Upgrade: Yieldstreet Teams Up with Upgrade to Expand Access to Consumer Credit Investing

Yieldstreet, a private markets investing platform, and Upgrade Inc., a fintech offering "responsible" credit products to mainstream consumers, announced the completion of an agreement to "purchase assets through Flex Pay, Upgrade's BNPL financing solution." This partnership enables individual investors to "target passive income from exposure to high-quality consumer BNPL loans." The first transaction, which closed in April 2025, includes a pool of travel loans through Flex Pay's partnerships with "over 750 travel partners, including airlines,