofill on Chrome. This announcement builds on Affirm’s launch on Google Pay in 2024, which enabled eligible consumers to pay over time with Affirm wherever the Google Pay button is accepted. Now, using autofill on Chrome, eligible shoppers can pay over time with Affirm quickly and conveniently, at more places where they shop."

May 1, 2025

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Affirm Announces Strategic Global Partnership with UATP

Business Wire

"Affirm announced a new, long-term global partnership with UATP, a global network owned and operated by the world's airlines. This collaboration integrates Affirm’s flexible and transparent pay-over-time options directly into the UATP network, which includes thousands of leading airlines, rail carriers, and travel agencies."

April 22, 2025

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May 23, 2024

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December 19, 2023

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September 25, 2023

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June 7, 2023

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May 31, 2023

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September 23, 2022

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Amazon Launching Affirm’s ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Option in Canada

Yahoo Finance

“Amazon customers in Canada will soon be able to pay for their purchases on the website in smaller, monthly instalments as the e-commerce giant expands its partnership with payments company Affirm north of the border. Affirm said on Thursday in a press release that purchases on Amazon.ca of at least $50 will be eligible for the pay-over-time option within the next month if customers select the company as their payment method. Eligibility will be based on a quick approval process and details about the monthly payments, including the repayment timeline, will be displayed prior to checkout, according to Affirm.”

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