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Charlie Youakim

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Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Interview with Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim

And then we can also shut off new customer groups or tighten across the board and new customer groups.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Interview with Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim

What the downside might lead to, I think, is maybe lower volumes, maybe at the start.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Interview with Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim

But if you look at a downturn in the economy, I think it actually could pull higher scoring credit groups potentially or people that may not have used BNPL

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Interview with Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim

into trying out BNPL.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Interview with Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim

Maybe a spouse got laid off in that time period.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Interview with Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim

Hey, maybe we should try this other credit product.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Interview with Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim

It might help us in this time period.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Interview with Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim

We might pull more users into the space, which could offset our tightening to the existing customer group and offset that.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Interview with Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim

And then I said the last thing that I think makes, I mean, I'm a big shareholder.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Interview with Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim

This is what makes me feel good about our system.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Interview with Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim

We have really strong gross margins already.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Interview with Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim

Great safety factors.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Interview with Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim

So right now our PLRs are about 2%, kind of running 2%, principal loss rates.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Interview with Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim

But our top line revenue percentage is like 11%.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Interview with Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim

And our gross margin, this is on volumes, our gross margin on volumes, 6% or so.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Interview with Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim

We can basically triple our loss rates and still come out with a profit.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Interview with Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim

I mean, I don't think we'd be high-fiving at the end of this, but we'd be profitable still.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Interview with Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim

Great safety factors.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Interview with Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim

Well, I think, you know, it's growing actually.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Interview with Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim

What's happening is it's growing.