# Marqeta, Inc. (MQ) FY 2024 MD&A

Verbatim Item 7 Management's Discussion and Analysis from Marqeta, Inc.'s 10-K for fiscal year 2024.

SEC filing source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1522540/000162828025008232/mq-20241231.htm
Accession: 0001628280-25-008232
Filing date: 2025-02-26
Report date: 2024-12-31
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Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

This discussion contains forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties. As discussed in the section titled “Note About Forward Looking Statements,” our actual results may differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those set forth under the section titled “Risk Factors” under Part I, Item 1A. You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our Audited Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

A discussion regarding our liquidity, financial condition, and results of operations for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 is presented below. A discussion regarding our liquidity, financial condition, and results of operations for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 compared to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 can be found in “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the SEC on February 28, 2024, which is hereby incorporated by reference.

Overview

Marqeta’s mission is modernizing financial services by making the entire payment experience native and delightful. Marqeta’s modern platform empowers our customers to create customized and innovative payment card programs with configurability and flexibility. Marqeta’s open APIs provide instant access to highly scalable, cloud-based payment infrastructure that enables customers to embed the payments experience into apps or websites for a personalized user experience. Customers can launch and manage their own card programs, issue cards, and authorize and settle payment transactions quickly using our platform. We also deliver robust card program management, allowing our customers to embed Marqeta in their offering without having to build certain complex compliance elements or customer support services.

Marqeta’s innovative products are developed with deep domain expertise and a customer-first mindset to launch, scale, and manage card programs. Marqeta provides all of its customers with issuer processor services, and for most of its customers it also acts as a card program manager. Depending on a customer’s desired level of control and responsibility, Marqeta can work with companies in a range of different configurations, but generally provides the following offerings:

•Managed By Marqeta: With Managed By Marqeta, Marqeta typically connects customers to an Issuing Bank partner to act as the BIN sponsor for the customer’s card program, manages the customer’s card program on behalf of the Issuing Bank, and provides a full range of services including configuring many of the critical resources required by a customer’s production environment. In addition to providing the customer access to the Marqeta dashboard via our APIs, Marqeta also manages a number of the primary tasks related to launching a card program, such as defining and managing the program with the Card Networks and Issuing Bank, operating the program and managing certain profitability components, and managing compliance with applicable regulations, the Issuing Bank, and Card Network rules. Also available are a variety of managed services, including dispute management, fraud scoring, card fulfillment, reconciliation, and cardholder support services.

•Powered By Marqeta: With Powered By Marqeta, Marqeta also provides customers access to the Marqeta dashboard via our APIs, provides payment processing, and assists with certain configuration elements that enable the customer to use the platform independently. Generally, our PxM customers are responsible for other elements of the card program, including defining and managing the program with the Card Networks and Issuing Bank as well as managing compliance with applicable regulations, the Issuing Bank, and Card Network rules.

Given the modularity of the Marqeta platform, certain customers can also opt to incorporate some elements of MxM into their card program to create a custom solution. Many customers adopt some combination of the MxM managed services even when not adopting the full MxM offering.

See the section titled “Business” under Part I, Item 1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further discussion of our business and products.

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Impact of Macroeconomic Factors

We are unable to predict the impact macroeconomic factors, including various geopolitical conflicts, uncertainty related to global elections, changes in inflation and interest rates, and uncertainty in global economic conditions, will have on our processing volumes and on our future results of operations. A deterioration in macroeconomic conditions could increase the risk of lower consumer spending, consumer and merchant bankruptcy, insolvency, business failure, higher credit losses, foreign currency fluctuations, or other business interruption, which may adversely impact our business. We continue to monitor these situations and may take actions that alter our operations and business practices as may be required by federal, state, or local authorities or that we determine are in the best interests of our customers, vendors, and employees. See the section titled “Risk Factors” under Part I, Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further discussion of the possible impact of these macroeconomic factors on our business.

Key Operating Metric and Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We review a number of operating and financial metrics, including the key operating metric set forth below, to help us evaluate our business and growth trends, establish budgets, evaluate the effectiveness of our investments, and assess operational efficiencies. In addition to the results determined in accordance with GAAP, the following table sets forth a key operating metric and non-GAAP financial measures that we consider useful in evaluating our operating performance.

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Total Processing Volume (“TPV”) - TPV represents the total dollar amount of payments processed through our platform, net of returns and chargebacks. We believe that TPV is a key operating metric and a principal indicator of the market adoption of our platform, growth of our brand, growth of our customers' businesses and scale of our business.

Adjusted EBITDA - Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure that is calculated as Net income (loss) adjusted to exclude depreciation and amortization; share-based compensation expense; executive chairman long-term performance award; payroll tax related to share-based compensation; restructuring charges; acquisition related expenses which consist of due diligence costs, transaction costs and integration costs related to potential or successful acquisitions and cash and non-cash postcombination compensation expenses; income tax expense (benefit); and other income, net, which consists of interest income from our short-term investments, realized foreign currency gains and losses, our share of equity method investments’ profit or loss, impairment of equity method investments or other financial instruments, and gain from sale of equity method investments. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA is an important measure of operating performance because it allows management and our board of directors to evaluate and compare our core operating results, including our operating efficiencies, from period to period. Additionally, we utilize Adjusted EBITDA as an input into our calculation of our annual employee bonus plans and performance-based restricted stock units. See the section below titled “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a discussion of the use of non-GAAP measures, a change in presentation, and a reconciliation of Net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA.

Adjusted EBITDA Margin - Adjusted EBITDA Margin is a non-GAAP financial measure that is calculated as Adjusted EBITDA divided by Net revenue. This measure is used by management and our board of directors to evaluate our operating efficiency. See the section below titled “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a discussion of the use of non-GAAP measures and a reconciliation of Net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA Margin.

Non-GAAP operating expenses - Non-GAAP operating expenses is a non-GAAP financial measure that is calculated as Total operating expenses adjusted to exclude depreciation and amortization; share-based compensation expense; executive chairman long-term performance award; payroll tax related to share-based compensation; restructuring charges; and acquisition-related expenses which consists of due diligence costs, transaction cost and integration costs related to potential or successful acquisitions, and cash and non-cash postcombination compensation expenses. We believe that non-GAAP operating expenses is an important measure of operating performance because it allows management and our board of directors to evaluate and compare our core operating results, including our operating efficiencies, from period to period. See the section below titled “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a discussion of the use of non-GAAP measures, a change in presentation, and a reconciliation of total operation expenses to non-GAAP operating expenses.

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Components of Results of Operations

Net Revenue

We have two components of net revenue: platform services revenue, net and other services revenue.

Platform services revenue, net. Platform services revenue includes Interchange Fees, net of Revenue Share and other service-level payments to customers, and Card Network and Issuing Bank costs for certain customer arrangements where the Company is an agent in the delivery of services to the customer. Platform services revenue also includes processing and other fees. “Interchange Fees” are transaction-based and volume-based fees set by a Card Network and paid by a merchant bank to the Issuing Bank that issued the payment card used to purchase goods or services from a merchant. The Company earns Interchange Fees on card transactions we process for our customers and are based on a percentage of the transaction amount plus a fixed amount per transaction. Interchange Fees are recognized when the associated transactions are settled.

“Revenue Share” payments are incentives to our customers to increase their processing volumes on our platform. Revenue Share is generally computed as a percentage of the Interchange Fees earned or processing volume and is paid to our MxM customers monthly. Revenue Share payments are recorded as a reduction to net revenue. Generally, as customers' processing volumes increase, the rates at which we share revenue increase.

Processing and other fees are priced as either a percentage of processing volume or on a fee per transaction basis and are earned when payment cards are used at automated teller machines or to make cross-border purchases. Minimum processing fees, where customers' processing volumes fall below certain thresholds, are also included in processing and other fees.

We recognize revenue when the promised services are complete, and our performance obligations are satisfied. Platform services are considered complete when we have authorized the transaction, validated that the transaction has no errors, and accepted and posted the data to our records.

Other services revenue. Other services revenue primarily consists of revenue earned for card fulfillment services. Card fulfillment fees are generally billed to customers upon ordering card inventory and recognized as revenue when the cards are shipped to the customers.

Costs of Revenue

Costs of revenue consist of Card Network fees, Issuing Bank fees, and card fulfillment costs for customer arrangements where the Company is the principal in providing services to the customer and excludes depreciation and amortization, which is reported separately within the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). Card Network fees are equal to a specified percentage of processing volume or a fixed amount per transaction routed through the respective Card Network. Issuing Bank fees compensate our Issuing Banks for issuing cards to our customers and sponsoring our card programs with the Card Networks and are typically equal to a specified percentage of processing volume or a fixed amount per transaction. Card fulfillment costs include physical cards, packaging, and other fulfillment costs.

We have separate marketing and incentive arrangements with Card Networks that provide us with monetary incentives for establishing customer card programs with, and routing volume through, the respective Card Network. The amount of the incentives is generally determined based on a percentage of the processing volume or the number of transactions routed over the Card Network. We record these incentives as a reduction of Card Network fees in customer arrangements where the Company is the principal. Generally, as processing volumes increase, we earn a higher rate of monetary incentives from these arrangements, subject to attaining certain volume thresholds during an annual measurement period. For certain incentive arrangements with an annual measurement period, the one-year period may not align with our fiscal year.

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We record network incentives in the period we attain the contractual volume thresholds, given the uncertainty in the ultimate annual attainment of incentives. As such, unusual fluctuations in Card Network fees can occur in the quarter in which volume thresholds are attained as higher incentive rates are applied to volumes over the entire measurement periods, which can span six or twelve months. Generally, we earn a higher rate of monetary incentives during the first quarter of our fiscal year, as the annual measurement period is closest to completion and higher volume thresholds have been reached. In the second quarter of the fiscal year, we generally earn the lowest rate of monetary incentives, as the annual measurement period and volume thresholds have reset.

As we continue to enhance our processes and improve our ability to estimate these annual incentives with increasing precision, the fluctuation in recognition of these network incentives throughout the year is expected to diminish.

Operating Expenses (Benefit)

Compensation and Benefits. Compensation and benefits consist primarily of salaries, employee benefits, severance and other termination benefits, incentive compensation, contractors’ cost, and share-based compensation.

Technology. Technology consists primarily of third-party hosting fees, software licenses, and hardware purchases below our capitalization threshold, and support and maintenance costs.

Professional Services. Professional services consist primarily of consulting, legal, audit, and recruiting fees.

Occupancy. Occupancy consists primarily of rent expense, repairs, maintenance, and other building related costs.

Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization consist primarily of depreciation of our fixed assets and amortization of capitalized internal-use software and developed technology intangible assets.

Marketing and Advertising. Marketing and advertising consist primarily of costs of general marketing and promotional activities.

Other Operating Expenses. Other operating expenses consist primarily of insurance costs, indemnification costs, travel-related expenses, indirect state and local taxes, and other general office expenses.

Executive Chairman Long-Term Performance Award. Executive Chairman Long-Term Performance Award consists of share-based compensation related to the Executive Chairman’s Long-Term Performance Award, including the impact of forfeiture. The Executive Chairman Long-Term Performance Award was forfeited in the current year as a result of the Company’s Executive Chairman transitioning to a non-employee director role on the board of directors.

Other Income, net

Other income, net consists primarily of interest income from our short-term investments and cash deposits, gain from sale of equity method investments, impairment of equity method investments or other financial instruments, equity method investment share of loss, and realized foreign currency gains and losses.

Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

Income tax expense (benefit) consists of U.S. federal and state income taxes, and income taxes related to certain foreign jurisdictions. We maintain a full valuation allowance against our U.S. federal and state net deferred tax assets as we have concluded that it is not more likely than not that we will realize our net deferred tax assets.

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Results of Operations

The following table sets forth our results of operations for the periods presented:

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Comparison of the Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2024 and 2023

Net Revenue

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Total net revenue decreased by $169.2 million, or 25%, for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023, of which $221.5 million was attributable to our largest customer, Block. The decrease in net revenue was primarily driven by the August 2023 Block Amendment which allowed for reduced pricing and impacted the revenue presentation for the Cash App program as fees owed to Issuing Banks and Card Networks related to the Cash App primary Card Network volume are recorded as a reduction to the revenue earned from the Cash App program within Net revenue effective as of July 1, 2023. In prior periods, these costs were included within Costs of revenue. The impact of these fees for the year ended December 31, 2024 was a $264.7 million reduction to Net revenue, negatively impacting the growth rate by 39 ppts. These decreases in net revenue were partially offset by increased TPV from Block’s programs. Net revenue from other customers increased $52.4 million primarily driven by an increase in TPV partially offset by the impact of contract renewals and unfavorable changes in the mix of our card programs, particularly the growth of our PxM offering.

Other services revenue increased $3.7 million, or 17%, for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. This growth was driven by a rise in card-related fulfillments, which included both one-time replacements and an overall increase in customer card shipments compared to the prior period.

The increase in TPV was mainly driven by growth across all our major verticals, particularly financial services, and PxM customers. The growth in TPV for our top five customers, as determined by their individual processing volume in each respective period, was 24% for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. This growth was mirrored by a 67% increase in TPV from all other customers for the same period. Note that the top five customers may differ between the two periods.

Costs of Revenue and Gross Margin

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Costs of revenue decreased by $191.5 million, or 55%, for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease was primarily due to the revenue presentation change for our fees owed to Issuing Banks and Card Networks related to the Cash App primary Card Network volume which are now reflected within net revenue as a result of the August 2023 Block Amendment. In

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addition, the Company realized improved economics with the Issuing Banks with which we work. These decreases were partially offset by increases in Issuing Bank and Card Network fees driven by TPV growth.

As a result of the decreases in costs of revenue being less than the decreases in net revenue explained above, our gross profit increased by $22.3 million, or 7%, for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. Our gross margin increased to 69% during the year ended December 31, 2024 from 49% during the year ended December 31, 2023.

Operating Expenses (Benefit)

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Salaries, bonus, benefits, and payroll taxes decreased by $57.8 million, or 18%, for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease was largely driven by lower year-over-year postcombination compensation costs to former employees of Power Finance. To a lesser extent, lower year-over-year severance costs related to the restructuring that occurred in 2023, lower average headcount, and an increase in salaries, bonus, and benefits costs capitalized for internal-use software development in 2024 also contributed to the decrease.

Share-based compensation increased by $9.0 million, or 7%, in the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023 mainly due to the increase in the number of RSU awards granted to employees, partially offset by higher share-based compensation capitalized for internal-use development.

Technology expenses increased by $4.4 million, or 8%, for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase was due to higher software as a service costs to support our continued growth and higher software licensing costs as we implement new internal systems and tools.

Professional services expenses decreased by $1.6 million, or 7%, for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease was due to the lower consulting fees incurred year over year.

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Occupancy expense increased by $1.6 million, or 37%, for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase was driven by the $1.4 million impairment of the right-of-use assets associated with the Company's Oakland office.

Depreciation and amortization increased by $6.7 million, or 63%, for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase was primarily due to an increase in the amortization of internally developed software as more projects have been capitalized and placed into service.

Marketing and advertising expenses increased by $0.4 million, or 16%, for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023.

Other operating expenses decreased by $1.2 million, or 7%, for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease was primarily due to cost optimization initiatives in the current year.

Executive chairman long-term performance award decreased for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the same period in 2023 primarily due to a one-time reversal of share-based compensation expense of $167.3 million, of which $144.6 million related to expenses recognized in prior periods, as the Executive Chairman Long-Term Performance Award was forfeited in the current year as a result of the Company’s Executive Chairman transitioning to a non-employee director role on the board of directors.

Other Income, Net

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Other income, net is largely comprised of interest income, and remained relatively flat for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023, as higher average yields were largely offset by lower average investment balances.

Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

We recognized income tax expense of $0.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to an income tax benefit of $7.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, which was primarily attributable to an $8.0 million partial valuation allowance release during 2023 due to the Power Finance acquisition, partially offset by income tax expenses resulting from profitable foreign operations.

Customer Concentration

We generated 47% and 68% of our net revenue from our largest customer, Block, during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

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Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Our non-GAAP measures have limitations as analytical tools and you should not consider them in isolation. These non-GAAP measures should not be viewed as a substitute for, or superior to, measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. In evaluating these non-GAAP measures, you should be aware that in the future we will incur expenses similar to the adjustments in the presentation of our non-GAAP measures set forth under “Key Operating Metric and Non-GAAP Financial Measures”. There are a number of limitations related to the use of these non-GAAP measures versus their most directly comparable GAAP measures, including the following:

•other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate adjusted EBITDA and non-GAAP operating expenses differently than how we calculate this measure or not at all; this reduces its usefulness as a comparative measure;

•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 expenditures; and

•adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the effect of income taxes that may represent a reduction in cash available to us.

We encourage investors to review the related GAAP financial measures and the reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.

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A reconciliation of net income (loss) to adjusted EBITDA and GAAP operating expenses to non-GAAP operating expenses for the periods presented is as follows:

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(1) Prior period amounts related to our Executive Chairman Long-Term Performance Award have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

(2) Restructuring includes a net reduction of $2.9 million of stock-based compensation related to the forfeiture of certain equity awards during the year ended December 31, 2023.

(3) Acquisition-related expenses, which include transaction costs, integration costs, and cash and non-cash postcombination compensation expense, have been excluded from adjusted EBITDA as such expenses are not reflective of our ongoing core operations and are not representative of the ongoing costs necessary to operate our business; instead, these are costs specifically associated with a discrete transaction.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Since our inception through June 30, 2021, we financed our operations primarily through sales of equity securities and payments received from our customers. In June 2021, we completed our IPO in which we received aggregate net proceeds of $1.3 billion after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $91.6 million and offering costs of $7.5 million.

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Sources of Cash

At December 31, 2024, our principal sources of liquidity included cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments totaling $1.1 billion, with such amounts held for working capital purposes, and cash provided by operations. Our cash equivalents and short-term investments were comprised primarily of bank deposits, money market funds, U.S. treasury bills, U.S. treasury securities, U.S. agency securities, asset-backed securities, and corporate debt securities. We have generated significant operating losses as reflected in our accumulated deficit, which is a trend we expect to continue.

Uses of Cash

Our primary uses of cash include operating costs such as compensation and benefits, technology costs, professional services, lease obligations, and other expenditures necessary to support our business. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our planned continuing investment in product development, platform infrastructure, share repurchases, and global expansion. We will use our cash for a variety of needs, including for ongoing investments in our business, potential strategic acquisitions, capital expenditures, and investment in our infrastructure, including our non-cancellable purchase commitments with cloud-computing service providers and certain Issuing Banks.

We believe our existing cash and cash equivalents and our short-term investments will be sufficient to meet our working capital and capital expenditure needs for more than the next 12 months, including the funding of our planned acquisition. For additional information about our planned acquisition, see Note 4 “Business Combinations” to our Consolidated Financial Statements. As of the date of filing this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we have access to and control over all our cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments, except amounts held as restricted cash.

On February 3, 2023, we acquired all outstanding stock of Power Finance. Upon the closure of the acquisition, we paid $135.8 million to the shareholders of Power Finance Inc, net of cash acquired. As part of the terms of the acquisition, we paid additional cash of $53.1 million for contingent consideration tied to performance-based goals that were achieved. We also entered into postcombination cash compensation arrangements with certain key acquired employees whereby we agreed to pay them $85.1 million of cash over a weighted average 2.2 year service period following the acquisition date (subject to forfeiture upon termination). As of December 31, 2024, $14.2 million of the postcombination cash compensation arrangements remained outstanding.

Share Repurchase

On September 14, 2022, our board of directors authorized a share repurchase program (the “2022 Share Repurchase Program”) of up to $100 million of our Class A common stock beginning September 15, 2022. Under the 2022 Share Repurchase Program, we were authorized to repurchase shares through open market purchases, in privately negotiated transactions or by other means, in accordance with applicable federal securities laws, including through trading plans under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. The 2022 Share Repurchase Program had no set expiration date; however, the 2022 Share Repurchase Program was exhausted during the first quarter of 2023.

On May 8, 2023, our board of directors authorized a share repurchase program (the “2023 Share Repurchase Program”) of up to $200 million of our Class A common stock. Under the 2023 Share Repurchase Program, we are authorized to repurchase shares through open market purchases, in privately negotiated transactions or by other means, in accordance with applicable federal securities laws, including through trading plans under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. The 2023 Share Repurchase Program has no set expiration date; however, the 2023 Share Repurchase Program was exhausted during the first quarter of 2024.

On May 6, 2024, our board of directors authorized a share repurchase program (the “2024 Share Repurchase Program”) of up to $200 million of our Class A common stock. Under the 2024 Repurchase Program, we are authorized to repurchase shares through open market purchases, in privately negotiated transactions or by other means, in accordance with applicable federal securities laws, including through trading plans under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. The 2024 Share Repurchase Program has no set expiration date and may be canceled or suspended at any time without notice. As of December 31, 2024 $80.5 million remained available for future share repurchases under the 2024 Share Repurchase Program.

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On February 25, 2025, the Company’s board of directors authorized an additional share repurchase program of up to $300 million of the Company’s Class A common stock (the “2025 Share Repurchase Program”). Under the 2025 Share Repurchase Program, the Company is authorized to repurchase shares through open market purchases, in privately negotiated transactions, or by other means, in accordance with applicable federal securities laws, including through trading plans under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. The number of shares repurchased and the timing of purchases are based on general business and market conditions, and other factors, including legal requirements. The 2025 Share Repurchase Program has no set expiration date.

Restricted Cash

At December 31, 2024, we had $8.5 million in restricted cash which included a deposit held at an Issuing Bank to provide the Issuing Bank collateral in the event that our customers' funds are not deposited at the Issuing Bank in time to settle our customers' transactions with the Card Networks. Restricted cash also includes cash held at a bank to secure our payments under a lease agreement for our office space.

Cash Flows

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the periods indicated:

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Operating Activities

Our largest source of cash provided by our operating activities is our net revenue. Our primary uses of cash in our operating activities are for Card Network and Issuing Bank fees, and employee-related compensation. The timing of settlement of certain operating assets and liabilities, including revenue share payments, bonus payments, prepayments made to cloud-computing service providers, settlement receivables, and network incentive receivables can affect the amounts reported as Net cash used in or provided by operating activities on the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.

Net cash provided by operating activities was $58.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to $21.1 million in the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase in net cash provided by operating activities during fiscal year 2024 was due mainly to higher gross profit and lower operating expenses that improved net income year-over-year and favorable timing of settlement receivable collections. These benefits were partially offset by the unfavorable timing of revenue share payables.

Investing Activities

Net cash provided by investing activities consists primarily of maturities and sales of our investments in short-term investments and sale of equity method investments. Net cash used in investing activities consists primarily of purchases of short-term investments, purchases of property and equipment, and equity method investments.

Net cash provided by investing activities was $70.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to $38.5 million in the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase in net cash provided by investing activities is primarily due to the Power Finance acquisition which occurred in 2023, partially offset by a decrease in cash inflows from the maturities and sales of short-term investments and higher capitalization of internal-use-software in the current year.

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities consists primarily of net payments related to the share-based compensation activities and share repurchase programs.

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Net cash used in financing activities was $186.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to $261.8 million in the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease in net cash used in financing activities is primarily due to the payment of the contingent consideration from our Power Finance acquisition in the prior year and lower payments to repurchase our Class A common stock under the 2024 and 2023 Share Repurchase Programs, partially offset by higher tax payments related to net share settlement of share-based compensation awards.

Obligations and Other Commitments

Our principal commitments consist of obligations under our operating leases for office space and other non-cancellable purchase commitments. For additional information about our operating leases and non-cancellable purchase commitments, see Note 9 “Leases” and Note 10 “Commitments and Contingencies” to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our Consolidated Financial Statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these Consolidated Financial Statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, costs, and expenses, and related disclosures. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our accounting estimates and assumptions. Our actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

Our significant accounting policies, including recently issued and adopted accounting pronouncements, are described in “Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the accompanying notes to our Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We believe that of our significant accounting policies, the following policies involve accounting estimates and assumptions which we consider to be the most critical to our financial statements. An accounting estimate or assumption is considered critical if both (a) the nature of the estimate or assumption is material due to the levels of subjectivity and judgment involved, and (b) the impact within a reasonable range of outcomes of the estimate and assumption is material to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

Revenue Recognition

We interact with third party Issuing Banks and Card Networks to deliver our Platform Services to our customers. For revenue generated from customer arrangements that involve third parties, there is significant judgment in evaluating whether we are the principal, and report revenue on a gross basis, or the agent, and report revenue on a net basis. In this assessment, we consider if we obtain control of the specified goods or services before they are transferred to the customer. The assessment of whether we are considered the principal or the agent in a transaction could impact our Net revenue and Cost of revenue recognized on the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).

Business Combinations

When we acquire a business, the purchase price is allocated to the acquired assets, including separately identifiable intangible assets, and assumed liabilities at their respective estimated fair values. Any residual purchase price is recorded as goodwill. The allocation of the purchase price requires management to make significant estimates in determining the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, especially with respect to intangible assets. These estimates can include, but are not limited to:

•future expected cash flows from acquired developed technologies;

•obsolescence curves and other useful life assumptions, such as the period of time and intended use of acquired intangible assets in our product offerings;

•discount rates;

•uncertain tax positions and tax-related valuation allowances; and

•fair value of assumed equity awards.

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These estimates are inherently uncertain and unpredictable, and unanticipated events and circumstances may occur that could affect the accuracy or validity of such assumptions, estimates, or actual results. During the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, adjustments to the fair value of these tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed may be recorded, with the corresponding offset to goodwill. We continue to collect information and reevaluate these estimates and assumptions quarterly and record any adjustments to our preliminary estimates to goodwill provided that we are within the measurement period. Upon the conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of the fair value of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded to the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).

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