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Interest rates
−Removed: While operating net interest income has become a meaningful component to our consolidated operating results, we do not consider our investment portfolio to be subject to material interest rate risk since it is comprised predominantly of fixed rate securities.
+Added: While operating net interest income is a meaningful component to our consolidated operating results, we do not consider our investment portfolio to be subject to material interest rate risk since it is comprised predominantly of fixed rate securities.
The composition of our portfolio is price sensitive to rate changes, which can impact unrealized gains or losses in our portfolio.
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Our cash and cash equivalents are also subject to changes in short-term rates.
−Removed: The FOMC increased the federal funds target rate in July 2023 to a range of 5.25%-5.50%, which will continue to impact the amount of net interest income we earn.
−Removed: While it is expected that the FOMC will decrease interest rates during 2024, we expect that an elevated interest rate environment may persist for the foreseeable future.
+Added: The Federal Open Market Committee ("FOMC") decreased the federal funds target rate in September 2024 to a range of 4.75%-5.0%, the first rate cut in over four years, and further reduced interest rates by an additional 50 basis points during the fourth quarter of 2024.
The FOMC's decision-making policies for short-term interest rates will continue to impact the amount of net interest income we earn in the future.
−Removed: In addition, certain of our BaaS partner arrangements allow for the BaaS partner to share in a significant portion of the interest earned from accountholder deposits (which are recorded as a reduction of revenue) and yields on our investment portfolio tend to lag interest rate increases as securities mature and proceeds are reinvested.
−Removed: Accordingly, the net effect has had and we expect may continue to have a negative impact on our consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2023, we had $61.0 million outstanding under our $100.0 million line of credit agreement.
+Added: In general, while increases in short-term interest rates benefit the yield we earn on our cash, certain of our BaaS partner arrangements allow for the BaaS partner to share in a significant portion of the interest earned from accountholder deposits (which are recorded as a reduction of revenue in our consolidated financial statements) and yields on our investment portfolio tend to lag interest rate increases as securities mature and proceeds are reinvested.
+Added: Accordingly, the net effect has had and we expect will continue to have a negative impact on our consolidated financial statements and will be dependent upon future interest rate changes enacted by the Federal Reserve.
+Added: In September and October 2024, we issued and sold Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $50 million.
+Added: The principal amounts of the Notes bear interest at a fixed rate of 8.75% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears and maturing in September 2029.
+Added: In February 2025, we issued and sold additional Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $15 million.
Refer to Note 11 — Debt to the Consolidated Financial Statements included herein for additional information.
−Removed: Should we require additional liquidity from our line of credit, our borrowings are expected to be at variable rates of interest and would expose us to interest rate risk.
−Removed: Although any short-term borrowings under our revolving credit facility would likely be insensitive to interest rate changes, interest expense on short-term borrowings will increase and decrease with changes in the underlying short-term interest rates.
−Removed: For example, assuming our credit agreement is drawn up to its maximum borrowing capacity of $100.0 million, based on the applicable SOFR and margin in effect as of December 31, 2023, each quarter point of change in interest rates would result in a $0.3 million change in our annual interest expense.
+Added: Should we require additional liquidity, our borrowings are expected to be at then current market rates of interest and may expose us to interest rate risk.
+Added: Although any short-term borrowings would likely be insensitive to interest rate changes, interest expense on short-term borrowings will increase and decrease with changes in the underlying short-term interest rates.
We actively monitor our interest rate exposure and our objective is to reduce, where we deem appropriate to do so, fluctuations in earnings and cash flows associated with changes in interest rates.
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We are exposed to credit and liquidity risks associated with the financial institutions that hold our cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, available-for-sale investment securities, settlement assets due from retail distributors, third-party payment processors and other partners that collect funds and fees from our customers, and amounts due from our issuing banks for fees collected on our behalf.
−Removed: We manage the credit and liquidity risks associated with our cash and cash equivalents, available-for-sale investment securities, loans and amounts due from issuing banks by maintaining an investment policy that restricts our correspondent banking relationships to approved, well capitalized institutions and restricts investments to highly liquid, low credit risk assets.
−Removed: Our policy has limits related to liquidity ratios, the concentration that we may have with
−Removed: a single institution or issuer and effective maturity dates as well as restrictions on the type of assets that we may invest in.
+Added: We manage the credit and liquidity risks associated with our cash and cash equivalents, available-for-sale investment securities, loans and amounts due from issuing banks by maintaining an investment policy that restricts our correspondent banking relationships to approved, well-capitalized institutions and restricts investments to highly
+Added: liquid, low credit risk assets.
+Added: Our policy has limits related to liquidity ratios, the concentration that we may have with a single institution or issuer and effective maturity dates as well as restrictions on the type of assets that we may invest in.
The management Asset Liability Committee is responsible for monitoring compliance with our Capital Asset Liability Management policy and related limits on an ongoing basis, and reports regularly to the risk committee of our Board of Directors.
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