
Sezzle's merchant growth, rising engagement and expanding financial tools support its outlook as valuation stays below key BNPL peers.
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Sezzle's merchant growth, rising engagement and expanding financial tools support its outlook as valuation stays below key BNPL peers.

AI agents can already pick your next purchase, but they still can't pull the trigger without your permission. Five companies are quietly building the infrastructure that changes that, and they are not all the obvious names.

SoFi just posted record loan originations and its fifth straight earnings beat, yet the stock sits near a 52-week low. Before you cut losses, consider what the bears keep getting wrong about this fintech.

The nearest confirmed ceiling for PayPal (PYPL) stock sits 35.4% above where it trades now. The stock is 30.7% below its 52-week high, and the easy read on a payments company down that far is that the market has given up. The reward is real and wide against what you risk. The floor under it is shakier than the bounce count suggests.

SoFi shrugged off a reported Kraken crypto partnership and S&P 500 inclusion buzz to drop 3%, while Affirm bled 5% on nothing but sector mood. Find out why Robinhood is the only one left standing and what that split reveals about where fintech risk appetite actually sits right now.

Shares of buy now, pay later company Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM) fell 4.7% in the afternoon session after Loop Capital Markets analyst Reginald Smith initiated coverage with a Buy rating and a $105 price target, even as consumer fintech shares traded lower. According to TipRanks, Loop Capital launched coverage on September 8 with that $105 Buy, favoring Affirm over SoFi, which the firm rated Hold. TipRanks shows a Strong Buy consensus and an average target of about $100.46, so the Loop mark is in line

Stocks took a beating Tuesday as surging oil prices and looming inflation data rattled every corner of the market, and now Wall Street analysts are reshuffling their calls on names ranging from nuclear energy upstart Oklo to retail giants Abercrombie and Ulta Beauty.

PayPal shares fell after Stripe and Advent's $60.50-per-share buyout collapsed, but strong Q2 earnings, a low P/E ratio, and stablecoin growth suggest the stock still has appeal.

AFRM sees rising demand for installment payments as inflation and gas costs pressure consumers, while disciplined underwriting helps manage credit risk.

The fair value estimate for Affirm Holdings has moved from US$78.93 to US$99.23, which is a sizable reset in what analysts think the stock could be worth on their models. Recent research points to growing confidence in Affirm’s growth roadmap, unit economics, and key partnerships, even as some voices remain cautious about valuation and execution risk. As you read on, you will see how these shifting targets feed into the evolving story around Affirm and what to watch if you are tracking the...

PayPal (PYPL) trades at 9.8 times earnings while the S&P 500 trades at 23.2. The profitability underneath is ordinary: an 18.4% operating margin against 18.5% for the market. The discount is not about whether the company makes money. It is about what each dollar it moves is worth.

Bank of America dropped a fresh price target on Affirm just as yields began to ease, and the combination sent buy-now-pay-later stocks racing ahead of a sleepy broad market. Whether the rally holds depends on a credit question Levchin himself flagged on live television.

Every consumer watching gas prices should hear this warning from the Affirm CEO after its strong earnings report.

Bank of America says Affirm’s own guidance is hiding the best parts of its growth.

A global bond selloff is carving a precise line through fintech, punishing two lenders while leaving one brokerage almost untouched, and the reason why reveals exactly how rate exposure separates winners from losers in this sector.
Inflation is prompting consumers to turn to Affirm’s zero-interest buy now, pay later loans, the company’s latest financial results suggest.

Affirm Holdings (NASDAQ:AFRM) just delivered its most profitable quarter ever, and the stock still fell 4.26% anyway. That gap between the numbers and the market’s reaction is the story here. On the earnings call held August 27, founder and CEO Max Levchin announced he’s stepping back from day-to-day execution to chase the next generation of […]
Merchant count rose 51% to 571,000 as the Affirm Card reached 5.2 million users

AFRM's Q4 earnings beat is driven by 36% GMV growth, rising transactions and card adoption, while credit losses and expenses increase.

SoFi's product flywheel gains traction as cross-buy rises, non-lending products expand, and fee-based growth broadens its financial-services model.

Affirm just posted one of its strongest quarters in years, yet its stock is sliding twice as fast as the broad market to start the week. The disconnect between the numbers and the price action points to something happening beneath the surface that every investor in the name needs to understand.

Crude oil surged on fresh Middle East tensions and Tesla shot up 4% while the broader market fell, but the last time this exact trade appeared, it collapsed before most traders could act on it.

CEO Levchin shifts focus to next-gen products as card adoption accelerates.

On August 28, Affirm Holdings (NASDAQ:AFRM) gave investors two very different signals in the same breath. The buy now, pay later company posted a fiscal fourth quarter that blew past Wall Street’s numbers, yet CEO Max Levchin used the moment to flag something less comfortable: gas prices are squeezing the very shoppers driving that growth. […]

Affirm Holdings (NasdaqGS: AFRM) is expanding its global buy now, pay later reach through the launch of Shop Pay Installments in Australia via its partnership with Shopify. The Australian rollout broadens access to pay later options for Shopify merchants and shoppers in a competitive market for installment products. Affirm has promoted Michael Linford to President, adding a new senior leadership role alongside his existing responsibilities. The combination of international product expansion...

Affirm Holdings (AFRM) is back in focus after fiscal fourth quarter results topped analyst expectations, with revenue rising 33% to $1.17b and gross merchandise volume reaching $14.1b, alongside guidance that outpaced forecasts. Affirm Holdings shares have picked up momentum into these results, with a 30 day share price return of 10.91% and a 90 day share price return of 5.58%. However, the 1 year total shareholder return is still down 12.10%, reflecting lingering risk concerns despite a 3...

Shares of buy now, pay later company Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM) jumped 5.3% in the afternoon session after the company reported second-quarter 2026 financial results, beating Wall Street's revenue and earnings expectations. According to a company press release, Affirm generated revenue of $1.17 billion, up 33% year over year, and delivered GAAP profit of $4.62 per share alongside pre-tax profit of $169.1 million. Both figures came in well ahead of Wall Street expectations, with revenue topping analyst
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