Buy now, pay later company Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM) reported Q4 CY2025 results topping the market’s revenue expectations, with sales up 29.6% year on year to $1.12 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.72 per share was 13.9% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
Affirm Holdings saw its provision for credit losses jump to $214.2 million in the second quarter compared to nearly $153 million from the same quarter a year ago.
Buy now, pay later company Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM) beat Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2025, with sales up 29.6% year on year to $1.12 billion. Its GAAP profit of $0.37 per share was 39.5% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
A number of stocks traded in opposite directions in the afternoon session after the market slid following the release of weaker-than-expected private-sector employment data, fueling concerns about a cooling economy. According to the ADP report, U.S. private employers added only 22,000 jobs in January, falling significantly short of economists' estimates of 45,000. This miss signals that the multi-year cooling in labor demand has continued into the new year. The disappointing data added to existing market pressures, particularly on the tech sector, as investors weigh the implications of a potential economic slowdown on corporate earnings and growth prospects.
NEW YORK — In a tale of two realities, the world’s leading payment giants, Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) and Mastercard Inc. (NYSE: MA), reported robust earnings for the final quarter of 2025, revealing a U.S. consumer that remains resilient despite mounting economic and political headwinds. However, the financial triumph
Leading buy now, pay later service, Affirm Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: AFRM) is off to a rough start in 2026, down 15% year-to-date, as sector-wide pressures, alongside company-specific setbacks weight on the stock.
Date: January 28, 2026 Introduction In the high-stakes world of consumer credit, few names command as much quiet authority as Synchrony Financial (NYSE: SYF). As the largest provider of private-label credit cards in the United States, Synchrony serves as the financial engine behind some of the world's most recognizable brands. Yet, as we enter early [...]
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Shares of buy now, pay later company Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM) fell 0.4% in the afternoon session after the company announced it was piloting a program with financial technology platform Esusu to allow renters to split their monthly rent payments.
In a month characterized by aggressive populist shifts in financial policy, the U.S. credit card industry has found itself at the center of a regulatory storm. On January 9, 2026, the administration proposed a radical "emergency mandate" to cap credit card interest rates at 10%, a move intended to
As the IRS officially opens the 2026 tax filing season today, January 19, 2026, the American economy is standing on the precipice of a massive, unintended fiscal injection. Analysts are projecting a record-breaking tax-refund windfall between $100 billion and $150 billion over the next three months—a surge primarily fueled
The financial sector faced a turbulent start to the week as President Donald Trump intensified his push for a federal 10% cap on credit card interest rates, a cornerstone of his populist economic agenda. The proposal, which aims to provide "temporary and immediate relief" to American consumers, has moved from
NEW YORK — The third week of January 2026 has proven to be a sobering reality check for the U.S. financial sector. As of Monday, January 19, 2026, investors are still parsing a turbulent week that saw billions in market capitalization evaporated from the nation’s largest lenders. A volatile
The e-commerce landscape, long considered the resilient engine of the modern economy, faced a sharp reality check as Shopify Inc. (NYSE: SHOP) saw its shares tumble 5.9% in mid-January 2026. The decline, which wiped billions off the company’s market capitalization, serves as a stark reminder of the deep-seated
As the calendar turns toward late January 2026, a high-stakes standoff between the White House and the nation’s largest financial institutions has reached a breaking point. President Donald Trump has renewed his call for a mandatory 10% cap on credit card interest rates, setting a self-imposed deadline of January
The financial markets have spent the first two weeks of 2026 in a state of high-alert volatility, following a series of aggressive regulatory salvos aimed at the heart of the American credit industry. On January 9, 2026, a proposal for a nationwide 10% cap on credit card interest rates sent
