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Item 2 — Management's Discussion and Analysis
Remitly Global, Inc. · 10-Q · Q2 FY2026 · Period ended Jun 30, 2026
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You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes and the discussion under the heading “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. You should read the sections titled “Risk Factors” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as well as in the Annual Report on Form 10-K and “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” for a discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis. The forward-looking statements in this Form 10-Q represent our views as of the date of this Form 10-Q. Except as may be required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements or the reasons that results could differ from these forward-looking statements. You should, therefore, not rely on these forward-looking statements as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this Form 10-Q.
Overview
Remitly is a trusted provider of financial services that transcend borders. With a footprint spanning more than 175 countries, we have built one of the world’s leading global money movement platforms, trusted by millions of customers who rely on us every day. Leveraging our strengths in global money movement, we continue to evolve beyond a remittance company into a diversified, cross-border financial services provider, serving both our consumers and businesses across a growing set of use cases.
Our competitive advantage is built on three core strengths—trust, network, and scale—which together enable us to deliver reliability, speed, and a fair and transparent price for cross-border financial services.
Trust
Trust is the foundation of everything we do and is earned through reliability, fairness, and security. Delivering cross-border financial services in a trusted and reliable way across geographies is incredibly complex. We are focused on delivering a reliable and seamless experience to customers that builds trust and drives repeat engagement with our platform. We manage this complexity by localizing services across more than 175 countries, supporting diverse payment methods and currencies, maintaining robust fraud and compliance systems, and operating sophisticated treasury and foreign exchange capabilities to deliver funds reliably through our global disbursement network.
Our digital-first platform provides an easy-to-use, end-to-end process with a simple and reliable user experience that builds trust by delivering peace of mind. In just a few minutes, customers are able to set up and send money for the first time with Remitly, and repeat transactions are easier with just a few taps. Our users can also track the status of their transactions as they are processed, and we provide a reliability promise to customers which is underpinned by our sophisticated risk models, high-quality network, and empathetic customer service.
We also earn trust through the quality and resilience of our partner ecosystem. We select and manage funding and disbursement partners based on service quality, regulatory compliance, operational performance, and risk standards, and we design our network with redundancy across corridors to support reliability and continuity of service.
This reliable, fair, and secure experience enables us to engage beyond the initial transaction, generating strong repeat usage and high customer loyalty. Our services are highly non-discretionary for many of our customers which results in high revenue visibility throughout economic cycles. As of June 30, 2026, our Remitly app had a 4.9 iOS App Store rating with approximately 4.5 million reviewers and a 4.8 Android Google Play rating with over 1.4 million reviewers (app ratings are based on all countries or regions and the rating may vary based on user location and device type).
Network
Our global network of funding and disbursement partnerships is at the core of our business and enables us to complete transactions efficiently across more than 5,700 corridors without the need to deploy local operations in each country, while complying with global and local licensing and regulatory requirements. A corridor represents the pairing of a send country, from which a customer can send a cross-border payment, with a specific receive country to which such cross-border payment can be sent. As a result of the quality of our network and the foundational investments we have made, adding a new send country typically unlocks a significant number of new corridors, allowing us to scale rapidly.
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Our network strategy emphasizes direct integrations with funding and disbursement partners wherever possible, reducing reliance on intermediaries and supporting faster, more reliable, and cost-efficient delivery of funds. This approach also helps mitigate operational complexity and concentration risk while enabling consistent service levels across geographies. These direct integrations also allow for a better customer experience and lower costs and are a significant competitive advantage. Our partners, including those that are among the most trusted and recognized brands around the world, create a broad and effective pay-in and disbursement ecosystem for our customers:
•Pay-in Acceptance. We have relationships with top tier banks and leading global payment processors and networks. These relationships provide our customers an array of payment options to fund cross-border payments with a bank account, card-based payments, or alternative payment methods.
We can accept and settle transfers from hundreds of millions of consumer bank accounts, payment methods such as Apple Pay and Google Pay, as well as Visa and Mastercard credit and debit cards. As a digital service, we typically do not have sending agents who accept cash. We, in turn, do not incur costs or commissions associated with physical agent-based sending and funding.
•Payment Disbursement. We provide broad and high quality access to disbursement options for our customers allowing them to choose the method that is most convenient for their recipients, including bank accounts, cash, and alternative payment methods. Our broad disbursement network supports reliable delivery and choice, allowing customers to select whatever method works best for their family and friends to receive funds. We have access to many disbursement partners across the globe including major banks, aggregators, cash pick-up options, and mobile wallet partners. These relationships provide our customers with choice of disbursement and enable us to send funds within minutes, or even seconds, to over 5.8 billion bank accounts and mobile wallets, and approximately 490,000 cash pick-up options, including retail outlets and banks.
We select our disbursement partners based on our recipients’ preferences, quality of service, cost, brand recognition, and co-branding opportunities. Our disbursement partners make us a trusted source of global money movement because our customers are typically already familiar with their chosen disbursement partner and recipients feel comfortable receiving money where they regularly bank or shop. In addition, we only select disbursement partners that meet or exceed: (1) our geographic coverage goals in the regions in which they operate; (2) our robust compliance and regulatory requirements; and (3) our specific operating metrics such as creditworthiness and error rates.
As a result of our significant global presence, we are able to establish multi-faceted partnerships. These partnerships enable the ability to source and settle foreign exchange rates locally, accept payments, or deposit customer funds directly to customer accounts. In addition, we have redundancies built into our global network for our various partnerships.
We focus on creating financial inclusion by providing payout optionality and access for recipients who do not always have convenient access to traditional banking. We believe our focus on financial inclusion creates peace of mind for our customers and their families while attracting and retaining loyal customers.
Our customers primarily send money from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and other countries in Europe, with recipients located around the world. Our largest receive countries by send volume include India, Mexico, and the Philippines.
Scale
We believe scale reinforces both trust and network capabilities by enabling lower unit costs, better pricing, and continuous reinvestment in product performance and quality, including through greater use of direct integrations that improve efficiency as our volumes grow. Our data-driven approach to optimizing customer lifetime value, combined with localized and scalable marketing solutions, allows us to acquire new customers at attractive unit economics. In addition to product enhancements and efficiencies in variable operating costs, we are transforming our marketing engine from a single-product acquisition model into an artificial intelligence-powered system that drives multi-product engagement, and strengthens our ability to reactivate, retain, and increase share of wallet among existing customers. We believe our expertise in localizing our marketing, products, and customer support at scale is a key differentiator and enables us to provide customers with a personalized experience that drives peace of mind while also delivering high returns on marketing and product investments.
Our scale also supports our disciplined expansion into new customer categories and use cases across the world. We see significant opportunity to create value by expanding our cross-border financial services to a broader set of customers. Building on our roots of serving primarily low-amount senders who send money to family and friends, we now also serve high-amount senders, businesses, and receivers, across our global network. As we continue to scale, we apply a data-driven approach to optimize customer value, product features, marketing strategies, and economics across new geographies and customer categories. We also leverage our localization expertise and technology to strengthen our global partner network through additional direct integrations and expanded payment methods to enhance our cross-border payment experience across corridors.
Our Revenue Model
For our global money movement product, which currently represents the substantial majority of our revenue, we earn revenue from transaction fees charged to customers and foreign exchange spreads applied to the amount the customer is sending.
Transaction fees vary based on the corridor, the currency in which funds are delivered to the recipient, the funding method a customer chooses (e.g., ACH, credit card, debit card, etc.), the disbursement method a customer chooses (e.g., bank deposit, mobile wallet, cash pick-up, etc.), and the amount the customer is sending.
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Foreign exchange spreads represent the difference between the foreign exchange rate offered to customers and the foreign exchange rate on our currency purchases. They are an output of proprietary and dynamic models that are designed to provide fair and competitive rates to our customers, while generating a spread based on our ability to buy foreign currency at generally advantageous rates.
Revenue from transaction fees and foreign exchange spreads is reduced by sales incentives, including customer promotions. For example, we may, from time to time, waive transaction fees for first-time customers, or provide customers with better foreign exchange rates on their first transaction. These incentives are accounted for as reductions to revenue, up to the point where net historical cumulative revenue, at the customer level, is reduced to zero. We consider these incentives to be an investment in our long-term relationship with customers.
Key Performance Metrics
We regularly review the following key performance metrics to evaluate our performance, identify trends affecting our business, prepare financial projections, and make strategic decisions. We believe that these key performance metrics provide meaningful supplemental information for management and investors in assessing our historical and future operating performance. The calculation of these key performance metrics discussed below may differ from other similarly titled metrics used by other companies, analysts, or investors. The key performance metrics that we use to measure the performance of our business are defined as follows:
•“Active customers” is defined as the number of distinct customers that have successfully completed at least one transaction using Remitly during a given period. We identify customers through unique account numbers.
•“Send volume” is defined as the sum of the amount that customers send, measured in U.S. dollars, related to transactions completed during a given period. This amount is net of cancellations, does not include transaction fees from customers, and does not include any credits, offers, or bonuses applied to the transaction by us.
Active Customers
Three Months Ended June 30,
(in thousands) 2026 2025
Active customers 10,199 8,511
We believe that the number of our active customers is an important indicator of customer engagement, customer retention, and the overall growth of our business.
Active customers increased to approximately 10.2 million, or 20% growth, for the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2025. This increase was primarily due to an increase in the number of new customers, driven by continued marketing efficiency and strong retention, as well as product and geographic expansion. The increase was also a result of growth in new customer categories, including high-amount senders and business accounts. Ongoing improvements in customer experience and localized innovation in key corridors supported customer acquisition and engagement.
Send Volume
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions) 2026 2025 2026 2025
Send volume $ 23,514 $ 18,477 $ 45,577 $ 34,635
We measure send volume to assess the scale of cross-border payments sent using our global money movement product. Our customers mostly send from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and other countries in Europe. Our customers and their recipients are located in over 175 countries and territories across the globe. Our largest receive countries by send volume include India, Mexico, and the Philippines.
Send volume increased 27% to $23.5 billion for the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to $18.5 billion for the three months ended June 30, 2025, driven by the increase in active customers.
Send volume increased 32% to $45.6 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to $34.6 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2025, driven by the increase in active customers.
Key Factors Affecting Our Performance
Customer Retention and High Customer Engagement
Our send volume is primarily driven by existing customers who regularly use our global money movement product to send money across borders to family and friends, as well as an increasing number of high-amount senders and businesses. We believe our digital-first products and superior customer experience encourage high retention and repeat usage, which remain significant drivers of our performance.
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We measure active customers to monitor the growth and performance of our customer base. The majority of our active customers send money for recurring, non-discretionary needs multiple times per month, providing a recurring revenue stream with high predictability and durability. Additionally, new customer categories, such as business accounts, contribute often higher-value transactions as they send money to pay contractors, vendors, and employees.
Attracting New Customers
Our continued ability to attract new customers is a key driver for our long-term growth. We continue to expand our customer base by launching new send and receive corridors, innovating existing and new products, and providing the most trusted financial services for customers with cross-border financial needs. Growth in new customer categories, as well as product and geographic expansion, are contributing to broader acquisition. We continue to acquire new customers through digital marketing channels and word-of-mouth referrals from existing customers. Given the nature of our business, new customer acquisition marketing investments may negatively impact net income and Adjusted EBITDA in the quarter they are acquired, but are expected to favorably impact net income and Adjusted EBITDA in subsequent periods as many customers continue to send transactions in the periods after they are acquired.
Customer Acquisition Costs
Efficiently acquiring customers is critical to our growth and maintaining attractive customer economics, which are impacted by online marketing competition, our ability to effectively target the right demographic, and a competitive environment. We have a history of successfully monitoring customer acquisition costs through disciplined, data-driven investment decisions, and will continue to be strategic and disciplined toward customer acquisition. Our marketing engine increasingly leverages automation and artificial intelligence to optimize channel mix, targeting, and lifetime value.
For performance marketing, we set rigorous customer acquisition targets that we continuously monitor to drive a high long-term return on investment, adjusting spend dynamically based on performance and opportunity. This disciplined approach allows us to balance growth with profitability and to redeploy investment efficiently across customer categories and products. Customer acquisition costs, which are deployed to acquire new customers or retain existing customers in certain circumstances, are a component of advertising expenses as defined in Note 2. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Corridor Mix
Our business is global and certain attributes of our business vary by corridor, such as send amount, customer funding sources, and transaction frequency. For example, a period of high growth in receive corridors with large average send amounts, such as India, could disproportionately impact send volume while impacting active customers to a lesser extent. While shifts in our corridor mix could impact the trends in our global business, including send volume and customer economics, we have the ability to optimize these corridors over the long term based on their specific dynamics.
Seasonality
Our operating results and key metrics are subject to seasonality, which may result in fluctuations in our quarterly revenues and operating results. For example, active customers and send volume generally peak as customers send gifts for regional and global holidays including, most notably, in the fourth quarter around the Christmas holiday. This seasonality typically drives higher fourth quarter customer acquisition, which generally results in higher fourth quarter marketing spend and transaction losses. It also results in higher transactions and transaction expenses, along with higher working capital needs. Other periods of favorable seasonality include Ramadan/Eid, Lunar New Year/Tết, and Mother’s Day, although these effects are generally smaller than the seasonality we see in the fourth quarter and the timing of some of these holidays varies from year to year. Conversely, we typically observe lower customer acquisition and transaction activity through most of the first quarter, especially in regions that experience favorable seasonality in the fourth quarter. Additionally, the number of business days in a quarter and the day of the week that the last day of the quarter falls on may also introduce variability in our results, working capital balances, or cash flows period over period.
Our Technology
We continue to invest significant resources in our technology to support the development of new and innovative products, add features to existing offerings, and enhance the customer and recipient experience. The investments also grow our payment and disbursement network, strengthen our risk and security infrastructure, and maintain data protection in accordance with evolving best practices and legal requirements. We are also embedding data analytics and AI across our platform to improve automation, enhance scalability, and drive long-term operating efficiency. We believe these investments in technology and development capabilities will ultimately contribute to our long-term growth.
Management of Risk and Fraud
We manage fraud (e.g., identity theft) and other illegitimate activity (e.g., money laundering) by utilizing our proprietary risk models, which include machine learning, early warning signals, bespoke rules, and manual investigation processes. These capabilities are enhanced by AI to improve detection accuracy and automation. Our models and processes enable us to identify and address complex and evolving risks in these unwanted activities, while maintaining a differentiated customer experience. In addition, we integrate historical fraud loss data and other transaction data into our risk models, which helps us identify emerging patterns and quantify fraud and compliance risks across all aspects of our customer interactions. These models and processes allow us to achieve and maintain fraud loss rates within desired guardrails, as well as continuously refine our risk models to address new risks.
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Macroeconomic and Geopolitical Changes
Global macroeconomic and geopolitical factors, including inflation, currency fluctuations, immigration and immigration policy, regulatory changes, trade and regulatory policies, including imposition of trade restrictions, taxes and tariffs, and any related market or economic uncertainty or slowdown, regional and global conflicts, global crises and natural disasters, unemployment, potential recession, and the rate of digital cross-border payment adoption impact demand for our services and the options that we can offer. These factors evolve over time, and periods of significant currency appreciation or depreciation, whether in send or receive currencies, changes to global migration patterns, immigration policy, or international trade, and changes to digital adoption trends may shift the timing and volume of transactions, or the number of customers using our service. We continue to assess the impact of developments in foreign trade policy, including taxes and tariffs, and global market conditions. While the imposition of tariffs has not had a significant impact on our business historically, we recognize there is a potential for indirect effects, particularly from foreign exchange volatility to which we are exposed due to the global nature of our cross-border payment operations. Refer to our discussion of foreign currency exchange rate risk included in Part I, Item 3 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further details.
In addition, foreign currency movements impact our business in numerous ways. For example, as the U.S. dollar strengthens, we see customers in certain geographies taking advantage of the ability to get more local currency to their families and friends. We also believe the strength of the U.S. dollar and the strength of other developed country currencies versus emerging country currencies make it easier to acquire new customers in certain geographies. Conversely, expansion of our international business can negatively impact our condensed consolidated results when these currencies weaken against the U.S. dollar. As we grow, we are becoming more diversified across geographies and currencies, which can help mitigate some localized geopolitical risks and macroeconomic trends. As foreign currency can have a significant impact on our business, we maintain a diversified cash balance portfolio and manage foreign exchange risk through various operational measures, including use of foreign exchange contracts. Our proactive risk management is designed to help mitigate potential impacts. For a more comprehensive description of our foreign currency exchange rate risk, current business concentrations, and details on our foreign exchange contracts, refer to Part I, Item 3 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Evolving regulatory and legislative developments may influence customer behavior and transaction volumes. For example, recent U.S. legal and policy changes have changed the legal status of certain population groups and increased deportation activity more broadly, and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBBA”), which passed on July 4, 2025, imposes a tax on outbound, non-digital remittances from the United States to recipients abroad. While these regulatory and legislative developments may impact certain areas of our business, our business has remained resilient through various macroeconomic, political, and regulatory cycles over the past decade. We will continue to evaluate the impact the new regulation and legislation will have on our condensed consolidated financial statements, but at this time, we do not expect that the remittance tax included in the OBBBA will have a material impact on our business.
The OBBBA also enacts U.S. corporate income tax reform, certain aspects of which applied to our business beginning in 2025, principally the immediate expensing of domestic research and development expenditures. These provisions did not have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements, although they accelerate our deductions and are expected to reduce our cash tax payments in the near term. We continue to monitor developments and guidance under the OBBBA.
Components of Results of Operations
Revenue
Our primary source of revenue is currently earned from our global money movement product, which is generated on transaction fees charged to customers and foreign exchange spreads between the foreign exchange rate offered to customers and the foreign exchange rate on our currency purchases. Revenue is recognized in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to in exchange for services provided, when control of these services is transferred to our customers, which is the time the funds have been delivered to the intended recipient.
Costs and Expenses
Transaction Expenses
Transaction expenses include fees paid to disbursement partners for paying funds to the recipient, provisions for transaction losses, and fees paid to payment processors for funding transactions. Transaction expenses also include chargebacks, fraud prevention, fraud management tools, and compliance tools. We establish reserves for transaction losses based on historical trends and any specific risks identified in processing customer transactions. This reserve is included in ‘Accrued expenses and other current liabilities’ on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Over the long term, we expect to continue to benefit from improvements in our proprietary fraud models, although we expect some variability in transaction expense from quarter to quarter.
Customer Support and Operations
Customer support and operations expenses consist primarily of personnel-related expenses associated with our customer support and operations organization, including salaries, benefits, and stock-based compensation expense, as well as third-party costs for customer support services, and travel and related office expenses. This includes our customer service teams which directly support our customers, consisting of online support and call centers, and other costs incurred to support our customers, including related telephony costs to support these teams, customer protection and risk teams, investments in tools to effectively service our customers, and increased customer self-service capabilities. Customer support and operations expenses also include corporate communication costs and professional services fees.
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Marketing
Marketing expenses consist primarily of advertising costs used to attract new customers, including branding-related expenses. Marketing expenses also include personnel-related expenses associated with marketing organization staff, including salaries, benefits, and stock-based compensation expense, promotions, costs for software subscription services dedicated for use by marketing functions, and outside services contracted for marketing purposes.
Technology and Development
Technology and development expenses consist primarily of personnel-related expenses for employees involved in the research, design, development, and maintenance of both new and existing products and services, including salaries, benefits, and stock-based compensation expense. Technology and development expenses also include professional services fees and costs for software subscription services dedicated for use by our technology and development teams, as well as other company-wide technology tools. Technology and development expenses also include product and engineering teams used to support the development of both internal infrastructure and internal-use software, to the extent such costs do not qualify for capitalization. Technology and development costs are generally expensed as incurred and do not include software development costs which qualify for capitalization as internal-use software. The amortization of internal-use software costs which were capitalized in accordance with ASC 350-40, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software, is included in ‘Depreciation and amortization’ within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
We believe delivering new functionality and improving existing technology is critical to attract new customers and expand our relationship with existing customers. We expect to continue to make investments to expand our solutions in order to enhance our customers’ experience and satisfaction, and to attract new customers.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel-related expenses for our finance, legal, compliance, human resources, facilities, administrative personnel, and other leadership functions, including salaries, benefits, and stock-based compensation expense. General and administrative expenses also include professional services fees, software subscriptions, facilities, indirect taxes, credit losses, and other corporate expenses, including acquisition and integration expenses.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization expense includes depreciation on property and equipment and leasehold improvements, as well as the amortization of internal-use software costs and intangible assets.
Interest Income
Interest income consists primarily of interest income earned on our cash and cash equivalents.
Interest Expense
Interest expense consists primarily of the interest expense on our borrowings.
Other Expense, Net
Other expense, net, primarily includes foreign currency exchange gains and losses due to remeasurement of certain foreign currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities.
(Benefit from) Provision for Income Taxes
(Benefit from) provision for income taxes consists primarily of federal and state income taxes in the United States and income taxes in certain foreign jurisdictions in which we conduct business. During the three months ended June 30, 2026, we released our full valuation allowance for U.S. deferred tax assets. The income tax benefit was $138.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, inclusive of a $140.6 million discrete tax benefit from the U.S. valuation allowance release. We periodically assess the need for a valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets by weighing positive and negative evidence to determine whether it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will be realized.
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Results of Operations
Comparison of the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025
The following table sets forth our results of operations together with the dollar and percentage change for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025:
Three Months Ended June 30, Change Six Months Ended June 30, Change
(dollars in thousands) 2026 2025 Amount Percent 2026 2025 Amount Percent
Revenue $ 495,156 $ 411,852 $ 83,304 20 % $ 947,958 $ 773,476 $ 174,482 23 %
Costs and expenses
Transaction expenses 161,174 143,756 17,418 12 % 306,114 265,149 40,965 15 %
Customer support and operations 26,639 25,074 1,565 6 % 53,450 47,647 5,803 12 %
Marketing 104,388 84,976 19,412 23 % 190,750 158,325 32,425 20 %
Technology and development 74,049 77,496 (3,447) (4) % 153,652 151,347 2,305 2 %
General and administrative 55,918 59,581 (3,663) (6) % 111,065 112,410 (1,345) (1) %
Depreciation and amortization 6,307 6,326 (19) — % 12,506 11,722 784 7 %
Total costs and expenses 428,475 397,209 31,266 8 % 827,537 746,600 80,937 11 %
Income from operations 66,681 14,643 52,038 355 % 120,421 26,876 93,545 348 %
Interest income 1,485 2,061 (576) (28) % 3,138 3,848 (710) (18) %
Interest expense (3,152) (1,650) (1,502) 91 % (5,589) (2,949) (2,640) 90 %
Other expense, net (370) (6,940) 6,570 (95) % (1,251) (4,719) 3,468 (73) %
Income before (benefit from) provision for income taxes 64,644 8,114 56,530 697 % 116,719 23,056 93,663 406 %
(Benefit from) provision for income taxes (141,264) 1,578 (142,842) nm (138,242) 5,168 (143,410) nm
Net income $ 205,908 $ 6,536 $ 199,372 3,050 % $ 254,961 $ 17,888 $ 237,073 1,325 %
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The following discussion and analysis is for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the same period in 2025.
Revenue
Revenue increased 20%, or $83.3 million, and 23%, or $174.5 million, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2025. The increase was primarily driven by a 20% increase in active customers period over period, continued strength in the retention of existing customers, favorable customer behavior based on foreign currency movement, increased send volume for high-amount senders, and a continued mix shift trending towards digital disbursements. Revenue derived from each transaction varies based on a number of attributes, including the funding method chosen by the customer, the size of the transaction, the currency to be ultimately purchased, the rate at which the currency was purchased, the disbursement method chosen by the customer, and the country to which the funds are transferred.
As a reflection of this growth, send volume increased 27% and 32% to $23.5 billion and $45.6 billion for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, as compared to $18.5 billion and $34.6 billion for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively.
Transaction Expenses
Transaction expenses increased $17.4 million, or 12%, for the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2025. The increase was primarily due to a $19.6 million, or 18%, increase in direct costs associated with processing a higher volume of our customers’ remittance transactions and the disbursement of our customers’ funds to their recipients, partially offset by a $3.5 million decrease in our provision for transaction losses.
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Transaction expenses increased $41.0 million, or 15%, for the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2025. The increase was primarily due to a $38.4 million, or 19%, increase in direct costs associated with processing a higher volume of our customers’ remittance transactions and the disbursement of our customers’ funds to their recipients.
As a percentage of revenue, transaction expenses decreased to 33% and 32% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, compared to 35% and 34% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively.
Customer Support and Operations Expenses
Customer support and operations expenses increased $1.6 million, or 6%, for the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2025. The increase was primarily driven by a $3.3 million increase in personnel-related costs compared to the three months ended June 30, 2025.
Customer support and operations expenses increased $5.8 million, or 12%, for the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2025. The increase was primarily driven by a $6.4 million increase in personnel-related costs compared to the six months ended June 30, 2025.
As a percentage of revenue, customer support and operations expenses remained flat at 5% and 6% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, compared to 6% for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2025.
Marketing Expenses
Marketing expenses increased $19.4 million, or 23%, for the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to an increase of $19.1 million in advertising expense, including online and offline marketing spend and promotion costs to acquire new customers.
Marketing expenses increased $32.4 million, or 20%, for the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to an increase of $34.7 million in advertising expense, including online and offline marketing spend and promotion costs to acquire new customers.
As a percentage of revenue, marketing expenses were 21% and 20% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, compared to 21% and 20% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively.
Technology and Development Expenses
Technology and development expenses decreased $3.4 million, or 4%, for the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2025. The decrease was primarily driven by a $7.4 million decrease in personnel-related costs, partially offset by a $5.3 million increase in software costs primarily related to cloud services to support incremental transaction volume.
Technology and development expenses increased $2.3 million, or 2%, for the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2025. The increase was primarily driven by a $9.3 million increase in software costs primarily related to cloud services to support incremental transaction volume and a $3.6 million increase in restructuring costs primarily related to severance (refer to Note 13. Restructuring Initiatives in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for more information on the restructuring costs). These increases were partially offset by a $8.4 million decrease in personnel-related costs.
As a percentage of revenue, technology and development expenses decreased to 15% and 16% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, from 19% and 20% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, as we benefited from increasing efficiencies, including the usage of AI.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses decreased $3.7 million, or 6%, for the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2025. The decrease was primarily due to a $3.9 million decrease in provisions related to collectability of amounts due from certain processing partners.
General and administrative expenses decreased $1.3 million, or 1%, for the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2025. The decrease was primarily driven by a $4.6 million decrease in personnel-related expenses, partially offset by a $4.1 million increase in restructuring costs primarily related to severance (refer to Note 13. Restructuring Initiatives in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for more information on the restructuring costs).
As a percentage of revenue, general and administrative expenses decreased to 11% and 12% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, from 14% and 15% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, as we continue to leverage efficiencies in our general and administrative functions.
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Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization remained flat for the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2025. Depreciation and amortization increased $0.8 million, or 7%, for the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2025.
Interest Income
Interest income decreased $0.6 million and $0.7 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2025.
Interest Expense
Interest expense increased $1.5 million and $2.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to draws on the revolving credit facility.
Other Expense, Net
Other expense, net is primarily driven by unrealized losses and gains on foreign exchange remeasurements of certain foreign currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities.
(Benefit from) Provision for Income Taxes
The benefit from income taxes increased $142.8 million and $143.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2025. The increase in both the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 is primarily due to the release of the U.S. valuation allowance during the three months ended June 30, 2026.
We periodically assess the need for a valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets by weighing positive and negative evidence to determine whether it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will be realized. Based on our sustained profitability in the United States and anticipated future earnings, we concluded it was more likely than not that our U.S. deferred tax assets would be realizable, and accordingly released our full U.S. valuation allowance during the three months ended June 30, 2026.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We regularly review the following non-GAAP measure to evaluate our performance, identify trends affecting our business, prepare financial projections, and make strategic decisions. We believe that this non-GAAP measure provides meaningful supplemental information for management and investors in assessing our historical and future operating performance. The calculation of this non-GAAP measure discussed below may differ from other similarly titled metrics used by other companies, analysts, or investors.
We use Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, to supplement net income (loss). Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as net income (loss) adjusted by (i) interest (income) expense, net; (ii) (benefit from) provision for income taxes; (iii) noncash charges of depreciation and amortization; (iv) other (income) expense, net; (v) noncash charges associated with our donation of common stock in connection with our Pledge 1% commitment; (vi) noncash stock-based compensation expense, net; (vii) payroll taxes related to stock-based compensation expense, net; and (viii) certain restructuring and other costs.
Adjusted EBITDA is a key output measure used by our management to evaluate our operating performance, inform future operating plans, and make strategic long-term decisions, including those relating to operating expenses and the allocation of internal resources.
Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as a financial measure, should be considered as supplemental in nature, and is not meant as a substitute for the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. These limitations include the following:
•although depreciation and amortization are noncash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future, and Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect cash capital expenditure requirements for such replacements or for new capital expenditures or other capital commitments;
•Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;
•Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the effect of income taxes that may represent a reduction in cash available to us;
•Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the changes in other (income) expense, net, primarily driven by the effect of gains and losses from the remeasurement of foreign currency assets and liabilities into their functional currency;
•Adjusted EBITDA excludes noncash charges associated with the donation of our common stock in connection with our Pledge 1% commitment, which is recorded in general and administrative expenses;
•Adjusted EBITDA excludes stock-based compensation expense, net and payroll taxes related to stock-based compensation expense, net. These charges have recently been, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future, significant recurring expenses for our business as they are an important part of our compensation strategy; however, they are not directly linked to the current period’s operational performance. Additionally, payroll taxes related to stock-based compensation expense, net are outside of our direct control;
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•Adjusted EBITDA excludes certain restructuring and other costs. The restructuring costs are primarily related to severance and other associated costs; and
•Other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently from how we calculate this measure or not at all, which reduces its usefulness as a comparative measure.
The following table sets forth a reconciliation of net income, the most directly comparable financial measure prepared in accordance with GAAP, to Adjusted EBITDA, for each of the periods indicated:
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
(in thousands) 2026 2025 2026 2025
Net income $ 205,908 $ 6,536 $ 254,961 $ 17,888
Add:
Interest (income) expense, net 1,667 (411) 2,451 (899)
(Benefit from) provision for income taxes (141,264) 1,578 (138,242) 5,168
Depreciation and amortization 6,307 6,326 12,506 11,722
Other expense, net 370 6,940 1,251 4,719
Donation of common stock(1) 957 907 1,722 1,866
Stock-based compensation expense, net 34,491 38,066 62,027 73,858
Payroll taxes related to stock-based compensation expense, net 2,061 1,519 3,833 4,659
Restructuring and other costs(2) 4,245 2,536 15,783 3,444
Adjusted EBITDA $ 114,742 $ 63,997 $ 216,292 $ 122,425
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(1) Refer to Note 11. Common Stock within the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further detail on the donation of common stock.
(2) Restructuring and other costs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2025 consisted primarily of termination benefits. These costs are not indicative of ongoing operating performance.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Sources of Liquidity and Material Future Cash Requirements
As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, our principal sources of liquidity were cash and cash equivalents of $676.4 million and $542.4 million, respectively, as well as funds available under the 2025 Revolving Credit Facility, which we entered into in June 2025. The 2025 Revolving Credit Facility has revolving commitments up to $550.0 million (including a $200.0 million letter of credit sub-facility). We have historically financed our operations and capital expenditures primarily through cash generated from operations, including transaction fees and foreign exchange spreads. In recent periods, we have supplemented those cash flows with borrowings on our 2025 Revolving Credit Facility, primarily to support customer transaction volumes during peak periods and weekends, which we expect to continue to do in the future. During the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, the average term of outstanding borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility was approximately four days. Operations continue to be substantially funded by the existing cash we have on hand and ongoing utilization of the 2025 Revolving Credit Facility (including the letter of credit sub-facility). During the six months ended June 30, 2026, we borrowed $5.8 billion and repaid $6.0 billion against the credit facility. As of June 30, 2026, we had no outstanding borrowings under the 2025 Revolving Credit Facility. As of June 30, 2026, we had unused borrowing capacity of $474.7 million.
In July 2025, our board of directors approved a share repurchase program that provides for the repurchase of up to an aggregate of $200.0 million of our outstanding common stock. The program allows for share repurchases through open market transactions, in privately negotiated transactions, or by other means, in accordance with applicable securities laws and other restrictions, but does not obligate us to acquire any amount of common stock. The timing and total amount of share repurchases will be determined by us in our discretion and will depend on a variety of factors, including business, economic and market conditions, corporate and regulatory requirements, prevailing stock prices, alternative investment opportunities, and other considerations. During the six months ended June 30, 2026, we repurchased $65.6 million of our common stock in open market transactions.
We believe that our cash, cash equivalents, and funds available under the 2025 Revolving Credit Facility will be sufficient to meet our working capital requirements for at least the next twelve months. Our material cash requirements include funds to support current and potential operating activities, capital expenditures, and other commitments, and could include other uses of cash, such as strategic investments.
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Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our rate of revenue growth, the expansion of our sales and marketing activities, the timing and extent of expansion into new corridors, and the timing of introductions of new products and enhancements of existing products, share repurchases, and other strategic investments. Furthermore, certain jurisdictions where we operate require us to hold eligible liquid assets, based on regulatory or legal requirements, equal to the aggregate amount of all customer balances that have not yet been disbursed. In addition, as discussed elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we expect that our operating expenses may continue to increase to support the continued growth of our business, including increased investments in our technology to support product improvements, new product development, and geographic expansion. We also routinely enter into marketing and advertising contracts, software subscriptions and other service arrangements, including cloud infrastructure and compliance-application related arrangements, which are generally entered into in the ordinary course of business, and that can include minimum service quantities, requiring us to utilize cash on hand to fulfill these amounts. Refer to “Contractual Obligations and Commitments” discussed further below.
In the future, we may also attempt to raise additional capital through the sale of equity securities or through equity-linked securities, and the ownership of our existing stockholders would be diluted. In addition, if we raise additional financing by incurring additional indebtedness, we may be subject to increased fixed payment obligations and could also be subject to additional restrictive covenants, such as limitations on our ability to incur additional debt, and other operating restrictions that could adversely impact our ability to conduct our business. Any future indebtedness we incur may result in terms that are unfavorable to equity investors. There can be no assurances that we will be able to raise additional capital. The inability to raise capital would adversely affect our ability to achieve our business objectives.
The following table shows a summary of our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the periods presented:
Six Months Ended June 30,
(in thousands) 2026 2025(1)
Net cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities $ 216,512 $ 135,472
Investing activities (20,315) (32,565)
Financing activities (60,639) 34,723
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash (1,723) 10,182
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash $ 133,835 $ 147,812
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(1) Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2025, the Company changed the presentation of certain cash activity related to disbursement prefunding, customer funds receivable, customer liabilities, and trade settlement liability, from cash flows from operating activities to cash flows from financing activities within the line item ‘Net change in customer funds assets and liabilities.’ Prior period statements of cash flows and any commentary below have been conformed to the current period presentation to enhance transparency and provide comparability. For additional information, refer to Note 2. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Cash Flows
Operating Activities
Our main sources of operating cash are transaction fees charged to customers and foreign exchange spreads on transactions. Our primary uses of cash from operating activities have been for transaction expenses that include fees paid to payment processors and disbursement partners, advertising expenses used to attract new customers, personnel-related costs, technology expenses, and other general corporate expenditures.
Net cash provided by operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2026 was $216.5 million, an increase of $81.0 million compared to net cash provided by operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The increase was driven primarily by a $237.1 million increase in net income, partially offset by a $143.9 million increase in deferred income taxes in addition to other changes in working capital.
Investing Activities
Cash used in investing activities consists primarily of purchases of property and equipment, net originations from consumer receivables, and the capitalization of internal-use software.
Net cash used in investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2026 was $20.3 million, a decrease of $12.3 million compared to net cash used in investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2025. This change was primarily driven by an $11.3 million decrease in purchases of property and equipment, primarily related to leasehold improvements for our corporate headquarters, and a $1.5 million decrease in originations from consumer receivables, net of collections.
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Financing Activities
Cash flows from financing activities consists primarily of borrowings on our revolving credit facility, proceeds from the exercise of stock options, the net change in customer funds assets and liabilities (exclusive of the operating activity portion of such accounts), and proceeds from the issuance of common stock in connection with the ESPP, offset by repayments of our revolving credit facility borrowings, cash paid for repurchase of common stock, and cash paid for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards. Activity in the customer funds assets and liabilities is heavily impacted by the timing of customer transactions and, in particular, the day of the week that the year end falls on, including holidays and long weekends. For example, we generally have higher prefunding amounts if the year closes on a weekend or in advance of a long weekend, such as a holiday, which creates variability in customer transaction related balances period over period and can reduce our cash position at a particular point in time.
Net cash used in financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2026 was $60.6 million, a decrease of $95.4 million, compared to net cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2025 of $34.7 million. The change was primarily driven by a $155.0 million decrease in net borrowings on our revolving credit facility as well as a $65.2 million increase in cash paid for the repurchase of common stock, offset by a $116.8 million increase in cash flows from customer funds assets and liabilities.
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
Our principal commitments consist of standby letters of credit, long-term leases, and other purchase commitments entered into in the normal course of business. In addition, we routinely enter into marketing and advertising contracts, software subscriptions or other service arrangements, including cloud infrastructure arrangements and compliance-application related arrangements that contractually obligate us to purchase services, including minimum service quantities, unless we give notice of cancellation based on the applicable terms of the agreements. Most contracts are typically cancellable within a period of less than one year, although some of our larger software or cloud service subscriptions require multi-year commitments. Changes in our business needs, contractual cancellation provisions, fluctuating interest rates, and other factors may result in actual payments differing from the estimates. We cannot provide certainty regarding the timing and amounts of these payments.
During the six months ended June 30, 2026, other than software, cloud infrastructure, marketing, compliance-tool related contracts, and leases entered into in the normal course of business, there were no other material changes to the contractual obligations and contingencies as disclosed in Note 16. Commitments and Contingencies and Note 18. Leases in the notes to the consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8 in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. For further discussion of commitments and contingencies, also refer to Note 15. Commitments and Contingencies in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of June 30, 2026, we had no material off-balance sheet arrangements that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future material effect on our condensed consolidated financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, or capital resources. From time to time we do enter into short-term leases that have lease terms of less than twelve months, and are typically month-to-month in nature. As described in the notes to the consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, we elected not to record leases on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets if the lease term is twelve months or less. For further information on our lease arrangements, refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates, judgments, and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, equity, revenue, expenses, and related disclosures. Our estimates are based on historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ significantly from the estimates made by management. To the extent that there are differences between our estimates and actual results, our future financial statement presentation, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows will be affected.
There have been no material changes, other than as described in Note 2. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, to the critical accounting policies and estimates as compared to those described in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 2. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.
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