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Sources: Affirm, a point-of-sale lender for e-commerce, is in early stage preparations for an IPO that would value the company at as much as $10B

Point-of-sale lender is working with Goldman Sachs in early-stage discussions of a potential listing  —  Affirm Inc. is laying the groundwork …

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  • @ryan_browne_ Ryan Browne on x
    PayPal co-founder Max Levchin's fintech company Affirm is reportedly preparing for an IPO. Affirm - which offers point-of-sale financing, like Klarna - is said to be targeting a valuation as high as $10 billion, according to the WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/...
  • @julieverhage Julie VerHage on x
    Talked to a friend that works at peloton this morning and they said that if they had to guess/estimate off the top of their head, about 50% of sales are financed through Affirm 👀 https://twitter.com/...
  • @cararlombardo Cara Lombardo on x
    .@wsj scoop w/⁦@telisdemos⁩ & ⁦@cdriebusch⁩: Point-of-sale lender Affirm, founded by a PayPal co-founder, taps bankers for an IPO (or maybe a SPAC merger, naturally!) https://www.wsj.com/...
  • @wsjmarkets @wsjmarkets on x
    Exclusive: The point-of-sale lender is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on a potential listing https://www.wsj.com/...
  • @sarthakgh Sar Haribhakti on x
    Really hoping someone doesn't swoop them up leading up to the IPO Shopify partnership will make for a great pre IPO growth story! https://www.wsj.com/...