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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0407</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2023-04-17</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001101215</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BREAD FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BFH</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001771242</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Kimbrough Karin</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>3095 LOYALTY CIRCLE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>COLUMBUS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>OH</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>43219</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>0</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2023-04-17</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>204</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>4889</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The new grant is for 204 shares of common stock represented by restricted stock units, which will vest on the earlier of (i) April 17, 2033 or (ii) termination of the director's service on the Company's board of directors, but in any case not earlier than April 17, 2024.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The total amount of securities beneficially owned includes:  (a) 1,408 unvested restricted stock units granted 6/15/21; (b) 106 unvested restricted stock units granted 3/15/22; (c) 2,650 unvested restricted stock units granted 6/15/22; (d) 151 unvested restricted stock units granted 7/15/22; (e) 191 unvested restricted stock units granted 10/17/22; (f) 179 unvested restricted stock units granted 1/17/23; and (g) the new grant for 204 restricted stock units.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Benjamin L. Morgan, Attorney in Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-04-19</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
