SAN DIEGO, CA, Nov. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RYVYL Inc. (NASDAQ: RVYL) ("RYVYL” or the "Company"), a leading innovator of payment transaction solutions leveraging proprietary blockchain ledger and electronic token technology for the diverse international markets, has provided its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023.
Management Commentary by CEO Fredi Nisan:
Third Quarter 2023 and Subsequent Operational Highlights:
Summary and Outlook
During the third quarter of 2023 we continued to build on our rapid growth with record quarterly revenue for the 4th consecutive quarter of $17.5 million, an increase of 64% year over year, at the high end of our guidance of $16 to $18 million. Third quarter revenue was driven by processing volume of $861 million, an increase of 27% from the second quarter 2023 and above our guidance range of $720 to $800 million.
Strong growth in our international business, RYVYL EU, as well as growth in our North America acquiring business resulting from the establishment of additional processing channels in the U.S. for retail and online businesses paved the way for the record results. Against the backdrop of regulatory and banking uncertainty in the United States, we see our subsidiary in Europe, RYVYL EU, as a crucial growth driver for us. During Q3, RYVYL EU representing our international business, generated remarkable revenue growth of over 100% to $5.0 million.
We view Banking-as-a-Service as the future of global banking and are excited to be an enabling service provider in a space that is rapidly emerging and reaching new customers every day. Being a Visa Direct partner has allowed us to leverage their capabilities and provide a superior banking as a service offering. We are working tirelessly on this initiative which will enable us to better serve our customers, retain their loyalty, and create new revenue streams. By mid-year 2024, we expect RYVYL, along with its subsidiaries and other affiliates, to have a full global payments platform covering over one hundred local currencies with authorized accounts in the markets we operate in.
In further developments after our acquisition of Logicquest in April of this year, we continue to work towards the merger of Logicquest into coyni and obtain requisite regulatory approval to achieve an OTC entity for the coyni business – which will enable us to deploy the coyni business and executing on our value creation strategy in the U.S. and abroad. Recently, we launched the coyni Mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) app, transforming iOS and Android devices into a payment terminal for secure, efficient transactions. The coyni mPOS app provides merchants with a secure and convenient way to quickly add mPOS devices and users through a straightforward registration process to begin accepting payments. By integrating mPOS capabilities with the coyni platform, businesses and merchants can benefit from a comprehensive and user-friendly payment system. We remain firmly committed to executing our coyni business strategy.
Operationally, we appointed George Oliva as our Chief Financial Officer, replacing former Interim CFO, Gene Jones. George has over 30 years of experience as a senior finance professional, and we are privileged to have someone of his caliber and financial skill set to serve as our CFO.
During the third quarter we entered into an exchange agreement with the holder of RYVYL issued convertible note, initially in the principal amount of $100 million. To date, we have exchanged a portion of outstanding principal and interest of such convertible note resulting in a $6 million debt reduction and an increase in cash flow. We believe that this type of institutional level commitment is a major win for all our shareholders and illustrates the conviction we share in our mission as a disruptive force in digital payments landscape. During the third quarter, we also completed a 1-for-10 reverse stock split to increase the market price per share in an effort to ensure we maintain Nasdaq’s minimum bid compliance requirement for continued listing.
Looking ahead, we believe that we are well positioned to close out 2023 on a strong note and are projecting Q4 revenues to be in the range of $19.0 to $21.0 million on processing volume of $900 million to $1.0 billion. With steady growth in our core processing business and the ongoing implementation of key strategic growth initiatives with coyni and Banking-as-a-Service progressing, we believe that we are in the best position we have ever been to generate long-term sustainable value for our shareholders.
Third Quarter Financial Summary
Management will host a conference at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 13, 2023 to discuss third quarter 2023 financial results, provide a corporate update and conclude with a Q&A session. To participate, please use the following information:
Q3 2023 Conference Call and Webcast
Date: November 13, 2023
Time: 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
US Dial In: 1-844-826-3035
International Dial In: 1-412-317-5195
Webcast: https://viavid.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1639337&tp_key=8d9f96cede
Call me: Link
Please dial in at least 10 minutes before the start of the call to ensure timely participation. Participants can use Guest dial-in #s above and be answered by an operator OR click the Call me™ link for instant telephone access to the event and enter pass code 9364099. The Call me™ link will be made active 15 minutes prior to scheduled start time.
A replay of the call will be available through January 13, 2024, by calling 1-844-512-2921 within the United States or 1-412-317-6671 when calling internationally and entering access ID 10183517. An archived version of the webcast will also be available for 90 days on the IR section of the RYVYL website or by clicking the webcast link above.
About RYVYL
RYVYL Inc. (NASDAQ: RVYL) was born from a passion for empowering a new way to conduct business-to-business, consumer-to-business, and peer-to-peer payment transactions around the globe. By leveraging proprietary blockchain ledger and electronic token technology for the diverse international markets, RYVYL is a leading innovator of payment transaction solutions reinventing the future of financial transactions. Since its founding as GreenBox POS. in 2017 in San Diego, RYVYL has developed applications enabling an end-to-end suite of turnkey financial products with enhanced security and data privacy, world-class identity theft protection, and rapid speed to settlement. As a result, the platform can log immense volumes of immutable transactional records at the speed of the internet for first-tier partners, merchants, and consumers around the globe. www.ryvyl.com
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.
This press release includes information that constitutes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s current beliefs, assumptions and expectations regarding future events, which in turn are based on information currently available to the Company. Such forward-looking statements include statements regarding the timing of the filing of the aforementioned periodic reports and are characterized by future or conditional words such as "may," "will," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," “believe," "estimate" and "continue" or similar words. You should read statements that contain these words carefully because they discuss future expectations and plans, which contain projections of future results of operations or financial condition or state other forward-looking information.
By their nature, forward-looking statements address matters that are subject to risks and uncertainties. A variety of factors could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those expressed in or contemplated by the forward-looking statements, including the risk that the completion and filing of the aforementioned periodic reports will take longer than expected and that additional information may become known prior to the expected filing of the aforementioned periodic reports with the SEC. Other risk factors affecting the Company are discussed in detail in the Company’s filings with the SEC. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent required by applicable laws.
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RYVYL Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022
(unaudited)
| September 30, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | |||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current Assets: | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 15,845 | $ | 13,961 | ||||
| Restricted cash | 52,510 | 26,873 | ||||||
| Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $111 and $82, respectively | 698 | 1,156 | ||||||
| Cash due from gateways, net of allowance of $2,211 and $3,917, respectively | 8,324 | 7,427 | ||||||
| Prepaid and other current assets | 2,959 | 9,798 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 80,336 | 59,215 | ||||||
| Non-current Assets: | ||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 1,660 | 1,696 | ||||||
| Other assets | 1,826 | 197 | ||||||
| Goodwill | 26,753 | 26,753 | ||||||
| Intangible assets, net | 5,678 | 6,739 | ||||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets, net | 3,784 | 1,533 | ||||||
| Investments | 227 | 1,524 | ||||||
| Total non-current assets | 39,928 | 38,442 | ||||||
| Total Assets | $ | 120,264 | $ | 97,657 | ||||
| LIABILITIES, CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT | ||||||||
| Current Liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 3,592 | $ | 1,630 | ||||
| Other current liabilities | 5,133 | 3,662 | ||||||
| Accrued interest | 8 | 1,728 | ||||||
| Payment processing liabilities, net | 63,805 | 28,912 | ||||||
| Short-term notes payable | 15 | 14 | ||||||
| Derivative liability | 45 | 255 | ||||||
| Current portion of operating lease liabilities | 572 | 534 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 73,170 | 36,735 | ||||||
| Long-term debt, net of debt discount | 61,549 | 61,735 | ||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, less current portion | 3,567 | 1,109 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 138,286 | 99,579 | ||||||
| Commitments and contingencies | ||||||||
| Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, 15,000 shares authorized, shares issued and outstanding of 6,000 and 0, respectively | 6,664 | - | ||||||
| Stockholders’ Deficit: | ||||||||
| Common stock, par value $0.001, 17,500,000 shares authorized, shares issued and outstanding of 5,212,586 and 4,972,736, respectively | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Common stock issuable, par value $0.001 | - | - | ||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 96,741 | 96,256 | ||||||
| Deferred stock compensation | (62 | ) | - | |||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income | 1,208 | 1,596 | ||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (122,578 | ) | (99,772 | ) | ||||
| Less: Shares to be returned | - | (7 | ) | |||||
| Total stockholders’ deficit | (24,686 | ) | (1,922 | ) | ||||
| Total liabilities, convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ deficit | $ | 120,264 | $ | 97,657 | ||||
RYVYL, Inc.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income
For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022
| (dollars in thousands, except per share data) | ||||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||
| (as restated) | (as restated) | |||||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 17,480 | $ | 10,630 | $ | 43,620 | $ | 21,806 | ||||||||
| Cost of revenue | 10,800 | 4,333 | 25,703 | 11,343 | ||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 6,680 | 6,297 | 17,917 | 10,463 | ||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| Advertising and marketing | 45 | 438 | 153 | 1,106 | ||||||||||||
| Research and development | 1,315 | 1,442 | 4,434 | 5,300 | ||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 3,041 | 1,186 | 6,709 | 4,332 | ||||||||||||
| Payroll and payroll taxes | 2,605 | 2,385 | 8,232 | 7,481 | ||||||||||||
| Professional fees | 1,234 | 1,032 | 5,651 | 3,704 | ||||||||||||
| Stock compensation expense | 147 | 641 | 309 | 2,729 | ||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 657 | 2,299 | 1,899 | 4,880 | ||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 9,044 | 9,423 | 27,387 | 29,532 | ||||||||||||
| Loss from operations | (2,364 | ) | (3,126 | ) | (9,470 | ) | (19,069 | ) | ||||||||
| Other income (expense): | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | (65 | ) | (1,802 | ) | (3,310 | ) | (7,415 | ) | ||||||||
| Interest expense - debt discount | (4,183 | ) | 1,632 | (9,626 | ) | (11,540 | ) | |||||||||
| Loss on extinguishment and derecognition expense on conversion of convertible debt | (1,331 | ) | (8,105 | ) | (1,518 | ) | (9,762 | ) | ||||||||
| Changes in fair value of derivative liability | 6,909 | (4,143 | ) | 6,580 | 14,592 | |||||||||||
| Legal settlements expense | (1,929 | ) | - | (4,142 | ) | - | ||||||||||
| Merchant fines and penalty income | - | (368 | ) | - | (286 | ) | ||||||||||
| Other income or expense | (25 | ) | 63 | (1,474 | ) | 298 | ||||||||||
| Total other income (expense), net | (624 | ) | (12,723 | ) | (13,490 | ) | (14,113 | ) | ||||||||
| Loss before provision for income taxes | (2,988 | ) | (15,849 | ) | (22,960 | ) | (33,182 | ) | ||||||||
| Income tax provision | 128 | 35 | 138 | 37 | ||||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (3,116 | ) | $ | (15,884 | ) | $ | (23,098 | ) | $ | (33,219 | ) | ||||
| Comprehensive income statement: | ||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (3,116 | ) | $ | (15,884 | ) | $ | (23,098 | ) | $ | (33,219 | ) | ||||
| Foreign currency translation loss | (317 | ) | (311 | ) | (389 | ) | (708 | ) | ||||||||
| Total comprehensive loss | $ | (3,433 | ) | $ | (16,195 | ) | $ | (23,487 | ) | $ | (33,927 | ) | ||||
| Net loss per share: | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted | $ | (0.60 | ) | $ | (3.37 | ) | $ | (4.48 | ) | $ | (7.54 | ) | ||||
| Weighted average number of common shares outstanding: | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted | 5,231,588 | 4,710,495 | 5,160,499 | 4,407,280 | ||||||||||||
RYVYL, Inc
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022
| Nine Months Ended September 30 | ||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||
| (as restated) | ||||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (23,098 | ) | $ | (33,219 | ) | ||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization expense | 1,899 | 4,880 | ||||||
| Noncash lease expense | 246 | 54 | ||||||
| Stock compensation expense | 309 | 2,729 | ||||||
| Interest expense - debt discount | 9,626 | 11,540 | ||||||
| Changes in fair value of derivative liability | (6,580 | ) | (14,592 | ) | ||||
| Loss on extinguishment and derecognition expense upon conversion of debt | 1,518 | 9,762 | ||||||
| Changes in assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 457 | (308 | ) | |||||
| Prepaid and other current assets | 6,841 | (1,227 | ) | |||||
| Cash due from gateways | (896 | ) | (20 | ) | ||||
| Other assets | (1,480 | ) | 48 | |||||
| Accounts payable | 1,962 | (442 | ) | |||||
| Other current liabilities | 1,333 | 348 | ||||||
| Accrued interest | 554 | 534 | ||||||
| Payment processing liabilities | 34,893 | 7,566 | ||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | 27,584 | (12,347 | ) | |||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||
| Purchases of property and equipment | (78 | ) | (102 | ) | ||||
| Deposits on acquisitions. | - | (1,451 | ) | |||||
| Purchase of intangibles | - | (500 | ) | |||||
| Cash provided for Transact Europe Holdings OOD acquisition | - | (28,811 | ) | |||||
| Cash provided for Sky Financial & Intelligence asset acquisition | - | (16,000 | ) | |||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (78 | ) | (46,864 | ) | ||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||
| Treasury stock purchases | - | (4,057 | ) | |||||
| Proceeds from stock option exercises | - | 5 | ||||||
| Repayments on convertible debt | - | (6,000 | ) | |||||
| Repayments on long-term debt | (11 | ) | - | |||||
| Net cash used in financing activities | (11 | ) | (10,052 | ) | ||||
| Restricted cash acquired from Transact Europe | - | 18,677 | ||||||
| Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash | 27,495 | (50,586 | ) | |||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | 26 | (1,410 | ) | |||||
| Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash – beginning of period | 40,834 | 89,559 | ||||||
| Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash – end of period | $ | 68,355 | $ | 37,563 | ||||
| Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information | ||||||||
| Cash paid during the period for: | ||||||||
| Interest | $ | 2,709 | $ | 4,907 | ||||
| Income taxes | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
| Non-cash financing and investing activities: | ||||||||
| Convertible debt conversion to common stock | $ | 300 | $ | 8,550 | ||||
| Convertible debt conversion to preferred stock | $ | 4,297 | $ | - | ||||
| Interest accrual from convertible debt converted to preferred stock | $ | 2,271 | $ | - | ||||
| Interest accrual from convertible debt converted to common stock | $ | 3 | $ | - | ||||
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information
Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (“Adjusted EBITDA”) is a non-GAAP measure that represents our net loss before interest expense, amortization of debt discount, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, changes in the fair value of derivative liabilities, losses on the extinguishment and derecognition expenses on the conversion of convertible debt, non-cash stock-based compensation expense, acquisition-related expense, non-recurring provisions for credit losses on legacy matters, accounting fees related to the restatement of prior period financial statements, non-recurring costs related to the spin-off of a subsidiary, and legal costs and settlement fees incurred in connection with non-ordinary course litigation and other disputes.
We exclude these items in calculating Adjusted EBITDA because we believe that the exclusion of these items will provide for more meaningful information about our financial performance, and do not consider the excluded items to be part of our ongoing results of operations. Our use of Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our financial results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are: (a) although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future, and Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect cash capital expenditure requirements for such replacements or for new capital expenditure requirements; (b) Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs; (c) Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the potentially dilutive impact of equity-based compensation; (d) Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect tax payments that may represent a reduction in cash available to us; and (e) other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate Adjusted EBITDA or similarly titled measures differently, which reduces its usefulness as a comparative measure.
Because of these and other limitations, you should consider Adjusted EBITDA alongside our other GAAP-based financial performance measures, net income (loss) and our other GAAP financial results. The following table presents a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA from net loss, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, for the periods indicated:
Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) attributable to RYVYL, Inc., to Adjusted EBITDA for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022
| Three Months Ended September 30 | Nine Months Ended September 30 | |||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | (dollars in thousands) | |||||||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (3,116 | ) | $ | (15,884 | ) | $ | (23,098 | ) | $ | (33,219 | ) | ||||
| Interest expense, excluding amortization of debt discount | 65 | 1,802 | 3,310 | 7,415 | ||||||||||||
| Amortization of debt discount | 4,183 | (1,632 | ) | 9,626 | 11,540 | |||||||||||
| Income tax expense | 128 | 35 | 138 | 37 | ||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 657 | 2,299 | 1,899 | 4,880 | ||||||||||||
| EBITDA | 1,917 | (13,380 | ) | (8,125 | ) | (9,347 | ) | |||||||||
| Other non-cash adjustments | ||||||||||||||||
| Changes in fair value of derivative liability | (6,909 | ) | 4,143 | (6,580 | ) | (14,592 | ) | |||||||||
| Loss on extinguishment and derecognition expense on conversion of convertible debt | 1,331 | 8,105 | 1,518 | 9,762 | ||||||||||||
| Stock compensation | 147 | 641 | 309 | 2,729 | ||||||||||||
| Special Items | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-recurring legal settlements and ongoing matters and related legal fees | 2,197 | - | 5,308 | - | ||||||||||||
| Carryover effects of financial statement restatements in prior periods | - | - | 1,222 | - | ||||||||||||
| Non-recurring provision for credit losses on legacy matters | 1,369 | - | 1,994 | - | ||||||||||||
| Accounting fees related to the restatement of prior period financial statements | - | - | 237 | - | ||||||||||||
| Non-recurring impairment of right of use asset | - | - | 100 | - | ||||||||||||
| Non-recurring costs of spin-off | - | - | 29 | - | ||||||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 52 | $ | (491 | ) | $ | (3,988 | ) | $ | (11,448 | ) | |||||
| Loss from operations | $ | (2,364 | ) | $ | (3,126 | ) | $ | (9,470 | ) | $ | (19,069 | ) | ||||
| Last Trade: | US$1.71 |
| Daily Change: | 0.50 40.91 |
| Daily Volume: | 514,404 |
| Market Cap: | US$11.530M |
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