Affirm BNPL Volumes Jump 36% as 0% Loans Drive Broader Use
Affirm’s fiscal second quarter illustrated how buy now, pay later is becoming embedded in routine commerce, where paying over time was once reserved for occasional large purchases.
The co...
Amazon’s Cloud Liftoff
Talk about raising the stakes. A day after Google parent Alphabet scared the market by projecting plans to double its capital expenditures to around $180 billion, Amazon went one better by announcing ...
MicroStrategy Faces Catastrophic Risk as Bitcoin Falls to $60,000
MicroStrategy is under renewed market pressure after Bitcoin slid to $60,000, pushing the company’s vast crypto treasury deeper below its average acquisition cost and reigniting concerns about balan...
Roblox Posts Breakout Q4 After Chasing Older Core Gaming Market
The gaming platform Roblox has been there as its over 100 million active users grew up.
Now, the company wants to grow up, too. On Roblox’s fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings call...
Consumer Group Attacks CFPB Plan to Limit Complaints
A consumer advocacy group said that potential changes to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s complaint system could make it harder for people to file complaints about credit reporting compani...
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