Affirm shares pop after striking buy-now-pay-later deal with Amazon

Shares of Affirm Holdings, the recently public fintech firm, soared more than 40% Monday morning following news that it is partnering with Amazon to roll out its buy-now-pay-later function for some purchases over $50.

News: What you need to know about the markets     Affirm shares pop after striking buy-now-pay-later deal with Amazon Shares of Affirm Holdings, the recently public fintech firm, soared more than 40% Monday morning following news that it is partnering with Amazon to roll out its buy-now-pay-later function for some purchases over $50. Read more »   Hurricane Ida hit the oil industry hard as it headed to New Orleans Hurricane Ida hit New Orleans Sunday after cutting through the Gulf of Mexico, causing massive disruptions to US oil production before making landfall. Read more »   Coffee prices haven't been this high in 4 years After surging in the spring, the prices of goods like lumber, corn and soybeans have come back down to Earth. Coffee is headed in the opposite direction. Read more »   Goldman Sachs says 750,000 households could be evicted this year unless Congress acts If Congress doesn't implement a new eviction ban, three-quarters of a million American households could be evicted later this year, according to new research. Read more »   Jon Stewart's new show gets a premiere date We now know when Jon Stewart is heading back to the airwaves. Well, the streaming airwaves, that is. Read more »   Elizabeth Holmes' trial is set to begin: Here's what you need to know Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder and former CEO of Theranos, is set to go to trial this week, more than three years after being indicted on multiple federal fraud and conspiracy charges over allegations she knowingly misrepresented the capabilities of her company's proprietary blood testing technology. Read more »

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