Merchant Accounts Payable

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Merchant Accounts Payable

Merchant Accounts Payable

Merchant accounts payable represents amounts owed to merchants related to orders placed on the Sezzle Platform.

We offer our merchants an interest-bearing program in which merchants may defer payment from us in exchange for interest. Within merchant accounts payable, $53,616,718 and $66,469,982 were recorded within the merchant interest program balance as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Effective March 20, 2023, all deferred payments retained in the program bear interest at a fixed rate of 5.20% on an annual basis, compounding daily. Between August 1, 2022 and March 19, 2023 deferred payments retained in the program bore interest at a fixed rate of 3.80% on an annual basis, compounding daily. Between March 1, 2022 and July 31, 2022 deferred payments retained in the program bore interest at the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) plus 3.00% on an annual basis, compounding daily, and prior to March 1, 2022 the LIBOR daily (3 month) rate plus 3.00% on an annual basis, compounding daily. The average annual percentage yield and related interest expense was 4.31% and $2,587,908, and 3.56% and $2,484,997 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Deferred payments are due on demand, up to $250,000 during any seven-day period, at the request of the merchant. Any request larger than $250,000 is processed within seven to ten days. We reserve the right to impose additional limits on the program and make changes to the program without notice or limits. These limits and changes to the program can include, but are not limited to, maximum balances, withdrawal amount limits, and withdrawal frequency.