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Update: Affirm Extends Collaboration With Alphabet's Google Over Agent Payments Protocol; Shares Rise
Oct 9, 2025 7:21 AM

09:56 AM EDT, 10/09/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates to include Affirm's recent stock movement in the headline and first paragraph.)

Affirm (AFRM) shares were up about 4% in recent Thursday trading after the company said it and Alphabet's (GOOGL, GOOG) Google ( GOOG ) extended their partnership on Google's ( GOOG ) Agent Payments Protocol, or AP2, which is an open, payment-agnostic protocol designed to securely support agent-led payments across platforms.

The payment network company said that by contributing to AP2, it helps to embed the buy now pay later or BNPL feature directly into the architecture of agentic commerce.

Financial details of the extended collaboration were not disclosed.

Price: 243.00, Change: -1.62, Percent Change: -0.66

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