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Split Pay raises $125M to bring net-30 financing to rent
Split Pay raised $125 million from Khosla Ventures, Thrive Capital, and Max Levchin to let renters defer up to half of a bill for 30 days, charging 2% of the full bill plus $10 per month with no interest or late fees. The bigger bet is underwriting: Split Pay says its non-FICO model uses 50,000 variables and has achieved a 97.5% repayment rate across $350 million of originations, using rent as a high-frequency wedge to build a richer cash-flow dataset and eventually expand into broader consumer credit.
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