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Max Levchin On What Comes After $200M Worth Of Capital Affirmation
Max Levchin On What Comes After $200M Worth Of Capital Affirmation
December 12, 2017  |  Loans

Fresh off a $200 million funding round, Affirm's CEO Max Levchin cautions PYMNTS' Karen Webster against thinking the money is simply a validation for the...

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Affirm Confirms $200M Investment Round
Affirm Confirms $200M Investment Round
December 11, 2017  |  Merchant Innovation

Financial services company Affirm announced Monday it has raised $200 million in Series E funding from a consortium of investors led by global investment firm...

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Affirm Said To Eye $150M Capital Raise On $1.5B Valuation
Affirm Said To Eye $150M Capital Raise On $1.5B Valuation
December 05, 2017  |  Investments

Affirm Inc., an online lender, is reportedly in late-stage talks to land a new round of financing that would propel it to unicorn startup status....

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Affirm Mobile App Takes Honest Finance To All Online Merchants
Affirm Mobile App Takes Honest Finance To All Online Merchants
October 23, 2017  |  Retail

What are credit cards all about? If you said, “Payments – duh,” you’re only half right. The whole point of buying things on credit, is...

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Affirm Is Ready To Reach Beyond Lending
Affirm Is Ready To Reach Beyond Lending
October 20, 2017  |  Alternative Finances

“Trust me to give you sound [financial] advice,” Max Levchin, founder and CEO of Affirm, said at The Wall Street Journal’s WSJ D.Live technology conference...

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Affirm’s Plan To “AMP” Retailer Margins And Conversions
Affirm’s Plan To “AMP” Retailer Margins And Conversions
October 12, 2017  |  eCommerce

You’ve heard the old story: If brick-and-mortar merchants watched 75 percent of their customers walk in their stores and then walk out without having purchased...

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Expedia Travels The Wide World Of Payments
Expedia Travels The Wide World Of Payments
September 13, 2017  |  Platform Payments

Travel now, pay later? In this month’s PYMNTS Payments Powering Platforms Tracker, powered by WePay, Wilson Wang, director of checkout and payment products for online...

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Suiteness.com: The Sweet Side Of Group Travel
Suiteness.com: The Sweet Side Of Group Travel
September 06, 2017  |  Matchmakers

There are many ways to a signature innovation, and in some cases great platforms have been created out of great and timely pivots. Such was...

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Walmart Credit Card Installment Loans May Soon Be Available
Walmart Credit Card Installment Loans May Soon Be Available
August 23, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Walmart could soon provide its customers with a new payment option, thanks to a potential deal between the retailer and finance company Affirm, Inc. Sources familiar...

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