RE: Thoughts on dilution8 Sep 2021 19:27
£100 on 100% rate = £100 interest (simplified not compounded of course for illustration)
£100 on 50% rate = £50 interest (as per above)
£200 on 50% rate = .....
I think the point is opening to more people at a lower rate increases market share and lending.
Lower interest rates mean more affordable loans of higher value as well
You are correct on your assumption if the amount of customers was fixed. I agree 100% with that but lowering the rate changes the game significantly.
Also neither my calcs above nor your statement take into account the profitability of a loan. The overheads per loan, cost to cover irrecoverable debts, staffing etc will all increase as the number of loans increases with lower margins the profitability decreases per loan so technically even doubling the amount of customers at the average loan size to does not equal the same profitability as a single loan at double the rate.