Affirm Investor Event Presentation Deck
Recent drivers of RLTC as a % of GMV
Business Impact
Driver
Affirm / BNPL Industry Specific Dynamics
Pricing initiatives
Product mix
Merchant mix shift.
Product efficiency improvements
Macroeconomic Factors
Consumer spending trends
Funding costs
Holiday seasonality
Consumer credit environment
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Higher APRS increase consumer interest and gain on sale
Higher merchant fees increase network revenue
Our loan products have differing profitability profiles, with interest bearing loans
typically being the most profitable loan product
Enterprise partners and lower order values increase frequency and network size, but
potentially at lower RLTC as a % of GMV
Increase in platform fees due to success of certain partnerships
Underwriting optimizations reduce credit provisions, driving up margin
Higher benchmark interest rates and credit spreads increase the cost to fund
on-balance sheet loans and reduce gain on sale
Rapid sequential GMV growth drives up 2FQ provision expense which is dilutive to
RLTC as a % of GMV within quarter
Impacts loan loss provisions and gain on sale
FY'23 RLTC impact
Note: "FY'23 RLTC impact" refers to RLTC impact as measured through the first three quarters of FY'23
Tailwind
Tailwind
Discretionary purchases tend to have higher AOVS, which generally have a higher RLTC Headwind
as a % of GMV
Headwind
Tailwind
Headwind
Headwind
Headwind
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