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Forward-Looking Statements
−Removed: The information in this report
−Removed: contains forward-looking statements.
+Added: The information in this report contains forward-looking statements.
All statements other than statements of historical fact made in this report are forward-looking.
−Removed: In particular, the statements herein regarding industry prospects and future results of operations or financial position are forward-looking
−Removed: These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “believes,” “estimates,”
−Removed: “could,” “possibly,” “probably,” anticipates,” “projects,” “expects,”
−Removed: “may,” “will,” or “should” or other variations or similar words.
−Removed: No assurances can be given that the
−Removed: future results anticipated by the forward-looking statements will be achieved.
−Removed: Forward-looking statements reflect management’s current
−Removed: expectations and are inherently uncertain.
−Removed: If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, our
−Removed: actual results may differ significantly from management’s expectations.
−Removed: These risks and uncertainties include those factors described
−Removed: in greater detail in the risk factors disclosed in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the Securities
−Removed: and Exchange Commission.
−Removed: Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect,
−Removed: actual results may vary in material respects from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements.
−Removed: The Company undertakes no
−Removed: obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except
−Removed: as may be required under applicable securities laws.
−Removed: You are cautioned not to place
−Removed: undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or, in the case
−Removed: of documents referred to or incorporated by reference, the date of those documents.
−Removed: The following discussion and
−Removed: analysis should be read in conjunction with our unaudited financial statements, included herewith.
−Removed: This discussion should not be construed
−Removed: to imply that the results discussed herein will necessarily continue into the future, or that any conclusion reached herein will necessarily
−Removed: be indicative of actual operating results in the future.
+Added: In particular, the statements herein
+Added: regarding industry prospects and future results of operations or financial position are forward-looking statements.
+Added: These forward-looking
+Added: statements can be identified by the use of words such as “believes,” “estimates,” “could,” “possibly,”
+Added: “probably,” anticipates,” “projects,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” or “should”
+Added: or other variations or similar words.
+Added: No assurances can be given that the future results anticipated by the forward-looking statements
+Added: will be achieved.
+Added: Forward-looking statements reflect management’s current expectations and are inherently uncertain.
+Added: If underlying
+Added: assumptions prove inaccurate or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, our actual results may differ significantly from management’s
+Added: expectations.
+Added: These risks and uncertainties include those factors described in greater detail in the risk factors disclosed in our Form
+Added: 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
+Added: Should one or more of these risks
+Added: or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those
+Added: anticipated in these forward-looking statements.
+Added: The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
+Added: whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.
+Added: You are cautioned not to place undue reliance
+Added: on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or, in the case of documents
+Added: referred to or incorporated by reference, the date of those documents.
+Added: The following discussion and analysis should be
+Added: read in conjunction with our unaudited financial statements, included herewith.
+Added: This discussion should not be construed to imply that
+Added: the results discussed herein will necessarily continue into the future, or that any conclusion reached herein will necessarily be indicative
+Added: of actual operating results in the future.
Such discussion represents only the best present assessment of our management.
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We are a FinTech company that focuses on a suite of products in the
−Removed: merchant services and payment facilitator verticals that seeks to provide integrated business solutions to merchants throughout the United States.
+Added: merchant services and payment facilitator verticals that seek to provide integrated business solutions to merchants throughout the United States.
We seek to accomplish this by providing merchants with a wide range of products and services through our various online platforms, including
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dependent on our revenue from our eVance business but there is no guarantee that we will be able to do so.
−Removed: With respect to our eVance
−Removed: business, our merchants are currently processing over $100,000,000 in gross transactions monthly and average approximately 1,400,000 transactions
−Removed: These transactions come from a variety of sources including direct accounts and ISO channels.
−Removed: The accounts consist of businesses
−Removed: across the United States with no concentration of industries or merchants.
−Removed: We have integrated all the
−Removed: applications for OmniSoft and the ShopFast Omnicommerce solution with the eVance mobile payment gateway, SecurePay.comTM.
−Removed: SecurePay.comTM,
−Removed: is currently used by approximately 3,000 merchants processing over 32,000 transactions and approximately $9,000,000 of monthly gross transactions
−Removed: (though our revenue from these transactions is limited).
−Removed: In July 2019, we launched a new merchant and ISO boarding system that will be
−Removed: able to onboard merchants instantly.
−Removed: This provides the merchant with an automated approval and ISOs will have the ability to see all their
−Removed: merchants and their residuals as they load to the system.
−Removed: On May 22, 2020, the
−Removed: Company purchased certain assets from POSaBIT Inc.
−Removed: (“POSaBIT”), including its contracts and arrangements with the Doublebeam
−Removed: merchant payment processing platform (the “POSaBIT Asset Acquisition”).
−Removed: The assets included, but were not limited to, software
−Removed: source codes, customer lists, customer contracts, hardware and website domains.
−Removed: On May 14, 2021, the Company
−Removed: formed OLBit, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary (“OLBit”).
−Removed: The purpose of OLBit is to hold the Company’s assets and operate
−Removed: its business related to its emerging cryptocurrency-related lending and transactional business.
+Added: With respect to our eVance business, our merchants
+Added: are currently processing over $100,000,000 in gross transactions monthly and average approximately 1,400,000 transactions a month.
+Added: transactions come from a variety of sources including direct accounts and ISO channels.
+Added: The accounts consist of businesses across the
+Added: United States with no concentration of industries or merchants.
+Added: We have integrated all the applications for OmniSoft and the ShopFast
+Added: Omnicommerce solution with the eVance mobile payment gateway, SecurePay.comTM.
+Added: SecurePay.comTM, is currently used by approximately 3,000
+Added: merchants processing over 32,000 transactions and approximately $9,000,000 of monthly gross transactions (though our revenue from these
+Added: transactions is limited).
+Added: In July 2019, we launched a new merchant and ISO boarding system that will be able to onboard merchants instantly.
+Added: This provides the merchant with an automated approval and ISOs will have the ability to see all their merchants and their residuals as
+Added: they load into the system.
+Added: On May 22, 2020, the Company purchased certain
+Added: assets from POSaBIT Inc.
+Added: (“POSaBIT”), including its contracts and arrangements with the Doublebeam merchant payment processing
+Added: platform (the “POSaBIT Asset Acquisition”).
+Added: The assets included, but were not limited to, software source codes, customer
+Added: lists, customer contracts, hardware and website domains.
+Added: On May 14, 2021, the Company formed OLBit, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary
+Added: The purpose of OLBit is to hold the Company’s assets and operate its business related to its emerging lending
+Added: and transactional business.
On July 23, 2021, we formed DMINT, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary
(“DMINT”) to operate in the cryptocurrency mining industry.
−Removed: DMINT has initiated the first phase of the cryptocurrency mining
−Removed: operation by placing purchase orders for data centers and ASIC-based Antminer S19J Pro mining computers specifically configured to mine
+Added: DMINT has initiated the first phase of the Bitcoin mining operation
+Added: by placing purchase orders for data centers and ASIC-based Antminer S19J Pro mining computers specifically configured to mine Bitcoin.
The first lot of equipment is being used to establish a proof of concept before DMINT expands the number of computers in operation.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2022, DMint has purchased 1,000 computers, of which all computers have been delivered with 350 online and mining for
+Added: of September 30, 2022, DMint has purchased 1,000 computers, of which all computers have been delivered with 350 online and mining for
Bitcoin and 400 computers are in process of being installed at the Company’s newly acquired building in Selmer, Tennessee.
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number of mining computers every quarter, whereby it would aim to have the computing power of 500 petahash per second by the end of 2022.
−Removed: On January 3, 2022, the Company
−Removed: entered into a share exchange agreement with all of the shareholders of Crowd Ignition, Inc.
−Removed: (“Crowd Ignition”) whereby the
−Removed: Company purchased 100% of the equity of Crowd Ignition).
−Removed: Crowd Ignition is a web-based crowdfunding
−Removed: software system.
−Removed: Ronny Yakov, Chairman and CEO of the Company and John Herzog, a shareholder of the Company, owned 100% of the equity
−Removed: of Crowd Ignition.
−Removed: The software provides broker-dealer, merchant banks and law firms a platform to market crowdfunding offerings, collect
−Removed: payments and issue securities.
−Removed: The software has been developed in response to, and to comply with, recent changes in investment regulations
−Removed: including Regulation D 506(b) and 506(v), Regulation A+ and Title III of the Jobs Act (Regulation CF), including raising the crowdfunding
−Removed: limit from $1.07 million to $5.0 million.
−Removed: Crowd Ignition is one of only about 50 companies registered with the SEC to provide the services
−Removed: permitted under Regulation CF.
+Added: On November 24, 2021, we entered into an Asset
+Added: Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of November 15, 2021 with FFS Data Corporation (“Seller”) whereby
+Added: we acquired a portfolio of merchants utilizing financial transaction processing services (the “Acquired Merchant Portfolio”).
+Added: The purchase price was $20 million, with $16 million paid at closing, $2 million payable within six months after closing,
+Added: and a $2 million payment to be transferred to an escrow account, contingent upon an Attrition Adjustment, as described in the Agreement.
+Added: However, on July 18, 2022, the Company notified the Seller of certain breaches of contract relating to, among other things, representations
+Added: made by Seller in the Agreement, for which it will seek a reduction or cancellation of the final payment and a potential reduction in
+Added: the overall purchase price.
+Added: On January 3, 2022, the Company entered into a
+Added: share exchange agreement with all of the shareholders of Crowd Ignition, Inc.
+Added: (“Crowd Ignition”) whereby the Company purchased
+Added: 100% of the equity of Crowd Ignition).
+Added: Crowd Ignition is a web-based crowdfunding software
+Added: Ronny Yakov, Chairman and CEO of the Company and John Herzog, a shareholder of the Company, owned 100% of the equity of Crowd
+Added: The software provides broker-dealer, merchant banks and law firms a platform to market crowdfunding offerings, collect payments
+Added: and issue securities.
+Added: The software has been developed in response to, and to comply with, recent changes in investment regulations including
+Added: Regulation D 506(b) and 506(v), Regulation A+ and Title III of the Jobs Act (Regulation CF), including raising the crowdfunding limit
+Added: from $1.07 million to $5.0 million.
+Added: Crowd Ignition is one of only about 50 companies registered with the SEC to provide the services permitted
+Added: under Regulation CF.
Results of Operations
−Removed: Management’s discussion
−Removed: and analysis of financial condition and results of operations (“MD&A”) includes a discussion of the consolidated results
−Removed: from operations of The OLB Group, Inc.
−Removed: and its subsidiaries for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021.
−Removed: Three Months Ended September 30, 2022
−Removed: Compared to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
−Removed: For the three months ended
−Removed: September 30, 2022, we had total revenue of $6,246,551 compared to $2,823,921 of revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2021,
−Removed: an increase of $3,302,173 or 123.2%.
−Removed: We earned $5,982,177 in transaction and processing fees, $8,417 in merchant equipment rental and
−Removed: sales, $94,708 in other revenue from monthly recurring subscriptions and $161,249 of other revenue from the Cryptocurrency Mining
−Removed: segment during the three months ended September 30, 2022, compared to $2,680,004 in transaction and processing fees, $32,787 in merchant
−Removed: equipment sales and $111,130 in other revenue during the three months ended September 30, 2021.
−Removed: The increase in revenue was a result of
−Removed: an increase in the amount of fees earned from merchant processing transactions primarily due to the revenue attributed to the merchant
−Removed: portfolio acquired in the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2021 and to revenue from cryptocurrency mining, which we did not have in the
−Removed: prior period.
−Removed: Processing and servicing costs increased by $2,455,472 or 110.4%
−Removed: Amortization and depreciation
−Removed: expense for the three months ended September 30, 2022 was $892,788 compared to $269,475 for the three months ended September 30, 2021,
−Removed: an increase of $623,313 or 231.3%.
−Removed: We record amortization expense on our merchant portfolio, trademarks and natural gas purchase rights.
−Removed: Our amortization expense for the three months ended September 30, 2022, increased in the current year period due to the agreement with
−Removed: Cai Energy to purchase natural gas to operate the cryptocurrency mining computers used in the Cryptocurrency Mining segment.
−Removed: expense for our cryptocurrency mining segment was $799,716 in the current period due to the acquisition of Cryptocurrency Mining equipment.
−Removed: Salary and wage expense for
−Removed: the three months ended September 30, 2022, was $649,012 compared to $326,776 for the three months ended September 30, 2021, an increase
−Removed: of $322,236 or 98.6%.
−Removed: Salary and wage expense has increased due to the hiring of new employees during the latter part of 2021 and to an
−Removed: increase in salary for our officers.
−Removed: Professional fees for the
−Removed: three months ended September 30, 2022, were $174,472 compared to $358,668 for the three months ended September 30, 2021, a decrease of
−Removed: $184,196 or 51.4%.
−Removed: Professional fees consist mainly of audit and legal fees.
−Removed: The decrease in the current period is mainly due to a decrease
−Removed: in legal expense.
−Removed: General and administrative
−Removed: expenses (“G&A”) for the three months ended September 30, 2022, was $753,944 compared to $545,646 for the three months
−Removed: ended September 30, 2021, an increase of $208,298 or 38.2%.
−Removed: Some of our larger G&A expenses included insurance policy expense of approximately
−Removed: $104,000 as a result of the cost to insure the cryptocurrency mining machines and the increase in the size of the Company’s business,
−Removed: travel of $71,000 from $29,000 in the same period of 2021 and utilities of $175,100 from $0 in the same period of 2021.
−Removed: For the three months ended
−Removed: September 30, 2022, we had total other expense of $9,989 compared to other income of $10 for the three months ended September 30, 2021.
−Removed: Our net loss for the three months ended September
−Removed: 30, 2022 was $1,712,562 compared to $900,354 for the three months ended September 30, 2021.
−Removed: We had an increase in our net loss of $812,208
−Removed: for the reasons discussed above.
−Removed: Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022
−Removed: Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021
−Removed: For the nine months ended
−Removed: September 30, 2022, we had total revenue of $23,405,445 compared to $7,883,897 of revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2021,
−Removed: an increase of $15,521,548 or 196.9%.
−Removed: We earned $22,209,575 in transaction and processing fees, $43,759 in merchant equipment rental and
−Removed: sales, $518,556 in other revenue from monthly recurring subscriptions and $633,555 of other revenue from the Cryptocurrency Mining
−Removed: segment during the nine months ended September 30, 2022, compared to $7,436,317 in transaction and processing fees, $98,190 in merchant
−Removed: equipment sales and $349,390 in other revenue during the nine months ended September 30, 2021.
−Removed: The increase in revenue was a result of
−Removed: an increase in the amount of fees earned from merchant processing transactions primarily due to the revenue attributed to the merchant
−Removed: portfolio acquired in the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2021 and to revenue from cryptocurrency mining, which we did not have in the
−Removed: prior period.
−Removed: Processing and servicing costs increased by $11,739,731 or 200%.
−Removed: Amortization and depreciation
−Removed: expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, was $2,794,731 compared to $701,282 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021,
−Removed: an increase of $2,093,449 or 298.5%.
+Added: Management’s discussion and analysis of
+Added: financial condition and results of operations (“MD&A”) includes a discussion of the consolidated results from operations
+Added: of The OLB Group, Inc.
+Added: and its subsidiaries for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.
+Added: Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 Compared
+Added: to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
+Added: For the three months ended March 31, 2023, we
+Added: had total revenue of $6,622,589 compared to $8,786,459 of revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2022, a decrease of $2,163,870
+Added: We earned $6,353,471 in transaction and processing fees, $24,764 in merchant equipment rental and sales, $77,605 in other revenue
+Added: from monthly recurring subscriptions and $166,749 of other revenue from the Cryptocurrency Mining segment during the three months
+Added: ended March 31, 2023, compared to $ 8,413,429 in transaction and processing fees, $17,168 in merchant
+Added: equipment rental and sales, $91,522 in other revenue from monthly recurring subscriptions and $264,340 of other revenue from the
+Added: Cryptocurrency Mining segment during the three months ended March 31, 2022 .
+Added: The decrease in revenue was a result of a decrease
+Added: in the amount of fees earned from merchant processing transactions compared to the prior year primarily due to the removal and termination
+Added: of service of approximately 700 merchants that were part of the Acquired Merchant Portfolio due to their non-compliance with the credit
+Added: card processing rules.
+Added: The removal of the merchants is the subject of ongoing litigation discussed in the notes to our financial statements
+Added: Processing and servicing costs decreased by $1,180,703 or 18.9%, from $6,258,137 in the prior period to $5,077,434 for the same
+Added: Amortization and depreciation expense for the
+Added: three months ended March 31, 2023, was $899,831 compared to $998,590 for the three months ended March 31, 2022, a decrease of $98,759
We record amortization expense on our merchant portfolio, trademarks and natural gas purchase rights.
−Removed: Our amortization expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, increased in the current year period due to the agreement with
−Removed: Cai Energy to purchase natural gas to operate the cryptocurrency mining computers used in the Cryptocurrency Mining segment.
−Removed: expense for our cryptocurrency mining segment was $2,393,966 in the current period due to the acquisition of Cryptocurrency Mining equipment.
−Removed: Salary and wage expense for the nine months ended
−Removed: September 30, 2022 was $1,805,785 compared to $1,483,570 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 an increase of $322,215.
−Removed: $275,000 in salary increases in 2022.
−Removed: Professional fees for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 were
−Removed: $793,626 compared to $968,995 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, a decrease of $175,369 or 18.1%.
−Removed: Professional fees consist
−Removed: mainly of audit and legal fees.
−Removed: The decrease in the current period is mainly due to a decrease in legal and auditor expenses compared
−Removed: with the prior period in which the Company completed an offering of its common stock and warrants.
−Removed: General and administrative
−Removed: expenses (“G&A”) for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was $2,997,169 compared to $1,409,956 for the nine months
−Removed: ended September 30, 2021, an increase of $1,587,213 or 112.6%.
−Removed: Some of our larger G&A expenses included insurance policy expense of
−Removed: $234,000 as a result of the cost to insure the cryptocurrency mining machines and the increase in the size of the Company’s business,
−Removed: travel of $250,000 from $40,000 in the same period of 2021, marketing and promotion of $180,000 from $7,400 in the same period of 2021,
−Removed: contracted services of $511,000 from $233,000 in the same period of 2021, utilities of $406,000 from $0 in the same period of 2021and
−Removed: computer and internet expense of $515,000 from $182,000 in the same period of 2021.
−Removed: For the nine months ended
−Removed: September 30, 2022, we incurred $0 of interest expense, compared to $116,736 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, a decrease
−Removed: The decrease in interest expense is due the conversion of all related party debt and the repayment of the Term Loan in March
−Removed: For the nine months ended
−Removed: September 30, 2022, we had other income of $383,190 compared to $34 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.
−Removed: In the current period
−Removed: we recognized a gain of $393,158 from the reversal of a liability associated with a prior adverse judgement on appeal.
−Removed: Our net loss for the nine months ended September
−Removed: 30, 2022 was $4,606,112 compared to $2,666,347 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.
−Removed: We had an increase in our net loss of $1,939,765
−Removed: for the reasons discussed above.
+Added: Our amortization expense
+Added: for the three months ended March 31, 2023, decreased in the current year period due to the valuation of the agreement with Cai Energy
+Added: to purchase natural gas to operate the Bitcoin mining computers used in the Cryptocurrency Mining segment.
+Added: Depreciation expense for our
+Added: Cryptocurrency Mining segment for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was $799,717 compared to $891,756 for the three months ended March
+Added: 31, 2022, a decrease of $92,039 or 10.3%.
+Added: Depreciation expense for our Cryptocurrency Mining segment decreased in the current year period
+Added: because no new equipment was acquired during the period.
+Added: Salary and wage expense for the three months ended
+Added: March 31, 2023, was $690,352 compared to $533,859 for the three months ended March 31, 2022, an increase of $156,493 or 29.3%.
+Added: and wage expense has increased due to an increase in salary and bonuses for our officers.
+Added: Professional fees for the three months ended March
+Added: 31, 2023, were $369,344 compared to $324,407 for the three months ended March 31, 2023, an increase of $44,937 or 13.9%.
+Added: fees consist mainly of audit and legal fees.
+Added: The increase in the current period is due to litigation-related legal expenses.
+Added: General and administrative expenses (“G&A”) for the
+Added: three months ended March 31, 2023, was $1,188,045 compared to $1,235,317 for the three months ended March 31, 2022, a decrease of $47,272
+Added: Some of our larger G&A expenses included insurance policy expense of approximately $59,000 as a result of the cost to insure
+Added: the Bitcoin mining machines and the increase in the size of the Company’s business, expenses for outside services were $140,000,
+Added: a decrease from $259,000 in the same period of 2022, travel expense of $53,000 from $108,000 in the same period of 2022, and utilities
+Added: We also had a $106,100 reduction of our marketing expenses.
+Added: For the three months ended March 31, 2023, we
+Added: had total other expense of $213,271 from a realized loss of $327,925 on the sale of Bitcoin and other income of $114,654, compared to
+Added: other income of $11 for the three months ended March 31, 2022.
+Added: Our net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was $2,615,405
+Added: compared to $1,455,596 for the three months ended March 31, 2023.
+Added: We had an increase in our net loss of $1,159,809 for the reasons discussed
Liquidity and Capital Resources
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and results of operations may be adversely affected by a further prolonging of the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: The New York and Atlanta areas,
−Removed: including the location of the Company’s corporate headquarters and its operations business, continued to experience impacts of the
−Removed: COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.
−Removed: as some workers were forced to quarantine or convalesce as a result of the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
−Removed: The Company is currently following the recommendations of local health authorities to minimize exposure risk for its employees and visitors.
−Removed: During the first nine months of 2022, the Company did not attribute any material impact on its business as a result of the pandemic.
−Removed: the duration of this pandemic continues to remain unknown.
−Removed: If there was another increase in cases requiring quarantines or closures of
−Removed: businesses by our merchants, the duration of the business disruption and related financial impact cannot be reasonably estimated at this
−Removed: While the Company has specific business continuity plans to reduce the potential impact of COVID-19, during the remainder of 2022
−Removed: and into the future, and believe that its business being principally operated using digital platforms, in the long-term, will suffer minimal
−Removed: ongoing negative impact, there is no guarantee that the Company’s continuity plans will be successful or that the Company’s
−Removed: merchants will meet the number of forecasted transactions.
−Removed: In 2021 and the first six
−Removed: months of 2022, the Company experienced some disruptions to its business and disruptions for the Company’s customers and merchants
−Removed: that had an impact on the number of transactions processed by the Company.
−Removed: [From June to September 2022, the Company believes that its
−Removed: business experience no disruptions to its business as a result of the pandemnic.] The extent to which COVID-19 or any other health epidemic
−Removed: may impact the Company’s results for the remainder of 2022 and beyond will depend on future developments and impacts of variants
−Removed: of the virus, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which may emerge concerning the severity of
−Removed: the continuing economic impact of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: Accordingly, COVID-19 could still have a material adverse effect
−Removed: on the Company’s business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects during the remainder of 2022 and beyond.
+Added: The New York and Atlanta areas, including the location of the Company’s
+Added: corporate headquarters and its operations business, continued to experience impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.
+Added: as some workers
+Added: were forced to quarantine or convalesce as a result of the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
+Added: The Company is currently following the recommendations
+Added: of local health authorities to minimize exposure risk for its employees and visitors.
+Added: During 2022, the Company did not attribute any material
+Added: impact on its business as a result of the pandemic.
+Added: If there was another increase in cases requiring quarantines or closures of businesses
+Added: by our merchants, the duration of the business disruption and related financial impact cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.
+Added: the Company has specific business continuity plans to reduce the potential impact of COVID-19 into the future, and believes that its business
+Added: being principally operated using digital platforms, in the long-term, will suffer minimal ongoing negative impact, there is no guarantee
+Added: that the Company’s continuity plans will be successful or that the Company’s merchants will meet the number of forecasted
+Added: transactions.
Changes in Cash Flows
−Removed: For the nine months ended
−Removed: September 30, 2022, $1,028,510 of cash was used by operating activities, which included our net loss, offset by $5,204,443 for amortization
−Removed: and depreciation expense, $213,219 for stock-based compensation and net changes in operating assets and liabilities of $1,840,060.
−Removed: For the nine months ended
−Removed: September 30, 2022, we received net cash of $631,942 in financing activities from a loan payable.
+Added: For the three months ended March 31, 2023, we
+Added: received $570,783 of cash from operating activities, which included our net loss, offset by $1,699,548 for amortization and depreciation
+Added: expense, $132,788 for stock-based compensation, $327,925 for realized losses on the sale of bitcoin, and net changes in operating assets
+Added: and liabilities of $1,025,482.
+Added: For the three months ended March 31, 2023, we
+Added: used net cash of $2,561 in financing activities as a result of a cash overdraft of $71,953 and payments on a note payable of $74,514.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
−Removed: At September 30, 2022, the Company had cash of $2,296,631 and working
−Removed: capital of $2,172,843.
−Removed: The Company has approximately $3.4 million of outstanding liabilities.
−Removed: On March 2, 2021, the Company,
−Removed: utilizing a portion of funds received from the exercise of outstanding warrants, paid approximately $7.7 million to the pay off the entire
−Removed: outstanding amount of the Term Loan.
−Removed: In connection with the extinguishment of the obligations under the Term Loan, 40,000 warrants to
−Removed: purchase Common Stock were cancelled.
−Removed: In addition, the Company has
−Removed: received a Paycheck Protection Program loan under the CARES Act for approximately $236,000 (the “PPP Loan”).
−Removed: On October 11,
−Removed: 2021, the Company obtained forgiveness of all amounts due under the PPP Loan.
−Removed: On November 2, 2021, the Company
−Removed: entered into a series of securities purchase agreements with certain institutional accredited investors pursuant to which the Company
−Removed: issued and sold, in a private placement (i) 1,969,091 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock (ii) pre-funded
−Removed: warrants exercisable for a total of 2,576,364 shares of Common Stock (the “Prefunded Warrant Shares”) with an exercise price
−Removed: of $0.0001 per Prefunded Warrant Share, and (iii) warrants exercisable for a total of 4,545,455 shares of Common Stock (the “Common
−Removed: Warrant Shares” and together with the Prefunded Warrant Shares, the “Warrant Shares”) with an exercise price of $6.50
−Removed: per Common Warrant Share.
−Removed: The offering closed on November 5, 2021 and the Company received net proceeds of approximately $22.9 million,
−Removed: after deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses.
−Removed: The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to invest
−Removed: in or acquire companies or technologies that are synergistic with or complimentary to its business, to expand and market its current products
−Removed: and for working capital and general corporate purposes.
−Removed: The Company has reviewed its
−Removed: cash flow for 2022 and projected operating cash flows for the remainder of 2022 and 2023 and performed an overall analysis of market trends
−Removed: to determine whether or not it has sufficient liquidity to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the
−Removed: date of this Quarterly Report.
−Removed: As a result of (a) the improved transaction volume trends the Company experienced during 2021 and
−Removed: the first nine months ended September 30, 2022, (b) the increase in the number of merchants after the acquisitions of several portfolios
−Removed: during 2021, and (c) the funds received from the capital raises and PPP Loan, as discussed above, the Company believes it has sufficient
−Removed: liquidity in order to sustain operations for at least the twelve months following the filing of this Quarterly Report.
+Added: At March 31, 2023, the Company had cash of $64,627 and a working capital
+Added: deficit of $1,824,026.
+Added: The Company has approximately $5,447,000 of outstanding liabilities.
+Added: Company has reviewed its projected operating cash flows for the remainder of 2023 and performed an overall analysis of market trends
+Added: to determine whether or not it has sufficient liquidity to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from
+Added: the date of this Quarterly Report.
+Added: As a result of (a) improving transaction volume trends and positive cash flow in the second
+Added: quarter, and (b) increasing the number of merchants processing payments, the Company believes it has sufficient liquidity in order
+Added: to sustain operations for at least the twelve months following the filing of this Quarterly Report
Critical Accounting Policies
−Removed: Refer to our Form 10-K for
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2021, for a full discussion of our critical accounting policies.
+Added: Refer to our Form 10-K for the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2022, for a full discussion of our critical accounting policies.
Subsequent Events
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ABOUT MARKET RISK
−Removed: We are a smaller reporting
−Removed: company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and, as such, are not required to provide the information under
+Added: We are a smaller reporting company as defined
+Added: by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and, as such, are not required to provide the information under this Item.
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