Diversity, equity, Hiring Merchant diversity and inclusion Underrepresented groups (URG) sourcing Affirm promotes URG merchants through (DEI) at Affirm sessions: Recruiters host regular sessions with quarterly multicultural campaigns, including hiring teams across all departments to source but not limited to Black History Month, candidates from underrepresented groups. Women’s Month, AAPI Heritage Month, and Latinx Heritage Month. Affirm partners with a number of external Shop Black-Owned Businesses page – professional groups to ensure we maintain an evergreen page on Affirm.com that provides a diverse candidate pool, including: a directory of Black-Owned Businesses. • Nextplay, a global community of 20,000+ Ongoing Client Diversity Survey – collects experienced Black & Latinx tech, engineering, data on Affirm merchants owned by diverse and business professionals. In 2021, we communities; enforces Affirm’s commitment sponsored and attended their Black History to DEI within our merchant network. Month and Latinx History Month events. • BreakLine, to help grow our pipeline of candidates from underrepresented groups across multiple verticals. 13