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Dec 2023
23m 36s

Affirm CEO Talks America's Credit Proble...

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Max Levchin, CEO of Affirm, a buy now pay later provider, discusses what's wrong with credit in America and why so many consumers are turning to buy now pay later -- and how that threatens financial incumbents. He speaks with Bloomberg's Sonali Basak for this week's Bloomberg Markets Magazine interview. 

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