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CONSOLIDATION AND VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
CONSOLIDATION AND VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES CONSOLIDATION AND VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES
The Company has variable interests in asset-backed securitization vehicles that it sponsors. The Company consolidates VIEs when it is deemed to be the primary beneficiary. In order to be primary beneficiary, the Company must have a controlling financial interest in the VIE. This is determined by evaluating if the Company has both (1) the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance, and (2) the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could potentially be significant.
Consolidated VIEs
As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company has determined that it is the primary beneficiary of Pagaya Structured Holdings LLC, Pagaya Structured Holdings II LLC, and Pagaya Structured Holding III LLC (collectively, the “Risk Retention Entities”). These entities were established by Pagaya to purchase investments in ABS notes and certificates issued by Pagaya-sponsored ABS entities. Pagaya owns a 20% interest in these entities, and the remaining 80% ownership shares are held by affiliate entities. As these entities are consolidated, we present 100% of the assets and liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets. The 80% ownership interest not owned by the Company in each of these consolidated VIEs is accounted for as a noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets. Any income or loss associated with the consolidated VIEs’ activities is
reported within the corresponding line items of the consolidated statements of income, with the results of the 80% ownership interest not owned by the Company presented as net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests.

As the sponsor of securitization transactions, the Company is subject to risk retention requirements and established the Risk Retention Entities to meet these requirements.

Below is a summary of assets and liabilities from the Company’s involvement with consolidated VIEs (i.e., the Risk Retention Entities) (in thousands):
 
Assets(1)LiabilitiesNet Assets
As of June 30, 2026
$67,582 $— $67,582 
As of December 31, 2025
$93,404 $— $93,404 
(1) Assets comprised of securitization notes and residual certificates to comply with risk retention requirements.

Unconsolidated VIEs
The Company determined that it is not the primary beneficiary of the trusts which hold the loans and issue securities associated with the securitization transactions the Company sponsors. These trusts include Pagaya AI Debt Trust (PAID) for personal loans, Research-Driven Pagaya Motor Asset Trust (RPM) for auto loans and Pagaya Point of Sale Holdings Trust (POSH) for point-of-sale loans. The Company does not have the power to direct or control the activities that most significantly affect the performance of the trusts, which were determined to be servicing loans in the ABS securitization trusts. Once the loans are purchased by the ABS securitization trusts, only the third-party loan servicers have direct engagement with the underlying borrowers and are responsible for loan collections, prepayments, disputes, modifications and settlements which are the activities that most significantly impact the VIEs’ economic performance.
The Company’s maximum exposure to loss from its involvement with unconsolidated VIEs represents the estimated loss that would be incurred under severe, hypothetical circumstances, for which the Company believes the possibility is remote, such as where the value of securitization notes and residual certificates the Company holds to comply with risk retention requirements declines to zero.
Below is a summary of the Company’s direct interest in (i.e., not held through the Risk Retention Entities) variable interests in nonconsolidated VIEs (in thousands):
Carrying AmountMaximum Exposure to LossVIE Assets
As of June 30, 2026
$972,818 $972,818 $13,383,053 
As of December 31, 2025
$847,290 $847,290 $13,070,284 
From time to time, the Company may, but is not obligated to, purchase assets from the Financing Vehicles. Such repurchases occur at the Company’s discretion, subject to contractual requirements and limitations. Refer to Note 11, “Transactions with Related Parties,” for additional information.