奇富科技 (03660.HK，QFIN.US) 2026年第二季度业绩电话会
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A financial services company faces industry challenges, including regulatory changes and a deteriorating market, by prioritizing risk management, optimizing funding, and enhancing business efficiency. It adjusts customer acquisition to focus on quality, anticipates C-MI growth due to provisioning, and expects increased funding costs from heightened risk volatility. The company strengthens its fundamentals, improves customer and channel mix, and expands overseas with a long-term strategy, emphasizing risk management and localized business models. Notable achievements include serving numerous financial institutions with AI-powered services, reaching millions of credit line users, and maintaining rigorous risk management standards. The company adapts to new regulatory requirements, expects industry resources to concentrate among leading players, and advances its strategic initiatives to extend its competitive edge.
会议速览
Cusin Holding Q2 2026 Earnings Call HighlightsA conference call discussed Cusin Holding's Q2 2026 earnings, featuring a presentation and Q&A session. The call included a Safe Harbor statement on forward-looking information and reconciliations of non-GAAP to GAAP measures. Key executives from Cusin Holding participated, addressing financial results and business updates.
China's Consumer Finance Industry Under Pressure Amid Regulatory Tightening and Liquidity CrisisChina's consumer finance sector faces challenges with declining household loans, stricter regulations, and a market liquidity crisis. Despite these pressures, a commitment to prudent operations, compliance, and risk management has bolstered business resilience and efficiency.
Risk Management and Optimization Drive Growth in AI-Powered Credit ServicesThe AI credit decision engine served 168 institutions, aiding 65 million users. Despite a slight dip in loan volume, risk metrics improved, with the C2M2 ratio dropping to 0.66%. Enhanced risk strategies and post-loan management capabilities, focusing on high-quality users and monitoring debt levels, underpin sustainable growth and operational resilience.
Enhancing Collection Efficiency and Customer Quality Through Strategic AdjustmentsRefined collection scorecard and tailored outreach strategies improved 30-day collection rates to 88.1%. Moderated acquisition spending, optimized customer and loan mix, and scaled back weaker API channels, resulting in higher quality users, reduced expenses, and improved asset alignment with funding demand.
Navigating Tight Funding Conditions and Regulatory Shifts to Enhance Stability and EfficiencyBy optimizing funding strategies and increasing ABS issuance, funding costs were reduced, and supply stabilized amidst industry-wide liquidity pressures. Anticipating continued tight funding conditions, proactive measures are being implemented to match funding with assets, improve capital efficiency, and refine risk management. Simultaneously, adapting to new regulatory requirements aims to enhance transparency and consumer protection, while addressing collection industry challenges to foster a healthier, sustainable ecosystem.
Expanding Tech Solutions and AI Capabilities for Financial InstitutionsOur Tech Solutions business saw significant growth, enabling RMB 10.5 billion in loan volume, up 515% year over year. We've embedded our AI capabilities into financial institutions' workflows, enhancing customer acquisition, risk management, and post-loan services. Notably, we secured AI agent development projects focusing on marketing growth and credit risk management, showcasing our advanced AI loan and credit officer solutions. These achievements highlight our strategic focus on digital and intelligent transformation in the financial sector.
AI-Driven Financial Services: Shifting Focus to Security and Global ExpansionRegulatory emphasis on AI security in finance opens new market opportunities. The company leverages secure, compliant AI solutions and globalizes by refining risk models, building local teams, and transforming into an AI-native organization for enhanced efficiency and scalability.
Navigating Industry Transition for Sustainable Growth Amidst Regulatory ChangesAmidst ongoing industry adjustments and regulatory shifts, the company anticipates a more stable market post-transition, focusing on strengthening its core business, enhancing efficiency, and pursuing sustainable growth strategies including overseas expansion, confident in long-term success.
Q2 Earnings Call: Industry Crisis Impact, Financial Discipline, and Risk MitigationThe earnings call detailed a challenging Q2 marked by industry-wide liquidity issues and regulatory scrutiny. Key points included a decline in net revenue, a focus on cost reduction and risk mitigation, and cautious customer acquisition. The company reported improved delinquency rates early in the quarter but noted a sudden reversal in August due to external factors. Provisions for potential credit losses were increased, and a prudent approach was adopted to ensure financial stability and long-term value creation.
Q&A Session: Measures for Liquidity Control and Financial Tightening in Q3A Q&A session covers measures taken to manage liquidity and financial tightening in the third quarter, with an emphasis on company strategies. The session guidelines encourage concise questions and translations for multilingual participants, aiming for clear communication and efficient handling of inquiries.
Credit Quality, Vintage Loss, and Collection Policies Impact AnalysisDiscussion focuses on credit quality implications, expected vintage loss increase, provisions for cushioning impacts, recovery ratio expectations post-policy tightening, and mitigation measures taken by the company.
Industry-wide Funding Crunch and Risk Surge Amid Regulatory CrackdownA nationwide regulatory crackdown on the collection industry, coupled with a tightened financial institutions' risk appetite, triggered a funding shortage, especially for smaller platforms. Risk levels rose significantly in August, prompting platforms to adjust strategies. The ultimate risk level remains uncertain pending market evolution and collection performance.
Risk Management Escalation: Tightening Strategies and Enhanced MonitoringThe focus has been on escalating risk management strategies, transitioning from a precautionary tightening to an accelerated approach. Key measures include strengthening the identification of high-risk customer segments, accelerating short-term risk model iterations, tightening underwriting standards, and reducing risk exposure across multiple dimensions. Continuous monitoring of early-stage risk metrics and plans for further tightening segment-specific screening criteria and asset distribution controls are also outlined.
Stabilizing Staffing & Collection Capacity: Early Interventions and Sustainable Postal ManagementThe focus is on stabilizing staffing and collection capacity, optimizing case allocation, and preventing further deterioration in delinquency inflow and collection rates for high-risk segments. Early interventions with dedicated personnel and relief plans are implemented, aiming to build a sustainable postal management capability that balances recovery performance with regulatory compliance through intelligent negotiation tools and differentiated relief solutions.
Sufficient Provision Levels Amid Market VolatilityDiscussed maintaining a robust provision approach, reaching historical highs in Q2, with a risk parent loan percentage of 5.4%, ensuring coverage for potential losses beyond normalized 3%-3.5% targets, even under extreme market conditions.
Analysis of Loan Volume Decline and Risk Management Strategies Amidst Industry ChallengesDiscussed factors contributing to July and August loan volume declines, emphasizing funding constraints and proactive risk management. Anticipated further cautious origination due to ongoing market volatility, prioritizing asset quality over immediate growth. Expected loan volume recovery unlikely in the near term, with growth reconsidered post-industry stabilization.
Navigating Industry Challenges and Regulatory Pressures: Balancing Capital Allocation and Shareholder ReturnsThe company faces a deteriorating industry environment and regulatory uncertainty, prompting a prioritization of capital allocation towards ensuring operational stability and strategic initiatives. While acknowledging short-term profitability pressures, there is a commitment to reassess and optimize capital allocation strategies, aiming to maintain a reasonable shareholder return policy in the long term, based on sustainable earnings and cash flows.
Q3 Guidance Amid Market Volatility: Focus on Risk Control and EfficiencyDiscusses Q3 assumptions in a volatile market, emphasizing risk control and efficiency over growth, with expectations of declining loan volumes and rising CMI due to tightened measures and market dynamics.
Navigating Industry-Wide Funding Challenges and Strategic Shifts in Customer AcquisitionThe dialogue discusses the industry's increased funding costs, investor risk aversion, and the shift towards a more conservative customer acquisition strategy focusing on quality and efficiency, anticipating a return to normalcy post-consolidation.
Navigating Market Volatility: Strategies for Customer Acquisition, Growth, and Overseas ExpansionThe dialogue discusses strategies for managing liquidity pressure and enhancing customer acquisition returns in a competitive market, emphasizing long-term value and disciplined risk management. It also outlines plans for overseas expansion, aiming to strengthen business fundamentals and capture growth opportunities post-market adjustments.
Overseas Expansion: Progress and Strategy in Europe, Latin America, and Southeast AsiaThe company discusses its steady overseas expansion, highlighting progress in Europe and Latin America, leveraging local data for risk management, and exploring partnerships in Southeast Asia. It emphasizes a patient, long-term approach to market penetration, focusing on risk control, model validation, and external funding to support growth.
Conference Call Concludes with Invitation for Offline EngagementThe dialogue marks the end of a conference call, inviting further questions offline, and thanks participants for their engagement before concluding the session.
要点回答
Q：What challenges has the China consumer finance industry faced since the start of 2026?
A：Since the start of 2026, the China consumer finance industry has faced challenges such as pressure, regulatory tightening, voluntary and involuntary deleveraging among households, and a crisis of confidence in the loan facilitation sector which caused a sharp tightening of liquidity across the market.
Q：What strategies has Cusin Holding employed to manage the industry adjustments?
A：Cusin Holding has remained committed to prudent operations, prioritizing compliance, risk management, and efficiency over scale. This involved continuously optimizing the user mix and business structure to enhance operational efficiency and strengthen the resilience of its business model.
Q：How has Cusin Holding's risk management performed as of the end of Q2?
A：As of the end of Q2, Cusin Holding's risk management has continued to improve, with a decline of 17% in the C2M2 ratio to 0.66%. The risk indicators improved, with lower funding costs and greater operating efficiency. The company maintained a prudent balance across risk scale and profitability and kept the risk level of new loans at historical lows.
Q：What steps have been taken to identify and manage high-risk personal loans?
A：Cusin Holding has tightened risk strategies by closely monitoring multiple borrowings and changes in customer liquidity. It analyzes signals like recent customer behavior, external borrowing exposure, and debt levels to promptly identify users with high debt burdens or declining income stability. The company also improved its collection scorecard and tailored outreach strategies based on each customer's risk profile and ability to repay, which improved the customer experience and made collection efforts more efficient.
Q：How has the company adjusted its acquisition strategy and channel mix?
A：Cusin Holding has moderated the pace of acquisition spending, continued optimizing the customer and loan mix, and decreased customer acquisition expenses by approximately 13% sequentially. It issued a higher share of loans to high-quality users and maintained strict discipline on payback periods. The company also scaled back long-tail API channels with weaker customer quality and less stable returns, leading to an improvement in the user and channel mix and a decrease in the average pricing of new loans.
Q：What changes have been made in the company's funding mix?
A：Cusin Holding further optimized the funding mix by increasing the contribution ofABS to external funding and proactively scaling back marginal assets with higher funding costs. As a result, overall funding costs declined by approximately 10 basis points sequentially. ABS issuance increased 90% sequentially, and issuance costs decreased by around 20 basis points. The company expects funding conditions to remain tight in the second half of the year and will continue to improve capital efficiency and overall portfolio yields.
Q：What is the impact of the new regulatory requirements on the industry and Cusin Holding?
A：The new regulatory requirements covering comprehensive financing, cost of personal loans, disclosures, and online marketing of financial products are taking effect in Q3. These measures establish higher standards for transparency and consumer protection, raising the bar for operational execution. Additionally, a nationwide regulatory campaign targeting the collection industry has led to a severe shortage of collection capacity and put pressure on collection costs and efficiency. In the long term, these measures are expected to foster a healthier and more sustainable industry ecosystem, leading to industry resources concentration among leading players with reasonable pricing, strong risk management, and disciplined operations. Cusin Holding expects to comply with these requirements and adapt its strategies accordingly.
Q：What progress has been made under the '1 core to win strategy'?
A：Under the '1 core to win strategy', the company has advanced its technology and credit capabilities to tech solutions for financial institutions, with Q2 showing a year-over-year increase of approximately 515% in Q2 loan volume enabled by the Tech Solutions business, reaching RMB 10.5 billion. The outstanding loan balance grew to around RMB 16.1 billion, up 313% through Focus Pro and other solutions. The company has embedded its customer acquisition, product risk management, operations, and post-loan management capabilities into the workflows of financial institutions, targeting segments typically priced between 3% and 12%.
Q：What are the key achievements in AI technology for financial services?
A：The key achievements in AI technology for financial services include securing two AI agent development projects with banks covering marketing growth and credit risk management. The AI loan officer will support relationship managers across the bank's retail SME and corporate banking businesses, enhancing processes from lead identification to customer engagement to conversion. The AI credit officer will support SME lending with transaction analysis, audio and video due diligence, and credit review and approval, which is expected to improve credit assessment and approval efficiency. These projects signify growing recognition of the company's AI agent capabilities in real-world financial environments.
Q：How is the regulatory framework for AI in financial services evolving?
A：The regulatory framework for AI in financial services is transitioning from encouraging innovation to prioritizing security and compliance. Since July, regulators have issued major policy documents, including guidance on the secure development and use of AI in banking and insurance sectors. This shift is expected to create greater market opportunities for the company's AI solutions, which are secure, compliant, and integrated into real-world financial workflows.
Q：What strategies are being employed for overseas expansion?
A：The company is combining Chinese credit market technology with strong local operations to build an efficient and replicable model for overseas expansion. In Q2, risk models were refined, and understanding of European and Latin American markets deepened using small-scale sample data. Competitive performance was shown in select markets with continued model iteration. The company's strength in risk management and technology is expected to set it apart in overseas markets. In Southeast Asia, licensing efforts, partnership opportunities, and local team building are advancing, with a disciplined approach to risk and capital deployment for efficient allocation.
Q：How is the company responding to industry adjustments and market volatility?
A：The company is responding to industry adjustments and market volatility by maintaining financial discipline, focusing on cost reduction, and risk mitigation. Customer acquisition costs have fallen sharply due to industry adjustments, and non-compliant practices are decreasing. The company expects a more stable and predictable regulatory environment after industry adjustments and will remain disciplined and vigilant in approaching regulation and risk. Under the new regulatory framework, the company will continue to strengthen capabilities, refine business models, and improve operating efficiency.
Q：What is the company's strategic focus going forward?
A：The company's strategic focus going forward includes remaining committed to the '1 core to win' strategy, anchored by the domestic credit business and supported by technology solutions, commercialization, and overseas expansion. The company aims to pursue sustainable, high-quality growth. The strategy is to thrive over the long term, focusing on customer retention, risk management, cost control, and capital efficiency.
Q：What measures has the company taken to address potential credit losses and provision booking ratios?
A：The company has continued to take a prudent approach to book provisions against potential credit losses, resulting in total new provisions for risk-bearing loans in the second quarter being approximately script script million billion, with a booking ratio reaching a historical high. Additionally, write backs of previous provisions were approximately script million in the second quarter, and the provision coverage ratio was 472% compared to 390 two-one percent in the first quarter.
Q：How much cash did the company generate in the second quarter, and what were the total cash and cash equivalents?
A：The company generated approximately Ed ed billion cash from operations in the second quarter compared to Ed ed billion in the first quarter, and total cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments were script script billion in the second quarter compared to Ed XII billion in the first quarter.
Q：What is the dividend payout ratio, and how does the company view capital allocation in the current market environment?
A：The dividend payout ratio is approximately script, and the company continues to face heavy headwinds due to the volatile market environment, serious mishaps among some peers, and intensifying regulatory scrutiny. In the long run, the company believes that optimizing capital allocation is key to driving long-term value for the company and stakeholders.
Q：What is the company's business outlook for the rest of 2026, and what is the expected non-GAAP net income for the third quarter?
A：Given micro and regulatory headwinds, the company will take an extra cautious approach in business planning for the rest of 2026. For the third quarter of Ed, the company expects to generate non-GAAP net income between RMB Ly million and R Ly million, representing a year-over-year decline between Rick and Rick.
Q：What actions have been taken in response to the tightened credit conditions and what are the expected increases in vintage loss and risk levels?
A：In response to tightened credit conditions, risk management has become a top priority. The company has progressively escalated its response from a precautionary tightening stance to an accelerated tightening approach in August. It has deployed measures across two key areas: risk strategy and post-load management. For August, it is expected that CTM will increase by roughly 20% sequentially. The company is focusing on identifying high-risk customer segments, accelerating the iteration of its short-term risk model, tightening underwriting standards, and optimizing the customer mix.
Q：What are the immediate priorities of the company regarding staffing, collection capacity, and delinquency?
A：The immediate priorities of the company include stabilizing staffing and collection capacity, optimizing case allocation, and preventing further deterioration in delinquency inflow and collection rates for high-risk segments.
Q：How has the company adjusted its provision approach in response to market conditions?
A：In response to the current market volatility and challenges to asset quality, the company has maintained a conservative provision approach. The percentage of risk-weighted loans has reached a historical high of approximately 5.4%, significantly higher than the normalized risk control target range of 3% to 3.5%. The company believes that current provision levels are more than sufficient to cover potential losses in any dramatic industry or market events.
Q：How does the company plan to address the current challenges and what is the expected impact on funding and origination?
A：The company plans to remain cautious on origination and focus on asset quality in the near term due to ongoing industry difficulties and regulatory uncertainty. The expected impact is a continuation of the cautious approach towards funding, with no immediate expectation for loan volume to return to Q2 levels.
Q：Will the company adjust its shareholder return policy given the deteriorating industry environment and regulatory constraints?
A：Despite the challenges, the company is still generating decent earnings and solid operating cash flow. In the short term, the priority is to safeguard the company's safety and operational stability. Long-term strategic initiatives will continue to receive resources, and a reasonable shareholder return policy will be maintained in the long run. The company will assess and optimize its capital allocation strategy based on sustainable normalized earnings and cash flows.
Q：What is the main assumption behind the Q3 guidance, and what key factors are driving the changes?
A：The main assumption behind the Q3 guidance is the operation in a highly volatile market environment with tightened funding supply and severe liquidity pressure. Key factors driving the changes include the implementation of new regulatory policies, funding availability, and a wave of smaller platforms facing exit due to funding depletion and deteriorating asset quality. These factors are causing the company to remain disciplined with risk control and efficiency prioritized over growth.
Q：What trends have been observed in market competition and acquisition spending across the industry?
A：Market competition has moderated as industry funding tightened and acquisition spending declined across the board, with most platforms significantly reducing their acquisition costs and focusing on the quality of new customers.
Q：What is the company's current focus regarding acquisition spending and customer strategy?
A：The company is focusing on generating actual return from acquisition spending, enhancing long-term value per dollar spent on acquisition, and maintaining a disciplined risk approach by prioritizing higher LTV users while keeping acquisition costs under control.
Q：How is the company preparing for the second half of the year in terms of industry adjustments and business fundamentals?
A：The company expects industry adjustments and the exit of weaker platforms to continue, so their near-term focus is to strengthen business fundamentals, improve the customer and channel mix, and enhance the efficiency of funding utilization. In the long term, they anticipate a healthier industry with market share becoming increasingly concentrated among leading platforms, providing an opportunity to further strengthen their competitive position.
Q：How is the company managing risk and capital in its overseas expansion?
A：The company treats regulation and risk with deep respect, recognizes the importance of time for risk model validation and unit economics refinements, and is cautious in all markets, operating with small teams, modest capital, and learning about business model customization and risk control. They plan to bring in external funding to reduce the burden on their own balance sheet as they prove their capabilities.
