Affirm Brings No-Fee, Flexible Payment Plans to UK.

What we’ll cover today:

🚀 Affirm Expands to the UK Market.

💡 Financing Options for Faster Deals

🔑 Expert Tells Key to Fintech Success.

🔗 The Event Roundup.

Affirm Expands to the UK Market.

Imagine buying now and paying later, without hidden fees.

That’s what Affirm, the U.S. buy now, pay later giant, is bringing to the UK.

This is Affirm’s first major step outside North America.

Since 2012, Affirm has built a reputation for being:

• Consumer-friendly: No late fees.

• Transparent: Fixed, clear interest rates.

CEO Max Levchin sees the UK as the ideal next step, especially as new BNPL regulations emerge—changes Affirm fully supports.

Affirm enters a market with big players like Klarna and Clearpay, offering:

• Flexible payment plans: Spread payments up to 36 months.

They’re starting with partners like:

• Alternative Airlines

• Fexco

More brands are set to join soon.

Here’s the whole article.

1. Financing Options for Faster Deals.

This is a clip from Fintech Confidential. 

In this episode of FinTech Confidential, Jordan Olivas, Founder, Harvv  discusses how w/ big orders = big decisions, & financing can B the key 2 closing deals faster. Imagine sellers offering financing options w/in the invoicing process. It’s not just about helping buyers; it’s about creating a seamless experience

Here’s The Clip

2. Expert Tells Key to Fintech Success.

In this episode of The Bank Tellers Micky Tesfaye spoke with Richard Davies, the CEO of Allica Bank on all things strategy, fintechs vs. traditional banks, and much more.

Richard discusses the importance of execution in business strategy, the unique approach of building acquisition-focused products, and the cultural challenges faced by traditional banks compared to fintechs.

Here’s The Podcast.

1. US lender PowerPay lands $60m corporate bond led by KeyBank.

PowerPay, a US-based digital lender, has secured a $60 million investment-grade corporate bond issuance with Ohio’s KeyBank acting as the exclusive private placement agent.

Founded in 2017, PowerPay offers digital point-of-sale (PoS) lending solutions tailored to home improvement, healthcare, and solar finance.

2. Bugcrowd bags $50m from Silicon Valley Bank to amplify cybersecurity solutions.

Bugcrowd, a pioneer in crowdsourced cybersecurity solutions, has secured a significant $50m growth capital facility from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a division of First Citizens Bank.

3. Flueid secures $8.3m to expand innovative real estate title verification technology.

Flueid, a pioneer in the real estate technology sector, has successfully raised $8.3m in growth financing.

LiveOak Ventures, based in Austin spearheaded this investment round. Detroit Venture Partners contributed, and existing backers Aquiline and Commerce Ventures continued to support it.