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| In large part is to demonstrate the positive impact to take rate that that makes shift into the B2B is driving over the long term |
| It's small today, but we'll grow and I'm proud of what the team's done and we'll continue to drive its growth |
| Our strong performance is the direct result of our focus on our ideal customers, interests we earn on the funds, our customers hold in their Payoneer accounts, and our disciplined approach to unlocking increased efficiency |
| And we're going to continue to do that because we're bullish on the opportunity |
| That relationship with those customers is really powerful |
| Look, as you know, significant free cash flow coming to the business in 2023 continues to be significant in 2024 and frankly, given interest rate outlooks beyond it puts us in a really strong position to do all of the things that you've said, right? One, to return capital to investors as we noted in our prepared remarks |
| Our business continues to generate positive free cash flows and our free cash flow conversion is well above 100% for the full year |
| We have strong acquisition, as we said, strong product market fit, great leadership of that group, 600-plus active merchants, monthly volume greater than $60,000, up more than 3X year-over-year |
| And we think this is a very significant opportunity for us to extend our capabilities and our strength with those marketplace sellers |
| Our moat is strong with our customers, it's strong with regulators, it's strong with our go-to-market engines, it's strong with the balances we hold from customer funds |
| So we're seeing really strong momentum and really strong signs that that business has excellent product market fit in the markets that we are targeting, and drives improving dynamics, which is really the additional disclosure that we put in the supplement to really disaggregate this business |
| I've been CEO for just about a year and I can tell you the thing that surprised me the most in the last year is our opportunity is greater, our momentum is stronger and our team has the capability to capture it |
| We're driving additional volume and we were able to expand our take rate in that important segment for us by 16 basis points in '23 |
| We've been very successful in defending our economics within that portfolio and holding that state, that take-rate stable |
| But overall as we look at that guidance and to double click into the components a bit, if we look at the volume from SMBs selling on marketplace, a little over 60% of our total volume in '23, we're expecting and have conviction around high single digit volume growth there really underpinned by strong e-com performance over the course of the year and we've seen and expect stable take rate |
| So overall I think we saw significant success and meaningful progress in '23 but there's more value to unlock here |
| And so right from where I sit, we're in a very strong position to capture the global opportunity right in front of us |
| We have become an even more SMBs centered company and our focus on ICPs, ARPU, and cost-to-serve is resulting in greater organizational clarity and focus, which we believe will drive long-term profitable growth |
| As you noted, account fees we talked about last year, we were able to increase ARPU on our one and a half million ICPs by almost 30% year-over-year |
| We also delivered 15% growth in our larger, higher value ICPs that do more than $10,000 a month in volume |
| So yes, look, our broader pricing strategy much more segment focused, much more focused on bundling and corridor-based pricing initiatives and we've been able to drive improved monetization through that and made really very meaningful progress in '23 |
| We're seeing increased penetration into that large B2B market, strong and improving take rate dynamics from that B2B growth, stable growth and stable economics in our marketplace business and overall many of the indicators that we look for are really showing strong momentum |
| We're very encouraged overall with the overall momentum of the business |
| And much more importantly as we see that accelerating momentum that we've highlighted related to B2B and merchant services, but especially B2B and our guidance calls for a 25% increase in volume and again accelerating through the back half of the year |
| We are proud of the hard work by our team to deliver these strong results |
| We're lapping the take rate impact from very strong growth in our travel sector |
| In our B2B and merchant services businesses, we believe we have a $6 trillion opportunity and are seeing product market fit and strong customer demand, specifically in B2B |
| We believe our unique assets, the scale and breadth of our ecosystem and relationships position us to further expand our market share and create lasting value for our shareholders |
| We plan to continue enhancing our product offerings to deliver value for our customers, expanding our addressable market, optimizing monetization and driving improved retention |
| We continue to test various pricing models related to our significant in-network payment volume and believe this represents a meaningful opportunity |
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| There's still significant geopolitical uncertainty, right? And despite very strong e-com numbers in December, there's still some lingering concern about the health of the U.S |
| Our revenue guide for '24 certainly does account for some potential, some modest, some headwinds from more muted consumer and business spending just to account for really some degree of macro and geopolitical uncertainty |
| So some near-term potential for headwinds from more muted consumer and business spending |
| In 2022, non-ICPs resulted in approximately $25 million of operating losses |
| Sequentially take rate declined nine basis points driven by a seasonal mix shift towards e-commerce and especially towards larger e-commerce sellers |
| We do have certain headwinds that come off only after the second quarter most notably those non-volume fees that are about a $15 million headwind in terms of those fees that we saw in early 2023 |
| In terms of the momentum, look, as we've highlighted, there's significant headwinds that impacted us in '23 both from a volume and a take-rate perspective that are coming off |
| I guess the one piece that I saw came in a bit lower was on the B2B volumes in the quarter |
| And because we send payments directly to the recipient's bank account, we don't own the SMBs relationship and have therefore limited opportunity to drive greater adoption over time |
| Net income was $27 million compared to a net loss of $10 million in the fourth quarter of last year |
| Other operating expense was down $2 million or 4%, driven by lower headcount from initiatives undertaken earlier in 2023 to streamline and localize elements of our operations organization |
| We reduced our total employee headcount by 8% year-over-year |
| It did, as we highlighted, put some downward pressure on take rate overall, which is why I think it's super helpful to disaggregate take rate on our customer business, where we grew modestly in '23, and take rate on our payout business, when we saw that compression |
| The decreases driven primarily by higher interest income while improved pricing with bank and processing partners and lower capital advance costs also contributed |
| So we're lapping the termination of B2B customers |
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