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Affirm and Klarna ramp up competing efforts to attract US consumers

TechCrunch

And this gives Affirm an opportunity to generate more revenue as it makes money in part on interest fees. But it is illustrative of the measures that financial services companies — incumbents and fintechs alike — are taking to make their installment loans available to more consumers. Indian fintech Slice tops $1.5

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Kung Fu

A Smart Bear

They say things like “we have a unique feature” and “the incumbents are dumb,” which might be true, but isn’t a strategy. There are not enough blogs or books about this phase; often leaders go underground. Maximize opportunity rather than minimize down-side. Founders almost never have a real strategy. Leave money on the table.

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