Lender Affirm Prices IPO Above Range to Raise $1.2 billion (3)

Affirm Holdings Inc., which provides installment loans to online shoppers, priced its U.S. initial public offering above its marketed range to raise $1.2 billion.

In the first major U.S. technology listing this year, Affirm sold 24.6 million shares for $49 each, according to a statement on Wednesday, confirming an earlier Bloomberg News report. The San Francisco-based company had marketed the shares for $41 to $44 apiece, a range that it had raised Monday from $33 to $38.

The IPO gives Affirm a market value of $11.9 billion based on the outstanding shares listed in its filings with the U.S. ...