FunKite
19 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 21, 2024 by Alex Schwartz · said 8 times in 1 episodes since 2024 · across every show →
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2024 8 mentions in 1 episode
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Mar 21, 2024 neutral
Mar 21, 2024 positive
Mar 21, 2024 neutral
Schwartz: FundKite's eventual acquirer will be a bank or hedge fund
“There's really going to be only two buyers, right? There's either going to be a bank who's going to need, you know, this full setup that can underwrite and fund deals, or it's going to be a hedge fund that's just got an enormous amount of money to put out and …”
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Mar 21, 2024 bullish
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Mar 21, 2024 bearish
Schwartz: FundKite avoids trucking and bail bondsmen due to industry distress
“There's some industries that we don't cater to at the moment... Like transportation and trucking. They're really in trouble. Those guys are really having a big hard time right now. Getting by. We don't do bail bondsman. So truckers, transportation, and we've p…”
Mar 21, 2024 neutral
Mar 21, 2024
Schwartz: FundKite discounts balances for 30-day repayments rather than restructuring deals
“No, we don't restructure them, and I've never seen it explode in a way where they just pay back like that. However, you know, if a merchant comes back in 30 days and says, look, I just want to repay the receivables now, we just give them a discount on the bala…”
Mar 21, 2024
Mar 21, 2024 neutral
Mar 21, 2024
Schwartz: Revenue-based financing should be evaluated by capital cost, not APR
“The better way to look at this is, is the cost of capital. So, you know, I'm getting 90,000 dollars. I got to pay back a 100,000 dollars. My cost of capital is 10,000 dollars. That's the true way to look at this. And cause there is no term and that's really, r…”
Mar 21, 2024
Mar 21, 2024
Mar 21, 2024 negative
Schwartz: 90% of merchant defaults are orchestrated by debt settlement companies
“Nine out of 10 of those deals that go into defaults are not because the merchant is running into issues. They're going in because they get the debt settlement companies call them and say, basically stop paying. We're going to negotiate for less, right?”