July 1 (Reuters) -

U.S. financial technology firm Affirm Holdings ( AFRM ) said

on Monday that it believes that the personal information of

Affirm card users was compromised as part of Arkansas-based

Evolve Bank and Trust's cybersecurity incident.

Evolve Bank is a third-party issuer of Affirm card and last

week was a victim of a cybersecurity incident that involved

customers' data being illegally released on the dark web.

However, Affirm - which shares the personal information

of its card users with Evolve to facilitate the issuance and

servicing of the cards - confirmed that the company's systems

were not compromised and Affirm card holders can continue using

their cards.

A spokesperson for the Arkansas-based lender said at that

time that they have engaged appropriate law enforcement agencies

to aid in their investigation and response efforts.

Affirm also said that upon being notified of the Evolve

cybersecurity incident, the company immediately began an

investigation independent of Evolve's investigation to determine

whether any personal information of Affirm card users were

compromised.

This investigation, along with remediation efforts, is

ongoing as of July 1, Affirm added.