Why the alignment is built this way
PRISM is paid the same whether the pool performs or fails. That alignment is deliberate: it means there is no reason to hide bad news, and no incentive to push a pool that should not exist. It also means PRISM carries no credit risk and needs no lending licence. PRISM never makes a loan, never holds one, and is never the lender of record.The trade-off, stated honestly
Being paid the same either way cuts both ways. It removes the incentive to hide a bad pool. It also means PRISM does not share the downside an investor takes. What PRISM offers instead of shared downside is structure: the originator’s first loss, controlled collections, the automatic stop, and the true sale. Those are the things doing the work — not PRISM’s own exposure, because it has none.Fee levels
In the worked economics, PRISM’s fees are
$136,000 on a $10M pool — the smallest line in the table.