Company: AFRM
Filing Date: 2025-02-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001820953-25-000012
Chunk: 90

Company: Affirm Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
Chunk 90
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 sheet loan balance was $6.6 billion and $6.3 billion for the three and six months ended December 31, 2024, respectively, an increase of 34% and 32% compared to $4.9 billion and $4.7 billion during the same period in 2023, respectively.

Processing and servicing

Processing and servicing expense consists primarily of payment processing fees, third-party customer support and collection expense, salaries and personnel-related costs of our customer care team, platform fees, and allocated overhead. 

Processing and servicing expense increased by $25.8 million, or 29%, and $45.2 million, or 27%, for the three and six months ended December 31, 2024, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2023. This increase is driven primarily by an increase in payment processing fees of $17.0 million, or 36%, and $32.4 million, or 37%, related to increased payment volume for the three and six months ended December 31, 2024, respectively. Additionally, during the three and six months ended December 31, 2024, our platform fees increased by $8.9 million, or 38%, and $14.9 million, or 39%, respectively, due to an increase in volume with a large enterprise partner. 

Technology and data analytics

Technology and data analytics expense consists primarily of the salaries, stock-based compensation, and personnel-related costs of our engineering, product, and credit and analytics employees, as well as the amortization of internally-developed software and technology intangible assets, and our infrastructure and hosting costs.

Technology and data analytics expense increased by $28.4 million, or 24%, and $29.7 million, or 12%, for the three and six months ended December 31, 2024, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2023. The increase is primarily driven by amortization of internally-developed software which increased by $15.5 million, or 41%, and $29.0 million, or 42%, for the three and six months ended December 31, 2024, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2023, as a result of an increase in the number of capitalized projects. Capitalized projects in service grew by 91% from approximately 640 projects as of December 31, 2023 to 1,230 projects as of December 31, 2024. Data infrastructure and hosting