Affirm Holdings, Inc. Class A AFRM

Growth is oxygen. But when it evaporates, the consequences can be severe - ask anyone who bought Cisco in the Dot-Com Bubble or newer investors who lived through the 2020 to 2022 COVID cycle.

PayPal (PYPL) stock has lost 24% in the twelve months to September 30, 2026, while the S&P 500 rose 14.4%. Investors are worried, and you need to know if that worry is overdone. PayPal needs its faster-growing businesses, such as Venmo, to earn more. PayPal also needs shoppers to keep choosing it at online checkout, where trouble could start. So what could go wrong for PayPal at online checkout.

Affirm Holdings (AFRM) is back in focus after Crate & Barrel Holdings rolled out its pay over time option across Crate & Barrel, Crate & Barrel Kids and CB2 stores and websites in the US and Canada. Affirm Holdings has had a choppy stretch, with the share price down about 7% over the past month and about 18% over 90 days, even as the 3-year total shareholder return is very large at roughly 3x. The latest Crate & Barrel rollout and the earlier transformer-based underwriting update give...

As the craze of earnings season draws to a close, here’s a look back at some of the most exciting (and some less so) results from Q2. Today, we are looking at personal loan stocks, starting with Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM).

Three buy now, pay later stocks all tumbled in September while financial markets wobbled, but one name managed to pull ahead of the pack by losing less ground than its rivals.

SoFi just posted record loan originations and raised its full-year guidance, yet the stock sits nearly 40% in the red for the year. Something about that disconnect deserves a closer look.

Key TakeawaysAffirm reported fiscal 2026 revenue of $4. 26 billion, up 32%, on $50.

CHICAGO & SAN FRANCISCO & TORONTO, September 29, 2026--Today Crate & Barrel Holdings, Inc., comprising Crate & Barrel, Crate & Barrel Kids and CB2, announced a strategic partnership with Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM). Eligible customers now have the option to pay over time, which can give them more control over how their purchases fit into their plans.

SoFi's stock sits just above a 52-week low while one Citigroup analyst refuses to budge from a target that would nearly double your money, even as half of Wall Street rates the digital bank a Hold.

This historic signal says AFRM could be back near annual high levels by October

Rising oil prices and renewed inflation fears are hammering rate-sensitive fintech stocks, and the pressure on SoFi, Affirm, and Robinhood may just be getting started.

Key TakeawaysAffirm stock has climbed 59% since late March, closing at $72 on September 25, but it has given back its entire post-earnings jump from above $90 on August 28. Fiscal Q4 revenue rose 33% YoY to $1.

SoFi Technologies is using its national bank charter to settle roughly $25 billion in annualized Mastercard transaction volume via its SoFiUSD stablecoin, cutting costs and drawing commercial deposits.

PayPal (PYPL) stock has gained about 24% over the past three months (as of Sept. 24, 2026), but it is still down 21% over the past year. In late August, the shares fell 13% in premarket trading after Bloomberg News reported that a consortium of Advent International and Stripe had abandoned its pursuit of PayPal.