IPSID Innovative Payment Solutions Inc (QB)

On May 12, 2016, Innovative Payment Solutions, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“IPSI” or the “Company”) (originally formed on September 23, 2013 under the name “Asiya Pearls, Inc.”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Qpagos Merger Agreement”) with Qpagos Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Qpagos Corporation”), and Qpagos Merge, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”). Pursuant to the Qpagos Merger Agreement, on May 12, 2016, the merger was consummated, and Qpagos Corporation and Merger Sub merged (the Qpagos “Merger”), with Qpagos Corporation continuing as the surviving corporation of the Merger. On May 27, 2016, the Company’s name was changed from “Asiya Pearls, Inc.” to “QPAGOS”.

Pursuant to the Qpagos Merger Agreement, upon consummation of the Qpagos Merger, each share of Qpagos Corporation’s capital stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger was converted into the right to receive two shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”). Additionally, pursuant to the Qpagos Merger Agreement, upon consummation of the Merger, the Company assumed all of Qpagos Corporation’s warrants issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger, which were exercisable for an aggregate of approximately 621,920 shares of Common Stock as of the date of the Qpagos Merger. Prior to and as a condition to the closing of the Qpagos Merger, a then-current holder of 500,000 shares of Common Stock agreed to return 497,500 shares of Common Stock held by such holder to the Company and such holder retained an aggregate of 2,500 shares of Common Stock. The other stockholders of the Company retained 500,000 shares of Common Stock. Therefore, immediately following the Qpagos Merger, Qpagos Corporation’s former stockholders held 4,992,900 shares of Common Stock which represented approximately 91% of the outstanding Common Stock.

The Qpagos Merger was treated as a reverse acquisition of the Company, then a public shell company, for financial accounting and reporting purposes. As such, Qpagos Corporation was treated as the acquirer for accounting and financial reporting purposes while the Company was treated as the acquired entity for accounting and financial reporting purposes.

Qpagos Corporation was incorporated on May 1, 2015 under the laws of the state of Delaware to effectuate a reverse merger transaction with Qpagos, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (“Qpagos Mexico”) and Redpag Electrónicos S.A.P.I. de C.V. (“Redpag”). Each of the entities were incorporated in November 2013 in Mexico. Qpagos Mexico was formed to process payment transactions for service providers it contracts with, and Redpag was formed to deploy and operate kiosks as a distributor. 

On June 1, 2016, the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) changed the Company’s fiscal year end from October 31 to December 31.

On November 1, 2019, the Company changed its corporate name from “QPAGOS” to “Innovative Payment Solutions, Inc.” Additionally, and immediately following the name change, the Company filed a Certificate of Change with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada to effect a reverse split of the then outstanding Common Stock at a ratio of 1-for-10, effective on November 1, 2019 (the “Reverse Stock Split”). As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, each ten pre-split shares of Common Stock outstanding automatically combined into one new share of Common Stock without any further action on the part of the holders, and the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reduced from 320,477,867 shares to 32,047,817 after rounding for fractional shares.

On December 31, 2019, the Company consummated the disposal of Qpagos Corporation, Qpagos Mexico and Redpag in exchange for 2,250,000 shares (the “Vivi Shares”) of common stock of Vivi Holdings, Inc. (“Vivi. or “Vivi Holdings”) pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement dated August 5, 2019 (the “SPA”). Of the 2,250,000 shares of Vivi, nine percent (9%) was allocated as follows: Gaston Pereira (5%), Andrey Novikov (2.5%), and Joseph Abrams (1.5%). The transactions contemplated by the SPA closed on December 31, 2019 after the satisfaction of customary conditions, the receipt of a final fairness opinion and the approval of the Company’s shareholders. As a result, the Company no longer has any business operations in Mexico and has retained its U.S. operations, currently based in Carmel By The Sea, California.

On June 21, 2021. the Company acquired a 10% strategic interest in Frictionless Financial Technologies, Inc. (“Frictionless”). Frictionless agreed to deliver to the Company, a live fully compliant financial payment Software as a Service solution for use by the Company as a digital payment platform (which was subsequently branded as IPSIPay) that enables payments within the United States and abroad, including Mexico, together with a service agreement providing a full suite of product services to facilitate the Company’s anticipated product offerings. The Company had an irrevocable right to acquire up to an additional 41% of the outstanding common stock of Frictionless at a purchase price of $300,000 for each 1% acquired.

On August 26, 2021, the Company formed a new subsidiary, Beyond Fintech, Inc. (“Beyond Fintech”), in which it owns a 51% stake, with Frictionless owning the remaining 49%. Beyond Fintech acquired an exclusive license to a product known as Beyond Wallet, to further its objective of providing virtual payment services allowing U.S. persons to transfer funds to Mexico and other countries.

The Company’s financial statements are prepared using U.S. GAAP applicable to a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has incurred net losses since its inception and anticipates net losses and negative operating cash flows for the near future. For and as of the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company had a net loss of $1.1 million In connection with preparing the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2024, management evaluated the risks described in Note 2(f) above on the Company’s business and its future liquidity for the next twelve months from the date of issuance of these financial statements.

The accompanying financial statements for the period ended June 30, 2024 have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern, but the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is dependent on the Company obtaining adequate capital to fund operating losses until it establishes a revenue stream and becomes profitable. Management’s plans to continue as a going concern include raising additional capital through sales of equity securities and borrowing. However, management cannot provide any assurances that the Company will be successful in accomplishing any of its plans. If the Company is not able to obtain the necessary additional financing on a timely basis, the Company will be required to delay, and reduce the scope of the Company’s development and operations. Continuing as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to successfully secure other sources of financing and attain profitable operations. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.

The Company has determined that there is substantial doubt about their ability to continue as a going concern.

On May 12, 2023, the Company entered into the May 2023 Frictionless Agreement to unwind the equity ownership stakes that the Company and Frictionless have in each other and in Beyond Fintech. Pursuant to the May 2023 Frictionless Agreement: (i) the Company assigned to Frictionless all common stock of Frictionless owned by the Company (representing a 10% ownership interest in Frictionless); (ii) the warrant to purchase 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock previously issued by the Company to Frictionless as of December 30, 2022 was cancelled; (iii) the Company assigned to Frictionless all shares of common stock of Beyond Fintech owned by the Company (representing a 51% ownership interest in Beyond Fintech) (the “Beyond Fintech Shares”); and (iv) the rights previously granted to the Company to (a) acquire additional equity interests in Frictionless, (b) participate in future financings of Frictionless and (c) appoint a board member of Frictionless were terminated. The consideration to the Company for the assignment of the Beyond Fintech Shares to Frictionless is $250,000, which will be paid by Frictionless exclusively in the form of 20% credits against invoices for work done by Frictionless for the Company for the 18-month period following the closing under the existing software services between the Company and Frictionless. The May 2023 Frictionless Agreement has customary representations, indemnification and mutual release provisions. The closing of the transactions contemplated by the May 2023 Frictionless Agreement occurred on May 12, 2023.

In the prior year, effective May 12, 2023, the Company disposed of its investment in Beyond Fintech.

The statement of operations from discontinued operations is as follows:

On February 22, 2024, the Company (utilizing a portion of the proceeds from the issuance of convertible notes) loaned funds to Business Warrior in the principal amount of $226,190, which includes an original issue discount equal to $67,857, for net proceeds to Business Warrior of $158,333. The loan is memorialized by a secured promissory note (the “Business Warrior Note”). The Business Warrior Note does not accrued interest, except in the case of an event of default, which case interest accrues at 15% per annum. The Business Warrior Note matures on the earlier to occur of December 31, 2025 and the date that Business Warrior securities are listed on a national securities exchange. The Business Warrior Note may be prepaid at any time for an amount equal to 110% of the then principal and accrued interest. The Company has the right to exchange the Business Warrior Note for securities issued by Business Warrior in any subsequent private placement by Business Warrior. The principal and accrued interest under Business Warrior Note is convertible into common stock of Business Warrior at a price equal to $0.0036 per share, subject to certain adjustments and potential resets. Business Warrior’s obligations under the Business Warrior Note are guaranteed by Business Warrior’s subsidiaries and secured by a lien on Business Warrior’s accounts receivable.

The debt discount on the Business Warrior’s note is amortized as income utilizing the effective interest rate method.

On June 19, 2024, the Company (utilizing a portion of the proceeds from the issuance of convertible notes) loaned additional funds to Business Warrior in the principal amount of $30,000 (the “June Business Warrior Note”). The June Business Warrior Note accrues interest at 8% per annum and matures on November 1, 2024. The June Business Warrior Note plus any accrued interest may be prepaid at any time without penalty.

Loans receivable consists of the following:

Discount amortized to income as deemed interest during the three months and six months ended June 30, 2024 was $7,925 and $11,207, respectively.

Interest earned for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 was $72.

On August 26, 2021, the Company formed Beyond Fintech to acquire a product known as Beyond Wallet from a third party for gross proceeds of $250,000, together with the logo, use of name and implementation of the product into the Company’s technology. The Company owned 51% of Beyond Fintech with the other 49% owned by Frictionless. Prior to the disposal of Beyond Fintech to Frictionless the Company spent an additional 77,211 on the software to further enhance the Beyond Wallet product offering.  On May 12, 2023, Beyond Fintech was sold to Frictionless.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company paid gross proceeds of $375,000 to Frictionless for the development of the IPSIPay wallet, prior to the novation of the rights and obligation to a third party, the company spent an additional $1,171,805 to facilitate the functioning of the IPSIPay software in the cloud environment. On September 5, 2023, the Company novated all its rights and obligations to its IPSIPay wallet to a third party.

Amortization expense was $0 and $128,348 for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $0 and $254,204 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

On April 28, 2023, the Company formed IPSIPay Express with OpenPath and EFinityPay. As described in Note 1(b), the Company has agreed to make the IPSI Capital Contributions to IPSIPay Express. As of June 30, 2024, the initial Tranche of $500,000 and the second Tranche of $500,000 of capital contributions was paid by the Company to or on behalf of IPSIPay Express.

The Company accounts for its investment in IPSIPay Express in accordance with ASC 323, Investments – Equity Method and Joint Ventures, the movement in equity method investments related to IPSIPay Express for the period ended June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 is as follows:

On March 22, 2021, the Company entered into a real property lease for an office located at 56B 5^th Street, Lot 1, #AT, Carmel By The Sea, California. The lease commenced on April 1, 2021 and is for a twelve-month period, terminating on April 1, 2022. Following the expiry of the lease term, the landlord has agreed to continue the lease on a month-to-month basis at $4,800 per month. On January 1, 2023, the Company entered into a new month-to-month lease, with a 90-day termination clause, for a monthly rental of $5,088. The lease was terminated effective August 31, 2023.

The Company applied the practical expedient whereby operating leases with a duration of twelve months or less are expensed as incurred.

Total Lease Cost

Individual components of the total lease cost incurred by the Company is as follows:

Other lease information:

Small Business Administration Disaster Relief loan

On July 7, 2020, the Company received a Small Business Economic Injury Disaster loan amounting to $150,000, bearing interest at 3.75% per annum and repayable in monthly installments of $731 commencing twelve months after inception with the balance of interest and principal repayable on July 7, 2050. The loan is secured by all tangible and intangible assets of the Company. The proceeds are to be used for working capital purposes to alleviate economic injury caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The company has accrued interest of $7,788 and $9,369 on this loan as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.

Notes payable consists of the following:

Interest expense totaled $25,123 and $24,368 for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $49,491 and $48,468 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Amortization of debt discount totaled $2,660 and $0 for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $2,660 and $0 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Cavalry Fund I LP and Mercer Street Global Opportunity Fund, LLC

On February 16, 2021, the Company entered into separate Securities Purchase Agreements (the “SPAs”), with each of Cavalry Fund I LP (“Cavalry”) and Mercer Street Global Opportunity Fund, LLC (“Mercer”), pursuant to which the Company received $500,500 and $500,500 from Cavalry and Mercer, respectively, in exchange for the issuance of: (i) Original Issue Discount 12.5% Convertible Notes (the “Notes” and each a “Note”) in the principal amount of $572,000 to each of Cavalry and Mercer; and (ii) five-year warrants (the “Original Warrants”) issued to each of Cavalry and Mercer to purchase 2,486,957 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.24 per share.

In terms of the December 30, 2022 Note Amendment Transaction, described in more detail in Note 9 below, the Original Warrants issued on February 16, 2021 were irrevocably exchanged for 12-month non-convertible promissory notes in the amount of $482,000 (the “Exchange Notes”) to each of Cavalry and Mercer. This exchange caused the cancellation of the Original Warrants for all purposes. The Company accounted for the aggregate value of the notes issued of $964,000, less the fair value of the warrants exchanged for these notes of $43,608, totaling $920,392 as a component of the loss on convertible debt.

The Exchange Notes have a maturity date of December 30, 2023 and carry an interest rate of ten percent (10%). The Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, in lieu of a cash payment upon maturity of the Exchange Notes, to issue 51,901,711 shares of Common Stock, as adjusted for any stock splits, dividends or other similar corporate events, in full satisfaction of its obligations under each of the Exchange Notes (or any pro rata portion of such number of shares in partial satisfaction of such obligations). The Company is under no legal obligation to reserve such number of shares for future issuance.

On February 27, 2024, the maturity date of the notes was extended to April 30, 2024 with an automatic one-month extension each month until such time as the note is declared to be in default, all other terms remain the same as the previous notes. The Company performed an analysis in terms of ASC 470 and it was determined that the extension was a debt modification, in addition, no additional consideration was paid for the maturity date extension.

December 2022 Note Amendment Transaction

The Company twice extended its indebtedness to each Cavalry and Mercer. On February 3, 2022, the Company agreed to extend the maturity date of the Cavalry/Mercer Notes to August 16, 2022. Additionally, on August 30, 2022, the Company entered agreements for an additional maturity date extension to November 16, 2022. In consideration for the second extension, the Company agreed to (i) increase the principal amount outstanding and due to Cavalry and Mercer under the Cavalry/Mercer Notes by twenty percent (20%) and (ii) issue to each of Cavalry and Mercer a new five-year warrant (each, an “Extension Warrant”) to purchase an additional 100,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $4.50 per share. The Extension Warrant contains the same terms and provisions in all material respects as the Original Warrants, except for difference in exercise price.

On December 30, 2022, the Company again extended the maturity dates of each of the Cavalry/Mercer Notes to December 30, 2023. Each of Cavalry and Mercer entered into Note Amendment Letter Agreement with the Company (the “Note Amendment”) pursuant to which the parties agreed to the following:

The convertible notes and warrants issued by the Company to Cavalry, Mercer and RRH as described in Note 12 have variable priced conversion rights with no fixed floor price and will re-price dependent on the share price performance over varying periods of time and certain notes and warrants have fundamental transaction clauses which might result in cash settlement, due to these factors, all convertible notes and any warrants attached thereto are valued and give rise to a derivative financial liability, which was initially valued at inception of the convertible notes using a Black-Scholes valuation model.

Between September 12, 2023 and December 20, 2023, and between April 2, 2024 and June 25, 2024, the Company entered into a convertible note agreement with RRH which have variable priced conversion rights with no fixed floor price and will re-price dependent on the share price performance over varying periods of time, which gave rise to a derivative financial liability, which was initially valued at inception of the convertible notes at $416,317 and $268,873, respectively, but limited to the cash value of the convertible notes of $235,000 and $170,000, respectively, using a Black-Scholes valuation model.

The net movement on the derivative liability for the three months ended June 30, 2024 was a net mark-to-market credit of $107,547 and for the six months ended June 30, 2024 was a net market credit of $923,488, determined by using a Black-Scholes valuation model.

The following assumptions were used in the Black-Scholes valuation model: