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Forward-Looking Statements
−Removed: The information in this report contains forward-looking statements.
+Added: The information in this report
+Added: 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
−Removed: regarding industry prospects and future results of operations or financial position are forward-looking statements.
−Removed: These forward-looking
−Removed: statements can be identified by the use of words such as “believes,” “estimates,” “could,” “possibly,”
−Removed: “probably,” anticipates,” “projects,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” or “should”
−Removed: or other variations or similar words.
−Removed: No assurances can be given that the future results anticipated by the forward-looking statements
−Removed: will be achieved.
−Removed: Forward-looking statements reflect management’s current expectations and are inherently uncertain.
−Removed: If underlying
−Removed: assumptions prove inaccurate or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, our actual results may differ significantly from management’s
−Removed: expectations.
−Removed: These risks and uncertainties include those factors described in greater detail in the risk factors disclosed in our Form
−Removed: 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
−Removed: Should one or more of these risks
−Removed: or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those
−Removed: anticipated in these forward-looking statements.
−Removed: The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
−Removed: whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.
−Removed: You are cautioned not to place undue reliance
−Removed: 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
−Removed: referred to or incorporated by reference, the date of those documents.
−Removed: The following discussion and analysis should be
−Removed: read in conjunction with our unaudited financial statements, included herewith.
−Removed: This discussion should not be construed to imply that
−Removed: the results discussed herein will necessarily continue into the future, or that any conclusion reached herein will necessarily be indicative
−Removed: of actual operating results in the future.
+Added: In particular, the statements herein regarding industry prospects and future results of operations or financial position are forward-looking
+Added: These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “believes,” “estimates,”
+Added: “could,” “possibly,” “probably,” anticipates,” “projects,” “expects,”
+Added: “may,” “will,” or “should” or other variations or similar words.
+Added: No assurances can be given that the
+Added: future results anticipated by the forward-looking statements will be achieved.
+Added: Forward-looking statements reflect management’s current
+Added: expectations and are inherently uncertain.
+Added: If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, our
+Added: actual results may differ significantly from management’s expectations.
+Added: These risks and uncertainties include those factors described
+Added: in greater detail in the risk factors disclosed in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the Securities
+Added: and Exchange Commission.
+Added: Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect,
+Added: actual results may vary in material respects from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements.
+Added: The Company undertakes no
+Added: obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except
+Added: as may be required under applicable securities laws.
+Added: You are cautioned not to place
+Added: 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
+Added: of documents referred to or incorporated by reference, the date of those documents.
+Added: The following discussion and
+Added: analysis should be read in conjunction with our unaudited financial statements, included herewith.
+Added: This discussion should not be construed
+Added: to imply that the results discussed herein will necessarily continue into the future, or that any conclusion reached herein will necessarily
+Added: be indicative of actual operating results in the future.
Such discussion represents only the best present assessment of our management.
Company Overview and Description of Business
−Removed: We are a FinTech company that focuses on a suite of products in the
−Removed: merchant services and payment facilitator verticals that seek to provide integrated business solutions to merchants throughout the United States.
−Removed: We seek to accomplish this by providing merchants with a wide range of products and services through our various online platforms, including
−Removed: financial and transaction processing services.
−Removed: We also have products that provide support for crowdfunding and other capital raising initiatives.
−Removed: We supplement our online platforms with certain hardware solutions that are integrated with our online platforms.
−Removed: Our business functions
−Removed: primarily through three wholly-owned subsidiaries, eVance, OmniSoft, and CrowdPay, though substantially all of our revenue has been
−Removed: generated from our eVance business (we began generating revenue from our OmniSoft and CrowdPay businesses in the second half of 2019).
−Removed: We expect to build out our OmniSoft software business and to rely more on our payment processing model for revenue so that we are not
−Removed: 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 business, our merchants
−Removed: are currently processing over $100,000,000 in gross transactions monthly and average approximately 1,400,000 transactions a month.
−Removed: transactions come from a variety of sources including direct accounts and ISO channels.
−Removed: The accounts consist of businesses across the
−Removed: United States with no concentration of industries or merchants.
−Removed: We have integrated all the applications for OmniSoft and the ShopFast
−Removed: Omnicommerce solution with the eVance mobile payment gateway, SecurePay.comTM.
−Removed: SecurePay.comTM, is currently used by approximately 3,000
−Removed: merchants processing over 32,000 transactions and approximately $9,000,000 of monthly gross transactions (though our revenue from these
−Removed: transactions is limited).
−Removed: In July 2019, we launched a new merchant and ISO boarding system that will be able to onboard merchants instantly.
−Removed: This provides the merchant with an automated approval and ISOs will have the ability to see all their merchants and their residuals as
−Removed: they load into the system.
−Removed: On May 22, 2020, the Company purchased certain
−Removed: assets from POSaBIT Inc.
−Removed: (“POSaBIT”), including its contracts and arrangements with the Doublebeam merchant payment processing
−Removed: platform (the “POSaBIT Asset Acquisition”).
−Removed: The assets included, but were not limited to, software source codes, customer
−Removed: lists, customer contracts, hardware and website domains.
−Removed: On May 14, 2021, the Company formed OLBit, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary
−Removed: The purpose of OLBit is to hold the Company’s assets and operate its business related to its emerging lending
−Removed: and transactional business.
−Removed: On July 23, 2021, we formed DMINT, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary
−Removed: (“DMINT”) to operate in the cryptocurrency mining industry.
−Removed: DMINT has initiated the first phase of the Bitcoin mining operation
−Removed: by placing purchase orders for data centers and ASIC-based Antminer S19J Pro mining computers specifically configured to mine Bitcoin.
−Removed: The first lot of equipment is being used to establish a proof of concept before DMINT expands the number of computers in operation.
−Removed: of September 30, 2022, DMint has purchased 1,000 computers, of which all computers have been delivered with 350 online and mining for
−Removed: Bitcoin and 400 computers are in process of being installed at the Company’s newly acquired building in Selmer, Tennessee.
−Removed: six data centers located in Pennsylvania where it has mined 25 Bitcoin.
−Removed: It has entered into an exclusive agreement whereby it has rights
−Removed: to all of the natural gas produced by 15 mines in Bradford, Pennsylvania.
−Removed: The natural gas is taken directly from the well heads to generate
−Removed: electricity required to power the mining computers.
−Removed: As configured, it is expected that the computers purchased will have a combined computing
−Removed: power of approximately 100 petahash per second.
−Removed: If the initial mining operation results are as anticipated, DMINT plans to expand the
−Removed: 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 November 24, 2021, we entered into an Asset
−Removed: Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of November 15, 2021 with FFS Data Corporation (“Seller”) whereby
−Removed: we acquired a portfolio of merchants utilizing financial transaction processing services (the “Acquired Merchant Portfolio”).
+Added: We are a FinTech company that
+Added: focuses on a suite of products in the merchant services and payment facilitator verticals that seek to provide integrated business solutions
+Added: to merchants throughout the United States.
+Added: We seek to accomplish this by providing merchants with a wide range of products and services
+Added: through our various online platforms, including financial and transaction processing services.
+Added: We also have products that provide support
+Added: for crowdfunding and other capital raising initiatives.
+Added: We supplement our online platforms with certain hardware solutions that are integrated
+Added: with our online platforms.
+Added: Our business functions primarily through three wholly-owned subsidiaries, eVance, OmniSoft, and CrowdPay,
+Added: though substantially all of our revenue has been generated from our eVance business (we began generating revenue from our OmniSoft and
+Added: CrowdPay businesses in the second half of 2019).
+Added: We expect to build out our OmniSoft software business and to rely more on our payment
+Added: processing model for revenue so that we are not dependent on our revenue from our eVance business but there is no guarantee that we will
+Added: be able to do so.
+Added: With respect to our eVance
+Added: business, our merchants are currently processing over $100,000,000 in gross transactions monthly and average approximately 1,400,000 transactions
+Added: These transactions come from a variety of sources including direct accounts and ISO channels.
+Added: The accounts consist of businesses
+Added: across the United States with no concentration of industries or merchants.
+Added: We have integrated all the
+Added: applications for OmniSoft and the ShopFast Omnicommerce solution with the eVance mobile payment gateway, SecurePay.comTM.
+Added: SecurePay.comTM,
+Added: is currently used by approximately 3,000 merchants processing over 32,000 transactions and approximately $9,000,000 of monthly gross transactions
+Added: (though our revenue from these transactions is limited).
+Added: In July 2019, we launched a new merchant and ISO boarding system that will be
+Added: able to onboard merchants instantly.
+Added: This provides the merchant with an automated approval and ISOs will have the ability to see all their
+Added: merchants and their residuals as they load into the system.
+Added: On May 22, 2020, the
+Added: Company purchased certain assets from POSaBIT Inc.
+Added: (“POSaBIT”), including its contracts and arrangements with the Doublebeam
+Added: merchant payment processing platform (the “POSaBIT Asset Acquisition”).
+Added: The assets included, but were not limited to, software
+Added: source codes, customer lists, customer contracts, hardware and website domains.
+Added: On May 14, 2021, the Company formed OLBit, Inc.,
+Added: a wholly-owned subsidiary (“OLBit”).
+Added: The purpose of OLBit is to hold the Company’s assets and operate its business related
+Added: to its emerging lending and transactional business.
+Added: On July 23, 2021, we formed
+Added: DMINT, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary (“DMINT”) to operate in the cryptocurrency mining industry.
+Added: DMINT has initiated the
+Added: first phase of the Bitcoin mining operation by placing purchase orders for data centers and ASIC-based Antminer S19J Pro mining computers
+Added: specifically configured to mine Bitcoin.
+Added: The first lot of equipment is being used to establish a proof of concept before DMINT expands
+Added: the number of computers in operation.
+Added: As of September 30, 2022, DMint has purchased 1,000 computers, of which all computers have been
+Added: delivered with 350 online and mining for Bitcoin and 400 computers are in process of being installed at the Company’s newly acquired
+Added: building in Selmer, Tennessee.
+Added: It has six data centers located in Pennsylvania where it has mined 25 Bitcoin.
+Added: It has entered into an exclusive
+Added: agreement whereby it has rights to all of the natural gas produced by 15 mines in Bradford, Pennsylvania.
+Added: The natural gas is taken directly
+Added: from the well heads to generate electricity required to power the mining computers.
+Added: As configured, it is expected that the computers purchased
+Added: will have a combined computing power of approximately 100 petahash per second.
+Added: If the initial mining operation results are as anticipated,
+Added: DMINT plans to expand the number of mining computers every quarter, whereby it would aim to have the computing power of 500 petahash per
+Added: second by the end of 2022.
+Added: On November 24, 2021, we entered
+Added: into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of November 15, 2021 with FFS Data Corporation (“Seller”)
+Added: whereby we acquired a portfolio of merchants utilizing financial transaction processing services (the “Acquired Merchant Portfolio”).
The purchase price was $20 million, with $16 million paid at closing, $2 million payable within six months after closing,
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the overall purchase price.
−Removed: On January 3, 2022, the Company entered into a
−Removed: share exchange agreement with all of the shareholders of Crowd Ignition, Inc.
−Removed: (“Crowd Ignition”) whereby the Company purchased
−Removed: 100% of the equity of Crowd Ignition).
−Removed: Crowd Ignition is a web-based crowdfunding software
−Removed: Ronny Yakov, Chairman and CEO of the Company and John Herzog, a shareholder of the Company, owned 100% of the equity of Crowd
−Removed: The software provides broker-dealer, merchant banks and law firms a platform to market crowdfunding offerings, collect payments
−Removed: and issue securities.
−Removed: The software has been developed in response to, and to comply with, recent changes in investment regulations including
−Removed: Regulation D 506(b) and 506(v), Regulation A+ and Title III of the Jobs Act (Regulation CF), including raising the crowdfunding limit
−Removed: 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 permitted
−Removed: under Regulation CF.
+Added: On January 3, 2022, the Company
+Added: entered into a share exchange agreement with all of the shareholders of Crowd Ignition, Inc.
+Added: (“Crowd Ignition”) whereby the
+Added: Company purchased 100% of the equity of Crowd Ignition).
+Added: Crowd Ignition is a web-based
+Added: crowdfunding software system.
+Added: Ronny Yakov, Chairman and CEO of the Company and John Herzog, a shareholder of the Company, owned 100% of
+Added: the equity of Crowd Ignition.
+Added: The software provides broker-dealer, merchant banks and law firms a platform to market crowdfunding offerings,
+Added: collect payments and issue securities.
+Added: The software has been developed in response to, and to comply with, recent changes in investment
+Added: regulations including Regulation D 506(b) and 506(v), Regulation A+ and Title III of the Jobs Act (Regulation CF), including raising the
+Added: crowdfunding limit from $1.07 million to $5.0 million.
+Added: Crowd Ignition is one of only about 50 companies registered with the SEC to provide
+Added: the services permitted under Regulation CF.
+Added: On June 15, 2023, the Company
+Added: acquired 80.1% of the membership interests of Cuentas SDI, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“SDI”).
+Added: SDI will enable
+Added: the Company to focus on marketing to the underbanked communities utilizing the SDI debit and calling card platform’s ability for
+Added: users to reload cash to their account and provide instant access to digital products to their customers’ Mobile App and digital
+Added: wallet into its electronic portal.
+Added: The Company plans to market to the SDI merchant network, which currently has approximately 31,600 locations
+Added: in the United States, the ability of having one POS system that will allow the retail customer to purchase products using OLB’s
+Added: payment processing solutions along with the ability to reload payment cards and their mobile phone minutes.
Results of Operations
−Removed: Management’s discussion and analysis of
−Removed: financial condition and results of operations (“MD&A”) includes a discussion of the consolidated results from operations
−Removed: of The OLB Group, Inc.
−Removed: and its subsidiaries for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.
−Removed: Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 Compared
−Removed: to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2023, we
−Removed: 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
−Removed: We earned $6,353,471 in transaction and processing fees, $24,764 in merchant equipment rental and sales, $77,605 in other revenue
−Removed: from monthly recurring subscriptions and $166,749 of other revenue from the Cryptocurrency Mining segment during the three months
−Removed: ended March 31, 2023, compared to $ 8,413,429 in transaction and processing fees, $17,168 in merchant
−Removed: equipment rental and sales, $91,522 in other revenue from monthly recurring subscriptions and $264,340 of other revenue from the
−Removed: Cryptocurrency Mining segment during the three months ended March 31, 2022 .
−Removed: The decrease in revenue was a result of a decrease
−Removed: in the amount of fees earned from merchant processing transactions compared to the prior year primarily due to the removal and termination
−Removed: of service of approximately 700 merchants that were part of the Acquired Merchant Portfolio due to their non-compliance with the credit
−Removed: card processing rules.
−Removed: The removal of the merchants is the subject of ongoing litigation discussed in the notes to our financial statements
−Removed: 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: Management’s discussion
+Added: and analysis of financial condition and results of operations (“MD&A”) includes a discussion of the consolidated results
+Added: from operations of The OLB Group, Inc.
+Added: and its subsidiaries for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.
+Added: Three Months Ended June 30, 2023 Compared
+Added: to the Three Months Ended June 30, 2022
+Added: For the three months ended June 30, 2023, we had total revenue of $8,344,012
+Added: compared to $8,372,435 of revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2022, a decrease of $58,721 or 0.8%.
+Added: We earned $7,755,248 in transaction
+Added: and processing fees, $22,519 in merchant equipment rental and sales, $71,268 in other revenue from monthly recurring subscriptions, $137,541
+Added: of revenue from the Cryptocurrency Mining segment and $357,436 of revenue from the sale of digital products.
+Added: For the three months ended
+Added: June 30, 2022, we earned $7,813,969 in transaction and processing fees, $18,174 in merchant equipment rental and sales, $332,326 in other
+Added: revenue from monthly recurring subscriptions and $207,966 of other revenue from the Cryptocurrency Mining segment.
+Added: The decrease in
+Added: revenue was a result of a decrease in the amount of fees earned from merchant processing transactions compared to the prior year primarily
+Added: due to the removal and termination of service of approximately 700 merchants that were part of the Acquired Merchant Portfolio due to
+Added: their non-compliance with the credit card processing rules.
+Added: The removal of the merchants is the subject of ongoing litigation discussed
+Added: in the notes to our financial statements above.
+Added: Processing and servicing costs decreased by $1,281,466 or 19.2%, from $6,672,141 in the
+Added: prior period to $5,390,675 for the same reason.
Amortization and depreciation expense for the
−Removed: 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
−Removed: We record amortization expense on our merchant portfolio, trademarks and natural gas purchase rights.
−Removed: Our amortization expense
−Removed: for the three months ended March 31, 2023, decreased in the current year period due to the valuation of the agreement with Cai Energy
−Removed: to purchase natural gas to operate the Bitcoin mining computers used in the Cryptocurrency Mining segment.
−Removed: Depreciation expense for our
−Removed: Cryptocurrency Mining segment for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was $799,717 compared to $891,756 for the three months ended March
−Removed: 31, 2022, a decrease of $92,039 or 10.3%.
−Removed: Depreciation expense for our Cryptocurrency Mining segment decreased in the current year period
−Removed: because no new equipment was acquired during the period.
+Added: three months ended June 30, 2023, was $899,831 compared to $903,353 for the three months ended June 30, 2022, a decrease of $3,522 or
+Added: 0.4%, thus fairly consistent between periods.
+Added: We record amortization expense on our merchant portfolio, trademarks and natural gas purchase
+Added: Depreciation expense for our Cryptocurrency Mining segment for the three months ended June 30, 2023 was $799,716 compared to $702,494
+Added: for the three months ended June 30, 2022, an increase of $97,222 or 13.8% due to depreciating more bitcoin mining equipment in the current
Salary and wage expense for the three months ended
−Removed: 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%.
−Removed: and wage expense has increased due to an increase in salary and bonuses for our officers.
−Removed: Professional fees for the three months ended March
−Removed: 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%.
−Removed: fees consist mainly of audit and legal fees.
−Removed: The increase in the current period is due to litigation-related legal expenses.
−Removed: General and administrative expenses (“G&A”) for the
−Removed: 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
−Removed: Some of our larger G&A expenses included insurance policy expense of approximately $59,000 as a result of the cost to insure
−Removed: the Bitcoin mining machines and the increase in the size of the Company’s business, expenses for outside services were $140,000,
−Removed: 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
−Removed: We also had a $106,100 reduction of our marketing expenses.
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2023, we
−Removed: 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
−Removed: other income of $11 for the three months ended March 31, 2022.
−Removed: Our net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was $2,615,405
−Removed: compared to $1,455,596 for the three months ended March 31, 2023.
−Removed: We had an increase in our net loss of $1,159,809 for the reasons discussed
+Added: June 30, 2023, was $692,480 compared to $622,914 for the three months ended June 30, 2022, an increase of $69,566 or 11.2%.
+Added: wage expenses have increased due to an increase in salary and bonuses paid to our officers during the 2023 period.
+Added: Professional fees for the three months ended June
+Added: 30, 2023, were $219,782 compared to $294,747 for the three months ended June 30, 2023, a decrease of $74,965 or 25.4%.
+Added: Professional fees
+Added: consist mainly of audit and legal fees.
+Added: The decrease in the current period is due to less litigation-related legal expenses during the
+Added: General and administrative expenses for the three months ended June
+Added: 30, 2023 was $973,264 compared to $1,007,908 for the three months ended June 30, 2022, a decrease of $34,644 or 3.4%, remaining fairly
+Added: consistent over time.
+Added: For the three months ended June 30, 2023, we had total other income
+Added: of $42,193 from a realized gain of $48,683 on the sale of cryptocurrency and an unrealized loss on investment of $6,490, compared to other
+Added: income of $393,168 for the three months ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: In the prior period we recognized a gain of $393,158 from the reversal of
+Added: a liability associated with a prior adverse judgement on appeal.
+Added: For the three months ended June 30, 2023, we had
+Added: $1,725 of net income attributed to the non-controlling interest of Cuentas SDI, LLC, due to the acquisition of 80.01% interest of the
+Added: entity during the current period.
+Added: Our net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2023, after the reduction
+Added: for minority interest, was $587,818 compared to $1,437,954 for the three months ended June 30, 2023.
+Added: This was an increase in our net loss
+Added: of $850,136 for the reasons discussed above.
+Added: Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 Compared
+Added: to the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2023, we had total revenue of $14,966,601
+Added: compared to $17,158,894 of revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2022, a decrease of $2,118,679 or 13.1%.
+Added: We earned $14,108,719 in
+Added: transaction and processing fees, $47,283 in merchant equipment rental and sales, $148,873 in other revenue from monthly recurring subscriptions,
+Added: $304,290 of other revenue from the Cryptocurrency Mining segment and $357,436 of revenue from the sale of digital products during the
+Added: six months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $16,227,398 in transaction and processing fees, $35,342 in merchant equipment rental and sales,
+Added: $423,848 in other revenue from monthly recurring subscriptions and $472,306 of other revenue from the Cryptocurrency Mining segment
+Added: during the six months June 30, 2022.
+Added: The decrease in revenue was a result of a decrease in the amount of fees earned from merchant processing
+Added: transactions compared to the prior year primarily due to the removal and termination of service of approximately 700 merchants that were
+Added: part of the Acquired Merchant Portfolio due to their non-compliance with the credit card processing rules.
+Added: The removal of the merchants
+Added: is the subject of ongoing litigation discussed in the notes to our financial statements above.
+Added: Processing and servicing costs decreased
+Added: by $2,462,169 or 19% from $12,930,278 in the prior period to $10,468,109 for the same reason.
+Added: Amortization and depreciation expense for the
+Added: six months ended June 30, 2023, was $1,799,662 compared to $1,901,943 for the six months ended June 30, 2022, a decrease of $102,943 or
+Added: 5.4% due to fully depreciating certain assets in the prior year.
+Added: We record amortization expense on our merchant portfolio, trademarks
+Added: and natural gas purchase rights.
+Added: Depreciation expense for our cryptocurrency mining segment was $1,599,433 in the current period compared
+Added: to $1,594,250 in the prior period, an increase of $5,183 or 0.3%, thus fairly consistent between periods.
+Added: Salary and wage expense for the six months ended
+Added: June 30, 2023 was $1,382,832 compared to $1,156,773 for the six months ended June 30, 2022 an increase of $226,059 or 19.5%.
+Added: wage expenses have increased due to an increase in salary and bonuses paid to our officers during the 2023 period.
+Added: Professional fees for the six months ended June 30, 2023 were $589,126
+Added: compared to $619,154 for the six months ended June 30, 2022, a decrease of $30,028 or 4.9%.
+Added: Professional fees consist mainly of audit
+Added: and legal fees and the decrease was due to less litigation-related legal expenses during the 2023 period.
+Added: General and administrative expenses (“G&A”)
+Added: for the six months ended June 30, 2023 was $2,161,309 compared to $2,243,225 for the six months ended June 30, 2022, a decrease of $81,916
+Added: Some of our larger G&A expenses included insurance policy expense of $216,000 as a result of the cost to insure the cryptocurrency
+Added: mining machines and the increase in the size of the Company’s business, travel of $160,000 from $179,000 in the same period of 2022,
+Added: marketing and promotion of $58,000 from $183,000 in the same period of 2022, contracted services of $229,000 from $439,000 in the same
+Added: period of 2022, utilities of $280,00 from $231,000 in the same period of 2022 and computer and internet expense of $350,000 from $277,000
+Added: in the same period of 2022.
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2023, we had
+Added: total other expense of $171,078 compared to other income $393,179 for the six months ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: In the current period we had
+Added: a loss of $279,242 from the sale of cryptocurrency, an unrealized loss on investment of $6,490, and other income of $114,654, compared
+Added: to other income of $393,179 for the six months ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: In the prior period we recognized a gain of $393,158 from the reversal
+Added: of a liability associated with a prior adverse judgement on appeal.
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2023, we had
+Added: $1,725 of net income attributed to the non-controlling interest of Cuentas SDI, LLC, due to the acquisition of 80.01% interest of the
+Added: entity during the current period.
+Added: Our net loss for the six months ended June 30,
+Added: 2023, after the reduction for minority interest, was $3,203,223 compared to $2,893,550 for the six months ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: an increase in our net loss of $309,673 for the reasons discussed above.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
−Removed: Trends and Uncertainties
−Removed: The Company’s financial condition
−Removed: and results of operations may be adversely affected by a further prolonging of the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: The New York and Atlanta areas, including the location of the Company’s
−Removed: corporate headquarters and its operations business, continued to experience impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.
−Removed: as some workers
−Removed: 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
−Removed: of local health authorities to minimize exposure risk for its employees and visitors.
−Removed: During 2022, the Company did not attribute any material
−Removed: impact on its business as a result of the pandemic.
−Removed: If there was another increase in cases requiring quarantines or closures of businesses
−Removed: by our merchants, the duration of the business disruption and related financial impact cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.
−Removed: the Company has specific business continuity plans to reduce the potential impact of COVID-19 into the future, and believes that its business
−Removed: being principally operated using digital platforms, in the long-term, will suffer minimal ongoing negative impact, there is no guarantee
−Removed: that the Company’s continuity plans will be successful or that the Company’s merchants will meet the number of forecasted
−Removed: transactions.
Changes in Cash Flows
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2023, we
−Removed: received $570,783 of cash from operating activities, which included our net loss, offset by $1,699,548 for amortization and depreciation
−Removed: expense, $132,788 for stock-based compensation, $327,925 for realized losses on the sale of bitcoin, and net changes in operating assets
−Removed: and liabilities of $1,025,482.
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2023, we
−Removed: 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.
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2023, we received $1,002,249 of cash
+Added: from operating activities, which included our net loss of $3,204,948 plus our operating lease expense, net of repayment of $8,444 offset
+Added: by $3,399,095 for amortization and depreciation expense, $132,788 for stock-based compensation, $279,242 from the loss on sale of cryptocurrency
+Added: and net changes in operating assets and liabilities of $1,254,516.
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2023, we used
+Added: net cash of $157,077 in financing activities as a result of a cash overdraft of $8,050 and payments on a note payable of $149,027 and
+Added: used $1,995,421 in investing activities as a result of the acquisition of property and equipment of $1,145,421 and the purchase of an
+Added: 80.01% interest in Cuentas SDI, LLC for $850,000.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
−Removed: At March 31, 2023, the Company had cash of $64,627 and a working capital
+Added: At June 30, 2023, the Company had cash of $133,777 and a working capital
deficit of $2,136,160.
The Company has approximately $5,371,000 of outstanding liabilities.
−Removed: Company has reviewed its projected operating cash flows for the remainder of 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
−Removed: the date of this Quarterly Report.
−Removed: As a result of (a) improving transaction volume trends and positive cash flow in the second
−Removed: quarter, and (b) increasing the number of merchants processing payments, the Company believes it has sufficient liquidity in order
−Removed: to sustain operations for at least the twelve months following the filing of this Quarterly Report
+Added: The Company has reviewed its projected operating cash flows for the
+Added: remainder of 2023 and performed an overall analysis of market trends to determine whether or not it has sufficient liquidity to continue
+Added: as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the date of this Quarterly Report.
+Added: As a result of (a) improving transaction
+Added: volume trends and positive cash flow in the second quarter, and (b) an increase in revenues created from the purchase of Cuentas SDI,
+Added: LLC in June 2023, the Company believes it has sufficient liquidity in order to sustain operations for at least the twelve months following
+Added: the filing of this Quarterly Report.
Critical Accounting Policies
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