Holiday shopping has more Americans getting comfortable with buy-now-pay-later

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Affirm's CEO opens up about the buy-now, pay-later company's IPO and why he doesn't sweat when the stock slumps

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Max Levchin, the CEO of Affirm.

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Gen Z hates phone calls, so one $9.7 billion company is pouring money into AI chatbots for customer service

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Max Levchin, Affirm's CEO, said AI chatbots could save the company money in one to three years.

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Now you can put your Botox on Affirm

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You can now use buy now, pay later service Affirm to pay for that Botox.

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The full list of major US companies slashing staff this year, from Hasbro to Amazon

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Hasbro is cutting around 20% of its workforce, its CEO announced. The company is facing continued slow sales even into the toy-heavy holiday season, he said.

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Forget luxury goods, US shoppers are now using buy-now-pay-later services to pay for groceries

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Food inflation has reached record highs in the US over the past year.

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Peloton owners in Australia will have loans forgiven from Affirm as the lender exits the country

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Affirm co-founder Max Levchin. The company is forgiving all loans on Peloton products in Australia.

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