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June 2, 2026
On the web
Affirm and Stripe Team up to Power Flexible UK Payments
Affirm Holdings, Inc.
"Affirm and Stripe announced an expanded partnership that will bring Affirm’s pay-over-time solutions to Stripe merchants in the UK for the first time. In July, British businesses using Stripe will be able to add Affirm to their online checkout. The new UK partnership builds on strong momentum in the US and Canada. The companies are also collaborating on the future of AI-powered commerce, with a shared focus on making payments more seamless and transparent as agentic experiences evolve."
May 14, 2026
On the web
Affirm CEO Max Levchin on Growth Outlook [Video]
CNBC
"Max Levchin, Affirm founder and CEO, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss takeaways from the company’s annual investor day, state of the Buy Now, Pay Later business, state of the consumer, growth outlook, and more."
May 12, 2026
On the web
Affirm Works with Google to Make AI Shopping Payments Clear and Simple
Affirm Holdings, Inc.
"Affirm is expanding its work with Google to start rolling out its payment options into Google Search, including AI Mode, and the Gemini app when checking out with Google Pay. Shoppers will be able to move confidently from decision to purchase, with the same clear options and transparent terms they rely on from Affirm."
March 4, 2026
On the web
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
On the web
Fiserv and Affirm Join Forces to Bring Flexible Payments to Debit
Affirm
"Fiserv, Inc. announced an exclusive collaboration with Affirm to bring pay-over-time capabilities to debit card programs for financial institutions. This collaboration empowers thousands of Fiserv U.S. bank and credit union clients to meet growing consumer demand for flexible payment options without needing to build new lending products."
January 23, 2026
On the wires
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
On the web
Will Affirm's Smart Underwriting Shift Redefine BNPL Risk?
TradingView
"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
On the web
Gr4vy Selects Affirm to Bring Flexible and Transparent Payment Options to Merchants
GR4VY
"Gr4vy, the cloud-based payment orchestration platform, announced a new partnership with Affirm, the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth. This integration enables merchants using Gr4vy to offer Affirm’s flexible and transparent payment options to eligible customers across online and mobile checkout."
October 24, 2025
On the web
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
On the web
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
On the web
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
On the web
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
On the wires
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
On the wires
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
Top Post
Affirm Expands Credit Reporting with TransUnion to All Pay-Over-Time Products
Business Wire
"Affirm Holdings, Inc. is expanding the credit reporting of its pay-over-time products to TransUnion, the companies jointly announced. All Affirm pay-over-time loans issued from May 1, 2025 onward, including Pay in 4 and longer-term monthly installments, will be reported to TransUnion."
March 25, 2025
On the wires
Affirm Inks Deal With J.P. Morgan Payments To Deliver More Flexible, Transparent Payments to Merchants
Business Wire
"Affirm announced that it is deepening its multi-year agreement with J.P. Morgan Payments. The agreement will make Affirm’s solutions available to J.P. Morgan Payments’ network of merchants, enabling U.S. merchants using Commerce Platform to offer Affirm’s flexible and transparent pay-over-time plans at checkout."
March 19, 2025
On the wires
Affirm Expands Credit Reporting with Experian to Include All Pay-Over-Time Products
Business Wire
"Affirm Holdings, Inc. announced it is expanding its credit reporting to Experian® to include all of Affirm’s pay-over-time products beginning April 1, 2025. By furnishing information about all of its pay-over-time transactions to Experian, Affirm is helping to drive greater transparency and responsible lending."
February 17, 2025
On the web
FIS Integrates Affirm’s BNPL Solution Into Debit Card Programs
IBS Intelligence
"FIS has entered a strategic partnership with Affirm, making the US payment network its integrated pay-over-time provider for debit issuers."
February 11, 2025
On the web
Affirm Plans to Bring Buy Now, Pay Later Debit Cards to More Users Through Deal With FIS
CNBC
"Affirm has partnered with FIS in a deal that will allow the fintech company to offer the pay-over-time service to its banking clients and their millions of individual customers. Any bank that partners with FIS will be able to provide its own version of the Affirm Card, which launched in 2021, without asking customers to adopt a new piece of plastic."
December 18, 2024
On the web
Affirm and Adyen Expand Partnership to Bring Flexible Payment Options to More Merchants and Platforms
Affirm Holdings, Inc.
"Affirm Holdings, Inc. announced that it has expanded its partnership with Adyen. The expanded partnership makes Affirm the first Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) provider to support Adyen for Platforms, an end-to-end payment solution for platform businesses, and brings more payment options to Adyen merchants in Canada."
November 22, 2024
On the web
Priceline Selects Affirm as Pay-Over-Time Provider for Priceline Partner Solutions
Affirm
"Affirm and Priceline announced an expanded partnership. Through their deepened collaboration, Affirm is the pay-over-time provider for Priceline’s B2B business, Priceline Partner Solutions."
November 12, 2024
On the web
Visa Flexible Credential Goes Global: Transforming the Card for a Digital Future
Visa
"Visa announced that the Flexible Credential is expanding to the U.S. and will be rolling out with Affirm, and in the United Arab Emirates with Liv, giving millions more people greater choice and control over how they pay."
November 4, 2024
On the web
Affirm’s Flexible and Transparent Pay-over-Time Options Now Available in the UK
Affirm Holdings, Inc.
"Affirm, the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, has launched its flexible and transparent pay-over-time options in the UK."
September 16, 2024
On the wires
Affirm Live When Checking Out Online or In-App with Apple Pay
Business Wire
"Affirm announced that Affirm is now available to eligible users checking out online and in-app with Apple Pay on iPhone and iPad."
June 11, 2024
On the web
Affirm Buy Now, Pay Later Loans Will Be Embedded Into Apple Pay Later This Year
CNBC
"Apple device users will soon be able to tap into buy now, pay later loans from Affirm for purchases, the companies said Tuesday. Affirm will surface as an option for U.S. Apple Pay users on iPhones and iPads later this year, the San Francisco-based fintech company said in a filing. Apple confirmed the news in its own update."
June 6, 2024
On the wires
Affirm Expands Payment Offerings With New Pay in 2 and Pay in 30 Options
Business Wire
"Affirm announced two new payment options, Pay in 2 and Pay in 30, to bring even greater choice and flexibility to consumers utilizing Affirm’s app and providing affordability across a wider range of transactions."
May 23, 2024
On the web
Affirm Statement on CFPB Efforts to Promote Consistent Industry Standards for Buy Now, Pay Later Loans
Affirm Holdings, Inc.
"Affirm Holdings, Inc. released a statement in connection with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) efforts to bring consistency to buy now, pay later loans, including how providers manage disputes and refunds:"
December 19, 2023
On the wires
Affirm Expands to Self-Checkout at Walmart Stores
Business Wire
Affirm, announced it has expanded its services with Walmart to bring Affirm’s transparent and flexible pay-over-time options to self-checkout kiosks at over 4,500 Walmart stores in the United States.
December 13, 2023
On the wires
Buy Now, Pay Later Company Affirm Pushes Further Into Retail Gift Cards
Reuters
Buy now, pay later company Affirm said it is teaming up with a major provider of retail-branded gift cards to let shoppers purchase digital gift cards for the holiday season and pay for them with installment payments spread over as many as 12 months.
September 25, 2023
On the wires
Affirm Is Exploring Subscription Service to Guarantee 0% APR on Purchases
Businesswire
"Affirm Holdings Inc. is exploring the introduction of a subscription service in a bid to create more recurring revenue beyond interest collected from its buy now, pay later plans."