“Can an AI credit-decisioning network sit behind every consumer lender in the U.S. and absorb their declined-applicant overflow into ABS-funded loan portfolios?”
Founded 2016 as an Israeli AI investment-management firm sourcing consumer-credit assets for institutional investors. Evolved into an embedded AI-credit-decisioning network that sits behind partner lenders (banks, fintechs, BNPL providers, auto lenders) to approve borrowers who fall outside the partner's credit box — with Pagaya taking the loans into ABS vehicles it sponsors. Went public via SPAC in 2022. In 2025-2026, expanded from personal and auto loans into point-of-sale financing via POSH securitizations and a Sezzle partnership, becoming a multi-asset credit-as-a-service infrastructure layer rather than a direct-to-consumer lender.
Pagaya discloses WebBank as its sponsor bank, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
Pagaya does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through WebBank.
Pagaya's lending and capital products are provided by U.S. Bank and Citizens Bank.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 2 layers in Pagaya's stack: Lending (U.S. Bank, Citizens Bank, Pagaya AI Lending Network, PGY Affiliates and 8 others); Sponsor bank (WebBank).
Pagaya was founded by Gal Krubiner, Avital Pardo and Yahav Yulzari and is founded in 2016, headquartered in New York, NY (and Tel Aviv, Israel).
Pagaya has raised $147M (private, pre-IPO) + public offerings in total (latest round: Follow-on offering, March 2024 (~$95M)).
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