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Additional Reading from MarketBeat.com Affirm Is Expanding Buy Now, Pay Later Services for Rent PaymentsReported by Jordan Chussler. Originally Published: 1/26/2026. 
What You Need to Know - Buy now, pay later services are booming in popularity, with a projected CAGR of 27% through 2033.
- BNPL provider Affirm is about to start offering its services for rent payments..
- Analysts believe the stock is trading around 25% lower than where it will be in a year from now.
Over the past month, financial stocks have been hit the hardest: of the S&P 500's 11 sectors, the group is the worst performer, down 2.73%. With the full-year and Q4 2025 earnings season underway, the sector—which includes banks and investment firms as well as insurance companies, real estate firms, and fintechs—has produced mixed results. AI is creating 1,600 new millionaires every single day. At the center of this frenzy sits Nvidia, now valued at $4.5 trillion. But most investors don't know Nvidia has three secret partners, smaller companies that play almost impossible-to-replicate roles in GPU development. Without them, Nvidia's business would be hamstrung. Because they're largely ignored, these companies trade at far more attractive valuations, giving you a way to capitalize on Nvidia's dominance without buying Nvidia itself. This is a pivotal moment for AI, but winning this trend requires playing smart, not reckless. See the full 2026 AI investment playbook and all three secret partners. The big banks have been punished by the market despite generally beating earnings-per-share (EPS) expectations. Asset manager BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) reported an EPS beat and quarterly revenue growth of more than 23%, yet the stock is down more than 2% since the report. Smaller companies in the financial services sector have struggled as well, even after strong results. Online bank Ally Financial (NYSE: ALLY) posted record EPS growth, but the stock still slid more than 3%. Now, one prominent buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) operator—set to report on Feb. 5—could both influence the sector's recent performance and shake up its own industry in a way that may drive top-line growth. While Big Banks Bring Valuation Concerns, BNPLs Could Be a Bright Spot The surge in BNPL's popularity is evident. From vacations and fast food to electronics and groceries, usage has jumped in recent years. Financial services firm Empower estimates that 90 million Americans used BNPL in 2025, with particularly high adoption among Millennials and Gen Z: 48% and 44%, respectively. Empower also found that: - More than half of BNPL users are under 35, including the fastest-growing working generation (Gen Z) and the largest living adult generation (Millennials).
- Monthly BNPL spending rose almost 21%, from $201.60 in June 2024 to $243.90 in June 2025.
- Over half of Gen Z (55%) say BNPL helps them better manage their finances.
That adoption looks set to continue. Industry consultancy Grand View Research forecasts the global BNPL market to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27% between 2025 and 2033, lifting the industry's valuation from $9.5 billion in 2024 to more than $80 billion by 2033. Ultimately, BNPL companies sell credit — and in 2026, demand for credit is high. Buy Now, Pay Later Is Coming for Your Rent On Jan. 20, it was reported that Affirm Holdings (NASDAQ: AFRM) will begin offering BNPL services for rent payments. The fintech — one of the largest BNPL providers with a market cap near $24 billion — plans to give customers the option to split their monthly rent into two equal payments instead of one lump sum, with 0% interest and no fees for those biweekly installments. According to CBS News, the limited pilot will be offered through a partnership with New York-based Esusu, which reports consumer payment information to major credit bureaus. An Affirm representative said the company will underwrite every application and approve only those it believes can "responsibly afford to repay." While not the first BNPL firm to offer rent-payment services, Affirm's move could generate meaningful top- and bottom-line growth and continue its streak of earnings beats that began in Q2 2024. When the company reported Q1 2026 earnings on Nov. 6, 2025, it posted EPS of $0.23, well above analyst estimates of $0.11, and quarterly revenue rose nearly 34% year-over-year. The move into rental payments could act as a near-term catalyst, even if the program remains a limited pilot. What Wall Street Thinks About Affirm Holdings? Since its January 2021 IPO, Affirm had not been profitable—until the last quarter of 2025, when the company reported net income of $59 million. That milestone was driven in part by a five-year average revenue growth rate of nearly 46%. That performance has attracted analyst attention: 19 of the 29 analysts currently covering Affirm assign the stock a Buy rating. By consensus, AFRM carries a Moderate Buy rating with an average 12-month price target of $89.17, implying roughly 25% upside. Institutional ownership is about 69%, but over the past 12 months outflows have outpaced inflows, $19.37 billion to $3.91 billion. However, after AFRM shares climbed more than 29% over the past year, much of those outflows may reflect profit-taking. Importantly, based on Affirm's financial health metrics, the stock has been in the Green Zone for more than nine months, according to TradeSmith.
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