Intuit (INTU) said Monday it’s adding buy now, pay later options to QuickBooks through a new partnership with Affirm Holdings (AFRM), giving small businesses a built-in way to let customers spread out purchases.
Under the multi-year alliance, Affirm (AFRM) will become the exclusive BNPL solution built into QuickBooks Payments. In the months ahead, Affirm (AFRM) will roll out to eligible businesses in the U.S. that use Intuit’s (INTU) payment processing service, letting them get paid upfront while approved customers can pay invoices over time.
The integration comes as some 56% of small firms are owed money from unpaid invoices, averaging $17.5K per business, according to a May 2025 survey commissioned by Intuit QuickBooks.
“With more than $2 trillion in invoices managed on our platform each year, this integration further accelerates the frictionless payments capabilities we offer to our customers to manage and grow their business all-in-one place,” said David Hahn, executive vice president, general manager, Services Group, Intuit.
Affirm (AFRM) struck a similar pay-over-time deal last week with fintech company Fiserv (FISV), allowing thousands of Fiserv U.S. bank and credit union clients to offer flexible payment options without needing to create new lending products.