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Shopify Capital originates $1.4B in Q1, up from $821M a year ago

The merchant lending arm is roughly 82% loans and 18% MCAs by receivable weight, and 10.8% of 2025 loans still outstanding were more than six months behind.

Time in Business Newsroom
Staff
May 5, 2026
1 min read · May 5
May 5, 2026 · 1 min read
Filed under shopify · merchant cash advance · small business lending
  1. 1Q1 originations hit $1.4B versus $821M a year earlier.
  2. 2Mix is about 82% loan-based and 18% MCA by receivable weight.
  3. 310.8% of outstanding 2025 loans were 6+ months behind as of March 31, 2026.

Shopify's business loan and merchant cash advance offerings keep growing. In the first quarter, the company originated $1.4 billion in business loans and MCAs, up from $821 million a year earlier.

Product mix and trend

Weighted by receivables, the mix is roughly 82% loan-based and 18% MCA. The growth follows a consistent decade-long rise with no down years.

By the numbers
Shopify Capital Q1 originations
$1.4B
Q1 originations a year earlier
$821M
of outstanding 2025 loans 6+ months behind schedule at March 31
10.8%

Credit performance

Shopify's Q1 documents also include delinquency data. Of the loans originated in 2025 that still carry an outstanding balance, 10.8% were more than six months behind their original payment schedule as of March 31, 2026. The company included a delinquency chart in its Q1 materials.

The figures pair a sharp year-over-year volume increase with a measure of how seasoned 2025 loans are performing, which is the more closely watched indicator for platform lenders scaling quickly.

Source reporting: deBanked.

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