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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.

Apple (AAPL) wants iPhone buyers to stop thinking in four-figure purchases and start thinking in monthly bills. On July 28, the company launched Apple Upgrade, a lease run through Klarna (KLAR) that starts at $17.

Klarna keeps sliding weeks after a guidance cut rattled investors, while Affirm moves in the opposite direction as traders rally around its AI underwriting push. The widening gap between two of fintech's biggest names raises a pointed question about which side of this trade holds up.

AFRM has entered fiscal 2027 with strong GMV growth and improving margins, but funding costs and credit performance will test its path to sustained profitability.

The Dutch digital payments processor has hired Niclas Neglen as its new chief financial officer, but he won’t join until next year.

SEZL's higher marketing spend drives subscriber and engagement gains while maintaining a sub-six-month payback, supporting growth.

Klarna shares have lost half their value this year while rivals Sezzle and Affirm traded in the opposite direction, raising a question that cuts both ways: is the divergence a warning sign or the setup for a sharp reversal?

A Washington University study found that as more consumers finance their purchases, the cost of goods goes up for all.

The buy now, pay later company will provide lease financing for a $2,000 phone to U.S. consumers coveting the latest Apple devices.

Affirm surged while its closest rivals barely moved, and no company announcement explains why. The gap between Affirm and the rest of the buy now, pay later pack raises a question that matters for anyone holding shares into the weekend.

Sezzle's merchant growth, rising engagement and expanding financial tools support its outlook as valuation stays below key BNPL peers.

Companies need to use the disruption created by job cuts as an opportunity to rethink how work gets done, with help from AI.

Apple confirmed what experts and customers alike were expecting, a more expensive iPhone. Apple had previously raised prices on some of its products, excluding the iPhone, to offset component cost headwinds. Apple introduced its Apple Upgrade program this summer to help customers pay for its products as prices rise.

Uber initiated, Thermo Fisher upgraded: Wall Street's top analyst calls

Uber initiated, Thermo Fisher upgraded: Wall Street's top analyst calls

Stocks took a beating Tuesday as surging oil prices and looming inflation data rattled every corner of the market, and now Wall Street analysts are reshuffling their calls on names ranging from nuclear energy upstart Oklo to retail giants Abercrombie and Ulta Beauty.

When the words “not seen since 2007” are thrown around, investors start to look harder at what’s going on with bonds.

PYPL is expanding financial services, with BNPL, credit and debit products fueling growth and deepening engagement across its customer base.

CEOs of Alibaba, Klarna, and CoStar bought over $20 million combined in company shares as each stock struggled in 2026, signaling insider confidence despite weak performance.

Bank of America dropped a fresh price target on Affirm just as yields began to ease, and the combination sent buy-now-pay-later stocks racing ahead of a sleepy broad market. Whether the rally holds depends on a credit question Levchin himself flagged on live television.

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According to a regulatory filing, CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski purchased 692,506 KLAR shares on Aug. 26, worth about $9.95 million.

Shares of Klarna Group plc (NYSE:KLAR) were headed for their worst week as a public company recently, with more than a 30% decline over the five trading days leading to August 21. The collapse can be traced almost entirely to one event, the company’s second-quarter earnings report, released August 18. The report beat expectations on […]

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL)’s shares underwent significant turmoil on Friday after they closed a whopping 12.7% lower. The dip came after reports surfaced that the Stripe-led group had abandoned plans to acquire the firm. The news, and the subsequent share price performance, proved that Cramer’s caution about the firm on August 17th was warranted. In […]

Financial stocks rose Friday as the NYSE Financial Index and the State Street Financial Select Secto

Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski bought 692,506 company shares just over a week after its latest earnings report sent the stock tumbling.

Sophia Bendz, general partner at Cherry Ventures, stopped by Equity to break down the latest in the Swedish tech ecosystem.

Insider stake now reaches 25.3 million shares held indirectly through Flat Capital AB, valued at $360 million as of transaction date.

Stripe and Advent International just walked away from a potential $50 billion PayPal takeover, and the BNPL challengers are celebrating loudly. Here is what the Friday moves actually signal about who wins and who is still exposed.

A collapsed $50 billion buyout sent shockwaves through the buy-now-pay-later sector Friday morning, splitting two of digital payments' biggest names into opposite directions while the broader financials market barely flinched.

Affirm posts better-than-expected revenue and gross merchandise volume in its fiscal fourth quarter.

Klarna stock saw a big post-earnings sell-off despite posting sales and earnings beats. Was it deserved?

DAVE's Flex card broadens its credit offering with pay-in-four financing, higher spending limits and Mastercard acceptance as testing expands.

SEZL Send turns P2P transfers into a low-cost growth channel, with more than 100,000 users already on its waitlist.

Clark Howard called it a forever lease, and Apple just dropped three new Macs the same week it quietly confirmed a brand new hardware leasing partnership. Before you click pre-order, run one calculation that changes everything.

Klarna Group (KLAR) is back in focus for investors after a sharp share price drop of about 31% last week, following a downgrade from UBS and a reduction in its 2026 GMV guidance. See our latest analysis for Klarna Group. The recent downgrade and guidance cut have come on top of already weak momentum, with Klarna Group’s share price return down 27.68% over the past week and 50.61% year to date, pointing to fading confidence despite the latest earnings beat and product and leadership...

Transaction margin dollars surged 42% as operating leverage accelerated profitability.

Shares of Affirm Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFRM) fell 1.3% on August 18 as Klarna plunged more than 22% after reducing its 2026 volume and revenue forecasts. Klarna now expects full-year gross merchandise volume of $149 billion-$151 billion, down from more than $155 billion, and revenue of $4.08 billion-$4.16 billion, down from $4.34 billion. Yet the warning […]

AMD upgraded, Five Below downgraded: Wall Street's top analyst calls

Wall Street is making bold moves Tuesday, upgrading AMD and shaking up fintech names like Klarna and Shift4 while fresh initiations hit Fortune Brands and Jersey Mike's. Find out which stocks analysts are backing and which they are walking away from.

Klarna posted Q2 earnings results last week, beating Wall Street expectations on both topline and bottom line figures, while Affirm is expected to report Q4 results later this week.

Find insight on Klarna Group, bitcoin, Aegon and more in the latest Market Talks covering financial services.

Klarna Group (KLAR) received a downgrade from UBS Securities due to the magnitude of its H2 gross me

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Last week, UBS analyst Timothy Chiodo downgraded Klarna to ‘Neutral' from ‘Buy’ with a price target of $16, down from $23, as per TheFly.

Financial technology firms’ SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOFI) and PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL)’s shares have diverged in performance in 2026. SOFI is down by 31% year-to-date while PYPL is up by 5.9%. PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL)’s stock has gained primarily on the back of takeover news, but Cramer has remained unconvinced. In his previous remarks about […]

Klarna Group plc (NYSE:KLAR) reported second-quarter net income of $9 million, reversing a $53 million loss a year earlier and remaining profitable after posting positive net income in the first quarter of 2026. Revenue increased 27% to $1.04 billion, while transaction margin dollars rose 42% to $446 million. Yet the shares closed 22.8% lower as […]

SEZL's AI push is set to reshape shopping and development as automation drives productivity and product creation.

Klarna and Affirm are bleeding while PayPal quietly climbs, and the gap between them points to a shift in how investors are sizing up the future of buy now, pay later.

SEZL's subscriber base surges 76.4% in Q2 2026 as heavier usage, new products and marketing fuel growth.