AFRM vs CIB Comparison

Founded in 2012, Affirm is a market leader in the buy-now, pay-later space with around $36 billion in transaction volume in fiscal 2025. Affirm offers both zero-interest financing, which is merchant subsidized, and interest-bearing loans, which function as personal loans that are approved on a per-transaction basis. Over 70% of Affirm's transaction volume comes from its interest-bearing loans, which also comprise the majority of its revenue. Affirm operates in the United States, which accounted for more than 95% of its revenue in 2025, but the firm has also expanded to Canada and the United Kingdom.

Grupo Cibest SA is a full service financial group offering a broad range of financial products and services to a diversified individual and corporate clients through subsidiaries. Its network also includes offshore banking subsidiaries in Panama and Puerto Rico, as well as other adjacent businesses. Its products and services include Savings and Investment, Financing, Factoring, Financial and Operating Leases, Capital Markets, Trading, Cash Management, Foreign Currency and Trade Finance, Bancassurance and Insurance, Investment Banking, Trust and Fiduciary Services, Mortgage Lending Business, among others. Its segments include Banking Colombia, Banking El Salvador, Banking Guatemala, International Banking, Leases, All Other and Banking Panama.