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Most of our operating revenues will be derived from commissions on the sales of our Program Manager’s products and services sold at the stores of our retail distributors, including liquor stores. Revenues from commissions depend on a number of factors outside our control and may vary from period to period. Because we will compete with many other providers of our Program Manager’s products and services, including competing prepaid cards, for placement and promotion of products in the stores of our prospective retail distributors, our success depends on our retail distributors and their willingness to promote our products and services successfully. In general, our contracts with these third parties will likely allow them to exercise significant discretion over the placement and promotion of our Program Manager’s products and services; which means that they could give higher priority to the products and services of other companies for a variety of reasons. Accordingly, losing the support of our retail distributors might limit or reduce the sales of our Program Manager’s products and services. Our operating revenues and operating expenses may also be negatively affected by operational decisions by our retail distributors. For example, if a retail distributor reduces shelf space for our Program Manager’s products or implements changes in its systems that disrupt the integration between its systems and ours, our resales could be reduced or decline and we may incur additional merchandising costs to ensure our Program Manager’s products are appropriately stocked. Even if our retail distributors actively and effectively promote our Program Manager’s products and services, there can be no assurance that their efforts will maintain or result in growth of our operating revenues.


The Program Manager and its retail distributors, network acceptance members, third-party processors and the merchants that accept the Program Manager’s cards receive, transmit and store confidential customer and other information in connection with the sale and use of the Program Manager’s products and services. The Program Manager’s encryption software and the other technologies the Program Manager uses to provide security for storage, processing and transmission of confidential customer and other information may not be effective to protect against data security breaches by third parties. The risk of unauthorized circumvention of its security measures has been heightened by advances in computer capabilities and the increasing sophistication of hackers. The Program Manager’s network acceptance members, other business partners, third-party processors and the merchants that accept the Program Manager’s cards also may experience similar security breaches involving the receipt, transmission and storage of the Program Manager’s confidential customer and other information. Improper access to the Program Manager or these third parties’ systems or databases could result in the theft, publication, deletion or modification of confidential customer and other information.

A data security breach of the systems on which sensitive cardholder or other customer or end-customer data and account information are stored could lead to fraudulent activity involving the Program Manager’s products and services, reputational damage and claims or regulatory actions against the Program Manager and possibly us. If we are sued in connection with any data security breach, we could be involved in protracted and costly litigation. If unsuccessful in defending that litigation, we might be forced to pay damages and/or change our business practices, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our operating revenues and profitability. The Program Manager would also likely have to pay (or indemnify the banks that issue our cards for) fines, penalties and/or other assessments imposed by Visa or MasterCard as a result of any data security breach. Further, a significant data security breach could lead to additional regulation, which could impose new and costly compliance obligations. In addition, a data security breach at one of the third-party banks that issue the Program Manager’s cards or at the Program Manager’s network acceptance members, other business partners, third-party processors or the merchants that accept the Program Manager’s cards could result in significant reputational harm to the Program Manager and, as a reseller of the Program Manager’s prepaid, branded cards, to us and cause the use and acceptance of the Program Manager’s cards or other products and services to decline, either of which could have a significant adverse impact on our operating revenues and future growth prospects.


The Program Manager or we may be subject to securities class actions and other litigation or regulatory or judicial proceedings or investigations. The outcome of litigation and regulatory or judicial proceedings or investigations is difficult to predict. Plaintiffs or regulatory agencies or authorities in these matters may seek recovery of very large or indeterminate amounts, seek to have aspects of our business suspended or modified or seek to impose sanctions, including significant monetary fines. The monetary and other impact of these actions, litigations, proceedings or investigations may remain unknown for substantial periods of time. The cost to defend, settle or otherwise resolve these matters may be significant. Further, an unfavourable resolution of litigation, proceedings or investigations against us could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, or financial condition. If regulatory or judicial proceedings or investigations were to be initiated against the Program Manager or us by private or governmental entities, adverse publicity that may be associated with these proceedings or investigations could negatively impact our relationships with retail distributors and decrease acceptance and use of, and loyalty to, the Program Manager’s products and related services, and could impact the price of our Common Stock. In addition, such proceedings or investigations could increase the risk that we will be involved in litigation. The outcome of any such litigation is difficult to predict and the cost to defend, settle or otherwise resolve these matters may be significant. For the foregoing reasons, if regulatory or judicial proceedings or investigations were to be initiated against us by private or governmental entities, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected or our stock price could decline.

We may be unable to adequately protect our brand and third parties may allege that we are infringing their intellectual property rights.


Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP. If we are unable to maintain adequate internal control over financial reporting, we might be unable to report our financial information on a timely basis and might suffer adverse regulatory consequences. There could also be a negative reaction in the financial markets due to a loss of investor confidence in us and the reliability of our financial statements. We have in the past and may in the future discover areas of our internal financial and accounting controls and procedures that need improvement. Our internal control over financial reporting will not prevent or detect all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system will be met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within our company will be detected. If we are unable to maintain proper and effective internal controls, we may not be able to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis, which could adversely affect our ability to operate our business and could result in regulatory action, and could require us to restate, our financial statements. Any such restatement could result in a loss of public confidence in the reliability of our financial statements and sanctions imposed on us by the SEC.


The market for our shares of Common Stock is characterized by significant price volatility when compared to seasoned issuers and we expect that our share price will continue to be more volatile than a seasoned issuer for the indefinite future. The volatility in our share price is attributable to a number of factors. First, as noted above, our shares are sporadically traded. As a consequence of this lack of liquidity, the trading of relatively small quantities of shares may disproportionately influence the price of those shares in either direction. The price for our shares could, for example, decline precipitously in the event that a large number of our shares is sold into the market without commensurate demand, as compared to a seasoned issuer which could better absorb those sales without adverse impact on its share price. Secondly, we are a speculative investment due to, among other matters, our limited operating history and lack of significant revenue or profit to date, and the uncertainty of future market acceptance for our products and services. As a consequence of this enhanced risk, more risk-averse investors may, under the fear of losing all or most of their investment in the event of negative news or lack of progress, be more inclined to sell their shares on the market more quickly and at greater discounts than would be the case with the securities of a seasoned issuer. The following factors may add to the volatility in the price of our shares: actual or anticipated variations in our quarterly or annual operating results, government regulations, announcements of significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships or joint ventures, our capital commitments, and additions or departures of our key personnel. Many of these factors are beyond our control and may decrease the market price of our shares regardless of operating performance. We cannot make any predictions or projections as to what the prevailing market price for our shares will be at any time, including as to whether our shares will sustain their current market prices, or as to what effect the sale of shares or the availability of shares for sale at any time will have on the prevailing market price.