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Fintech’s Affirm, Paypal sink as stocks pull back from massive tariff pause rally
Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Fintech’s relief rally is already losing steam. Shares of Affirm, Toast, Bill.com, PayPal and other consumer-focused fintech firms turned lower Thursday. The retreat followed a powerful bounce Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on dramatically higher import tariffs. While the administration simultaneously escalated duties on […]
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Affirm surges 20% as fintech rallies on tariff pause, but risk remains
Thomas Fuller | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The fintech sector is rallying Wednesday following the Trump administration’s announcement of a 90-day pause on planned tariffs. Affirm was up 20%, Toast and Block rose 13% and PayPal increased 10%. The 90-day pause doesn’t eliminate the threat of tariffs — it just delays it. […]
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Affirm heads for second-worst week on record on tariff worries, Klarna delayed IPO
Igor Golovniov | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Affirm shares have plunged nearly 30% over the past two trading days and are on track to close out their second-worst week on record, following President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff announcement on Wednesday. Widespread tariffs could represent a particular problem for Affirm because the provider […]
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Fintech stocks such as Affirm, PayPal plunge on concern Trump tariffs will hurt consumer spending
The global market rout on Thursday, sparked by President Donald Trump’s announcement of widespread tariffs, had an outsized effect on fintech companies and credit card issuers that are closely tied to consumer spending and credit. Affirm, which offers buy now, pay later purchasing options, plunged 19%, while stock trading app Robinhood slid 10% and payments […]
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After 20 years at the helm, Klarna’s CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski is about to face his biggest test yet
Key Points Sebastian Siemiatkowski has been CEO of Klarna for 20 years. He now faces his biggest test yet with a U.S. IPO fast approaching. Siemiatkowski has grown Klarna into a fintech powerhouse and a brand that’s virtually synonymous with the “buy now, pay later” payment method. However, his entrepreneurial journey hasn’t been without challenges […]
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Trump-backed crypto bank joins stablecoin wars with new dollar-pegged token
The World Liberty Financial website arranged on a smartphone in New York, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images World Liberty Financial, the decentralized finance venture backed by President Donald Trump and his family, has launched a stablecoin, joining an increasingly crowded market. The company said Tuesday that the […]
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Klarna, nearing IPO, plucks lucrative Walmart fintech partnership from rival Affirm
Key Points Swedish fintech firm Klarna will be the exclusive provider of buy now, pay later loans for Walmart, taking a coveted partnership away from rival Affirm, CNBC has learned. Klarna, which disclosed its intention to go public in the U.S., will provide loans to Walmart customers in stores and online through the retailer’s majority-owned […]
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Toast, Shift4 lead drop in fintechs as investors exit stocks tied to consumer spending
A screen displays the company logo for Toast Inc. during the company’s initial public offering at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City on Sept. 22, 2021. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Economic concerns are hitting the stock market broadly, but they’re having an outsized impact on fintech companies that are tied closely to […]
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Crypto payments company MoonPay looks to compete with Stripe with Iron stablecoin acquisition
MoonPay co-founder and CEO Ivan Soto-Wright at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. MoonPay Crypto payments giant MoonPay is expanding its push into the enterprise market with the acquisition of Iron, an API-first stablecoin infrastructure startup. This marks MoonPay’s second significant acquisition in two months, underscoring its ambition to dominate the rapidly growing stablecoin payments […]
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Here’s why banks don’t want the CFPB to disappear
Key Points For years, American financial companies have fought the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the courts and media. Now, with the CFPB on life support after the Trump administration issued a stop-work order and shuttered its headquarters, the agency finds itself with an unlikely ally: the same banks that reliably complained about its rules […]
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