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| First, we continue to benefit from our platform model with rich product offering and network effect |
| Our net loss margin and non-GAAP adjusted net loss margin for third quarter improved to 2.5% and 2.2%, respectively, compared with the same period of 2022 |
| The overall ROI for recommendation services and marketing and other services improved by six percentage points year-over-year to 141% in the third quarter, reflecting our continuous efforts to expand new business initiatives, monitor customer acquisition costs, and improve operational efficiency |
| The continuous implementation of stabilization policies has yielded encouraging results, driving a recent acceleration in growth |
| The macroeconomy showed signs of improvement in the third quarter as GDP grew 4.9% year-over-year, surpassing market expectations |
| This is a strong testament to our success in applying our advanced AI technologies and strong digital marketing capabilities beyond the financial sector into adjacent categories |
| We believe that the government's recent measures to stimulate demand and stabilize the property market will act as positive catalysts, injecting new energy into the ongoing economic recovery |
| Second, we further enhanced our efficiency and improved our cost optimization |
| Revenues from loan recommendation service maintained the strong growth momentum, increasing by 25.3% year-over-year in the third quarter, mainly driven by a 48% year-over-year increase in the number of loan applications to approximately $7.4 million |
| We leveraged our deep industry insights, market leading technologies, and diversified business model to maintain steady revenue growth since the start of the year |
| We also observed that the steady uptick in retail sales growth reflects a certain degree of resilience in the economy |
| During the third quarter, we continue to diversify our business mix, improve our operational efficiency and optimize our cost structure |
| Inspired by such culture, an AI Hackathon event has been successfully organized to pursue new avenues of AI development |
| These tools have consistently streamlined our work processes and boosted our operational efficiency |
| Despite the fluctuation in revenue, our ROI experienced a remarkable 5.9 percentage points increase year-over-year, reaching 141.2% in the third quarter |
| We have made progress in carefully navigating this challenge environment since earlier this year, and continue to diligently execute our diversification strategy |
| However, as we successfully executed our strategy to prioritize efficiency over scale, we managed to achieve a significant efficiency gain with a higher ROI of 141.2% in this quarter |
| As a result of our continued efficiency gain and cost optimization, our net loss was RMB6.4 million in the third quarter, achieving 74.5% improvement year-over-year |
| Our unwavering dedication to being user-oriented will drive us to consistently deliver services and products that deeply connect with our customers |
| Our total revenue has witnessed a commendable increase of 12.0% year-over-year to RMB830.5 million during the past three quarter |
| At the same time, we continued to diversify our marketing and acquisition channels and successfully signed up a number of strategic partners in the third quarter |
| Thanks to our commitment to the corporate culture, the unwavering collaboration and mutual support of all employees have brought us to where we are now |
| Revenues from marketing services and other services saw a year-over-year growth of 72.1% during the first three quarters of 2023 |
| We will continue to execute on our strategy for driving the digital transformation of the financial and other industries, empowering our ecosystem partners with digital technology and artificial intelligence |
| Revenues from marketing and other services increased by 41.3% to RMB45.5 million in the third quarter of 2023 from RMB32.2 million in the same period of 2022, primarily due to the growth of our insurance brokerage services and other new businesses |
| As a company dedicated to embracing new technology, we are constantly exploring ways to improve our productivity and efficiency |
| As David mentioned earlier, we have made progress in carefully navigating this challenging environment |
| Oscar Chen Thank you, David, as well as David's AI system, who did a great job just now |
| Looking back into the past 12 years, we have experienced remarkable achievements as well as challenging obstacles |
| We also continue to execute our cost optimization initiatives |
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| In the third quarter, our total revenue experienced a decrease of 4.9% year-over-year and 10.5% quarter-over-quarter, mainly due to certain headwinds and challenges on our businesses |
| Revenues from credit card recommendation services decreased by 31.8% year-over-year, mainly due to that certain bank credit card issuers tightened their credit policy and lowered their marketing budgets since the second quarter |
| As a result, banks further cut down their marketing budget on new card issuance, providing challenges for our credit card recommendation services |
| For example, banks continue to tighten their marketing budget, particularly on credit cards, given the softening consumer spending and rising delinquency |
| In the third quarter, the total recommendation service revenues decreased by 9.6% year-over-year to RMB191.2 million |
| Revenues from our big data and system-based risk management services decreased by 24.4% to RMB18.9 million in the third quarter of 2023 from RMB25 million in the same period 2022 |
| Due to these impacts, our total revenue in the third quarter experienced a year-over-year decrease of 4.9% to [RMB255.6 million] |
| Credit card volume decreased by 27.3% year-over-year to approximately RMB0.8 million |
| Meanwhile, the overall recovery of consumer confidence was relatively slow and it would take some time for the stimulus, such as the current accommodative monitory policy to have a noticeable effect of the grassroots level |
| These risks may cause the company's actual results or performance to differ materially |
| Cost of promotion and acquisition decreased by 7% year-over-year to RMB167.6 million in third quarter |
| As a result, cost of operation decreased by 30.5% to RMB14.6 million in the third quarter of 2023 from RMB21 million in the same period of 2022 |
| Additionally, the industry where our big data and risk management services are situated has been affected by recent regulations |
| Our sales and marketing expenses, R&D and the general and administrative expenses, decreased by 3.8%, 8.4%, and 1.7% year-over-year, respectively, measured as a percentage of total revenue |
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