FAQ
Recent FAQ
- Q1Please describe the situation regarding the financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year ending March 2025.
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A1
Please refer to the Financial Highlights.
- Q2Please describe the situation regarding the consolidated outlook for the fiscal year ending March 2025.
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A2
Please refer to the Financial Highlights.
- Q3Please give us your view on dividends.
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Please refer to the Shareholder/Stock Information.
- Q4Please describe the timing for increasing dividends.
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Based on the capital policy outlined in the Medium-Term Management Plan 2024, prioritizing growth investments while considering the enhancement of shareholder returns.
Please note that a comment on the specific timing of any dividend increase will not be provided.
For more information about the Medium-term Management Plan 2024, please see here.
Management Policy/ Environment
- Q1Please describe the AIFUL Group's management policy.
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Please refer to the Management Policy.
- Q2Please describe the market environment for unsecured loans.
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Please refer to Appendix of the Financial Presentation Material.
- Q3What is AIFUL’s M&A targets and direction?
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Targets will be considered based on their synergy with our group, future potential (growth prospects), and contribution to a consolidated ROE of 10% or more.
- Q4AIFUL is aiming to become an IT company. What is the definition of an IT company?
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An IT company is defined as one that creates products from the bottom up rather than top down approach, thereby increasing the speed of decision-making and product release, making us a company that customers choose.
Business Performance
- Q1Please describe the situation regarding the loan business.
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A1
【AIFUL】
The number of new contracts for unsecured loans was 89,000 (up 0.7% year on year) and unsecured loans outstanding were 561,051 million yen (up 11.5% from the previous year-end) in the first quarter of fiscal year ending March 2025.
- Q2Please describe the situation regarding the credit business.
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As of the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2025, credit card purchase was 110,035 million yen (up 4.2% year on year), installment sales finance was 69,627 million yen (up 64.3% year on year). As a result, the overall balance of installment receivable in the credit business was 179,663 million yen (up 21.4% year on year).
- Q3Please provide an overview of credit guarantee business situation.
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A3
【AIFUL】
As of the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2025, credit guarantee for unsecured personal loan was 165,953 million yen (up 13.1% year on year), and credit guarantee for small business loan was 58,835 million yen (up 30.9% year on year).
- Q4Please describe the situation regarding the overseas business.
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The AIFUL Group currently operates group companies in the Kingdom of Thailand and the Republic of Indonesia, where we offer consumer finance and used car loans to local customers.
AIRA & AIFUL Public Company Limited introduced eKYC ahead of other companies and worked to expand the balance of operating loans by acquiring new customers. However, the collection environment has recently slightly worsened somewhat due to the end of the COVID-19 remedy measures.
As a result of the above, AIRA & AIFUL Public Company Limited posted operating revenue of 1,977 million yen (up 3.7% year on year), operating loss of 628 million yen, ordinary loss of 627 million yen and net loss of 529 million yen in the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2025.
- Q5Please describe the situation regarding the non-performing loans (NPL).
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In the first quarter of fiscal year ending March 2025, amount of AIFUL’s non-performing loans outstanding increased to 95,616 million yen (up 12.2% year-on-year) and the NPL ratio stood at 16.4% (up 0.2pt year on year).
The increase in non-performing loans outstanding was primarily due to an increase in the number of settlement receivables with regular deposits (restructured loans), although it takes a certain amount of time to settle.
On the other hand, the ratio of bad debt write-offs remained stable at a low level of 1.2%.
- Q6Please describe the situation regarding the interest repayment claims.
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The interest repayment claims at AIFUL (non-consolidated) have significantly decreased from the peak of 16,000 claims in February 2011, due to factors such as more than 15 years having passed since the Supreme Court decision and this decreasing trend continues.
In the first quarter of fiscal year ended March 2025, interest repayment claims decreased by 43.0% from the previous year to 650. Interest repayment decreased by 45.2% year on year to 880 million yen and waiver of principals related to interest repayment decreased by 65.9% to 44 million. As a result, total withdraw for interest repayment decreased by 46.7% year on year to 925 million yen.
Stock Information/ Others
- Q1What is the current equity ratio?
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Please refer to the Financial Highlights.
- Q2What are AIFUL's current credit ratings?
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Please refer to Corporate Bonds/Rating.
- Q3What stock exchanges list the company's shares?
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The Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
- Q4What is AIFUL's securities code?
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8515.
- Q5How many shares are there in a trading unit?
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100.
- Q6Is there a shareholder gift scheme?
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AIFUL has not introduced a shareholder gift scheme.
- Q7Who is the transfer agent of the shareholders' register?
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The transfer agent of AIFUL's shareholders' register is the Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited. (Please see here for contact details.)
- Q8Can you explain the procedure for name and address changes relating to shares?
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The various procedures for AIFUL's shares are handled by the Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited which is the transfer agent of the shareholders' register. Please contact the transfer agent of the shareholders' register for details. In addition, shareholders who use the depository system should contact the securities company where they conduct business.
- Q9Can you outline historical stock splits and purchases of treasury stock?
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Please see here for historical stock splits and purchases of treasury stock.
- Q10When is the fiscal year of AIFUL?
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AIFUL closes the fiscal year on March 31. AIFUL announces quarterly result.
- Q11What is the date of the Monthly Data release?
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Monthly Data is announced on the 25th of the following month.
The monthly data for June, September, December and March which are the quarterly fiscal year-ends, will be announced in the same date as the announcement date of each financial period.
- Q12When was the company established?
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February 1978. See History for a list of AIFUL milestones.
- Q13Where can I make an IR-related inquiry?
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Please use Contact Details.