Payoneer Reports Second Quarter 2023 Financial Results

Record quarterly revenue, up 40% year-over-year

Significantly expanding profitability while investing for near- and long-term growth

Announces an agreement to acquire a licensed China-based payment service provider

Payoneer Global Inc. (“Payoneer” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: PAYO), the financial technology company empowering the world’s small and medium sized businesses to transact, do business and grow globally, today reported financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2023.

Second Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights

1. Active ICPs are defined as customers with a Payoneer Account that have on average over $500 a month in volume and were active over the trailing twelve-month period.

“Payoneer delivers a broad suite of payment and financial services to emerging market SMBs,” said John Caplan, Chief Executive Officer of Payoneer. “Our customers use Payoneer as the easiest, most reliable way to connect into the global economy and manage their international financial activity across currencies, countries, customers, suppliers, and vendors.”

“We are making meaningful progress in growing ICPs and improving our overall customer experience. We increased active ICPs year-over-year by 13% each in APAC, SAMEA, and Latin America, rolled out new product features, and announced agreements to acquire a licensed China-based payment service provider and a real-time data platform. I am confident about our ambitious strategy for delivering durable profitable growth.”

Second Quarter 2023 Business Highlights (unless noted otherwise)

• 6% active ICP growth year-over-year, including a second consecutive quarter of 18% growth in our larger ICPs, or those who have on average over $10k a month in volume
• Announced an agreement to acquire a licensed China-based payment service provider on August 8, 2023. This transaction will support Payoneer’s fast-growing China business upon close, and is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals
• Total B2B volume decreased 2% year-over-year; excluding the impact of customers proactively exited in 3Q22, B2B volume increased 12%
  • In APAC, SAMEA, and Latin America, where we predominantly serve outsourcing and services businesses, B2B volume grew 29% year-over-year
• New and foundational product enhancements to serve larger ICPs, including scheduling payments, enabling multi-user access and card spend limits, and real-time availability of funds for US-based B2B payers via open banking integrations
• On August 2, 2023, acquired Spott, a real-time data platform that will help us drive faster underwriting decisions in our working capital business
• $20 million of share repurchases in the second quarter
• $5.5 billion of customer funds as of June 30, 2023, up 8% year-over-year

2023 Guidance

“We continue to steadily acquire ICPs, generate significant revenue growth and margin expansion, and invest for future growth,” said Bea Ordonez, Chief Financial Officer. “Our revenue growth is accelerating as we increase monetization of our customer segments, drive ICP growth, and earn interest income revenue from customer funds held on our platform.”

“We are raising our full year 2023 guidance. We saw improving revenue growth trends in the second quarter and better exit rate dynamics, and we now expect $210 million of interest income revenue for the full year. Our $20 million increase in adjusted EBITDA guidance reflects the in-year benefit of recent headcount reductions, restricted hiring, and cost savings within our transaction expenses. We are improving our operating margin while accelerating our product roadmap, enhancing our customer experience, and expanding our global licensing framework.”

2023 guidance is as follows:

Guidance for fiscal year, where adjusted, is provided on a non-GAAP basis, which Payoneer will continue to identify as it reports its future financial results. The Company cannot reconcile its expected adjusted EBITDA to expected net income under “2023 Guidance” without unreasonable effort because certain items that impact net income and other reconciling metrics are out of the Company's control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted at this time, which unavailable information could have a significant impact on the Company’s GAAP financial results.

Webcast

Payoneer will host a live webcast of its earnings on a conference call with the investment community beginning at 8:30 a.m. ET today, August 8, 2023. To access the webcast, go to the investor relations section of the Company’s website at https://investor.payoneer.com. A replay will be available on the investor relations website following the call.

About Payoneer

Payoneer is the financial technology company empowering the world’s small and medium-sized businesses to transact, do business and grow globally. Payoneer was founded in 2005 with the belief that talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. It is our mission to enable anyone anywhere to participate and succeed in the global digital economy. Since our founding, we have built a global financial platform that has already made it easier for millions of SMBs, particularly in emerging markets, to pay and get paid, manage their funds, and grow their business.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes, and oral statements made from time to time by representatives of Payoneer, may be considered “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or Payoneer’s future financial or operating performance. For example, projections of future revenue, transaction cost and adjusted EBITDA are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “will,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “predict,” “potential” or “continue,” or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Payoneer and its management, as the case may be, are inherently uncertain. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to: (1) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (2) the possibility that Payoneer may be adversely affected by geopolitical and other economic, business and/or competitive factors; (3) Payoneer’s estimates of its financial performance; (4) the outcome of any known and/or unknown legal or regulatory proceedings; and (5) other risks and uncertainties set forth in Payoneer’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2022 and future reports that Payoneer may file with the SEC from time to time. Nothing in this press release should be regarded as a representation by any person that the forward-looking statements set forth herein will be achieved or that any of the contemplated results of such forward-looking statements will be achieved. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. Payoneer does not undertake any duty to update these forward-looking statements.

Financial Information; Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Some of the financial information and data contained in this press release, such as adjusted EBITDA, have not been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Payoneer uses these non-GAAP measures to compare Payoneer’s performance to that of prior periods for budgeting and planning purposes. Payoneer believes these non-GAAP measures of financial results provide useful information to management and investors regarding certain financial and business trends relating to Payoneer’s results of operations. Payoneer's method of determining these non-GAAP measures may be different from other companies' methods and, therefore, may not be comparable to those used by other companies and Payoneer does not recommend the sole use of these non-GAAP measures to assess its financial performance. Payoneer management does not consider these non-GAAP measures in isolation or as an alternative to financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP. The principal limitation of these non-GAAP financial measures is that they exclude significant expenses and income that are required by GAAP to be recorded in Payoneer’s financial statements. In addition, they are subject to inherent limitations as they reflect the exercise of judgments by management about which expense and income are excluded or included in determining these non-GAAP financial measures. In order to compensate for these limitations, management presents non-GAAP financial measures in connection with GAAP results. You should review Payoneer’s financial statements, which are included in Payoneer’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and not rely on any single financial measure to evaluate Payoneer’s business.

Non-GAAP measures include the following item:

Adjusted EBITDA: We provide adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure that represents our net income (loss) adjusted to exclude: M&A related expense (income), stock-based compensation expenses, reorganization related expenses, share in losses (gain) of associated company, gain from change in fair value of warrants, other financial expense (income), net, taxes on income, and depreciation and amortization.

Other companies may calculate the above measure differently, and therefore Payoneer’s measures may not be directly comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.

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