BPAY vs KYC: which is really different?

BPAY and KYC hold 33% of their weight in the same names. iShares FinTech Active ETF and Corgi Digital Banking & Fintech Infrastructure ETF.

32.4%
BPAY in the S&P 500
51.4%
KYC in the S&P 500
−18.4%
BPAY total return, 1 year
−0.4%
KYC total return, since launch
BPAY · 1 year to Sep 30, 202668% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
68% of its weight is outside the S&P 50032% of BPAY's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 68% is outside the index32%68%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 43% of the fund · 39 holdings filed Sep 29, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 2% in68% of its weight is outside the S&P 50032% of BPAY's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 68% is outside the index32%68%inoutside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 43% of the fund

32% of BPAY's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 68% is outside the index

KYC · 3 months to Sep 30, 202649% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
49% of its weight is outside the S&P 50051% of KYC's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 49% is outside the index51%49%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 46% of the fund · 56 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 11% in49% of its weight is outside the S&P 50051% of KYC's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 49% is outside the index51%49%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 98% · top ten 46% of the fund

51% of KYC's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 49% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · KYC scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
0.1, the lowest in this set92.0, the highest

A percentile among the 375 thematic ETFs with a holdings filing. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All thematic ETFs ranked by it → How it is computed →

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BPAY and KYC hold 33% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 29, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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33% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BPAY KYC
ROBINHOOD MARKETS CLASS A 4.87% 4.58%
SEA ADS REPRESENTING LTD CLASS A 3.36% 3.73%
VISA CLASS A 3.27% 9.95%
MASTERCARD CLASS A 3.16% 8.54%
BLOCK CLASS A 4.02% 2.82%
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC 4.91% 2.46%
JSC KASPI KZ GLOBAL SPONSORED ADS 4.14% 2.15%
AFFIRM HOLDINGS CLASS A 1.79% 2.03%
FIDELITY NATIONAL INFORMATION SERV 3.56% 1.77%
CHIME FINANCIAL CLASS A 4.53% 1.54%
FISERV INC 1.46% 1.91%
WEX 1.19% 1.51%
Only in BPAY
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 5.62%
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP 4.21%
USD CASH 3.07%
NEXI 2.98%
CHARLES SCHWAB 2.94%
TBC BANK GROUP PLC 2.66%
HAPPEN 2.51%
KLARNA GROUP PLC 2.47%
Only in KYC
MercadoLibre Inc 4.22%
PayPal Holdings Inc 3.21%
Intuit Inc 3.14%
NU Holdings Ltd/Cayman Islands 2.92%
Corpay Inc 2.85%
Coinbase Global Inc 2.73%
Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc 2.36%
SoFi Technologies Inc 1.93%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

33% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Performance, window by window

Total returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
WindowBPAYKYCBPAYKYCBPAYKYC
3 months−6.8%−1.8%−9.3 pts−4.4 pts−8.9 pts−4.0 pts
6 months+11.8%not published−5.2 ptsnot published−15.1 ptsnot published
1 year−18.4%not published−34.1 ptsnot published−42.1 ptsnot published
3 years+32.1%not published−52.9 ptsnot published−77.9 ptsnot published
Since launch
BPAY Aug 2022 · KYC May 2026
+9.6%−0.4%−79.0 pts−4.8 pts−120.9 pts−7.0 pts

BPAY and KYC over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

BPAY
iShares FinTech Active ETF · Holds 39 stocks in fintech and digital payments, 32% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
KYC
Corgi Digital Banking & Fintech Infrastructure ETF · Holds 56 stocks in fintech and digital payments, 51% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer iShares Corgi
Theme Fintech and digital payments Fintech and digital payments
In the S&P 500 32.4% 51.4%
Active share vs the S&P 500 97.5% 97.8%
In the Nasdaq-100 1.5% 10.6%
Holdings 39 56
Top ten, share of the fund 42.5% 45.9%
Expense ratio 0.55% 0.35%
Fee for the differing part 0.56% 0.36%
Total return, 1 year −18.4% −0.4% (since launch on May 6, 2026)
vs the S&P 500 −34.1 pts −4.8 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −42.1 pts −7.0 pts
Below its high −23.2% −12.4%
Net assets $9m $368,284

BPAY and KYC on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

BPAY in plain words

By weight, 32% of BPAY's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 42% of the fund across 39 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 29, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −18.4% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 34.1 pts. It sits 23.2% below its all-time high of Jul 25, 2025.

KYC in plain words

By weight, 51% of KYC's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 46% of the fund across 56 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Since it launched on May 6, 2026 the fund returned −0.4% with distributions reinvested against +4.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 4.8 pts. It sits 12.4% below its all-time high of Aug 25, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do BPAY and KYC hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 33% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is a meaningful overlap. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, BPAY or KYC?
BPAY has 32% of its weight in S&P 500 names and KYC has 51%, so KYC differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BPAY or KYC?
BPAY charges 0.55% a year and KYC charges 0.35%, so KYC is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Cite this page

ETFIQ, BPAY against KYC, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/bpay-vs-kyc

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Free to use with attribution. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology.