Financial Performance - Revenues for Q3 2024 reached 211.8million,a22.3173.2 million in Q3 2023[14] - Net income for Q3 2024 was 25.2million,comparedto10.0 million in Q3 2023, representing a 152.5% increase[14] - The company reported a net income attributable to common stockholders of 24.7millionforQ32024,comparedto10.0 million in Q3 2023[14] - The company reported a net income of 25,202,000forthethreemonthsendedSeptember30,2024,comparedto9,956,000 for the same period in 2023[109] - Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, was 74,112,comparedto68,069 for the same period in 2023, representing an increase of 4.9%[18] - Adjusted net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was 157.2million,comparedto144.7 million for the same period in 2023[190] Operating Costs - Operating costs for Q3 2024 totaled 170.3million,upfrom133.6 million in Q3 2023, reflecting a 27.5% increase[14] - Total operating costs and expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2023, were 133,636,000,comparedto511,387,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024[104][107] - Operating costs and expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, rose by 33% to 511.4million,upfrom385.7 million in the prior year[138] Cash and Assets - Cash and cash equivalents were 275.4millionasofSeptember30,2024,downfrom295.6 million at the end of 2023[11] - Total assets decreased to 1.89billionasofSeptember30,2024,downfrom2.06 billion at the end of 2023[11] - The company’s cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at the end of the period totaled 326,282,comparedto215,546 at the end of the same period in 2023, reflecting a growth of 51.5%[18] - As of September 30, 2024, the company had cash and cash equivalents of 275.4million,with214.0 million held in subsidiaries outside of Puerto Rico[164] Shareholder Equity and Dividends - The company’s total stockholders' equity decreased to 502.6millionasofSeptember30,2024,from594.3 million at the end of 2023[11] - Cash dividends declared on common stock were 3,199,000,maintainingarateof0.05 per share[15] - The company declared quarterly cash dividends of 0.05pershareonFebruary15,April18,andJuly18,2024,withpaymentsmadetostockholdersonMarch15,June7,andSeptember6,2024[93]DebtandFinancing−Totalliabilitiesdecreasedto1.35 billion as of September 30, 2024, compared to 1.42billionattheendof2023[11]−TheunpaidprincipalbalanceoftheTLAFacilityandTLBFacilityatSeptember30,2024,was435.6 million and 540.0million,respectively[41]−TheCompanyprepaid60 million of the outstanding balance on the TLB facility in the fourth quarter of 2023[40] - The Company has four interest rate swap agreements with a total notional amount of 600 million, converting variable interest payments to fixed rates[179] Revenue Segments - The company operates in four business segments: Payment Services - Puerto Rico & Caribbean, Latin America Payments and Solutions, Merchant Acquiring, and Business Solutions, each contributing to overall revenue growth[95] - Payment Services - Puerto Rico & Caribbean segment revenues increased by 1.2 million to 52.8millionforthethreemonthsendedSeptember30,2024,drivenbygrowthfromATHMovilandincreasedPOStransactions[153]−LatinAmericaPaymentsandSolutionssegmentrevenuesroseby29.9 million to 76.0millionforthethreemonthsendedSeptember30,2024,benefitingfromtheSinqiaacquisitionandorganicgrowth[154]−MerchantAcquiringsegmentrevenuesincreasedby4.9 million to 45.4millionforthethreemonthsendedSeptember30,2024,primarilyduetoimprovedspreadandsalesvolumegrowth[156]−BusinessSolutionssegmentrevenuesgrewby4.6 million to 61.1millionforthethreemonthsendedSeptember30,2024,drivenbycompletedprojects[157]TaxandCompliance−ThecurrenttaxprovisionforthethreemonthsendedSeptember30,2024,was8.7 million, compared to 8.2millionforthesameperiodin2023,reflectinganincreaseofapproximately62.7 million in the next 12 months due to the expiration of the statute of limitations[89] Acquisitions and Growth - On October 31, 2024, the company acquired 100% of Grandata, Inc., enhancing its product offerings in data analytics[114] - The Sinqia acquisition contributed to revenue growth in Latin America, alongside better-than-expected volumes in the GetNet Chile relationship, resulting in a one-time revenue recognition of 1.8million[132]−TheongoingshiftfromcashtoelectronicpaymentspresentssignificantgrowthopportunitiesinLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean,wherepenetrationremainslowerthanintheU.S.[126]Miscellaneous−ThecompanyprocessedoversixbilliontransactionsannuallythroughitselectronicpaymentnetworksinPuertoRicoandLatinAmerica[118]−Thecompanyhasincreaseditssharerepurchaseauthorizationtoallowforupto220 million in stock repurchases by December 31, 2025[124] - The company recognized 22.4millioninshare−basedcompensationexpensefortheninemonthsendedSeptember30,2024,comparedto18.8 million for the same period in 2023[68]