News release

The global modern card issuing platform generated $155 million in fourth quarter net revenue, up 76 percent year-over-year, alongside $33 billion in fourth quarter total processing volume, also a 76 percent increase.

The company also generated $517 million in annual revenue, up 78 percent from 2020, with annual total processing volume up 85 percent year-over-year to $111 billion.

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 9, 2022-- Marqeta, Inc. (NASDAQ: MQ), the global modern card issuing platform, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2021.

Total processing volume (TPV) was $33 billion for the quarter and net revenue was $155 million, both increased 76% from the same quarter of 2020. These Q4 2021 year-over-year growth rates for both TPV and net revenue accelerated compared with Q3. The company saw gross profit of $76 million during the quarter, up 108% year-over-year. GAAP net loss was ($37 million) and Adjusted EBITDA was $1 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2021.

For the full 2021 financial year, TPV was 111 billion and net revenue was $517 million. This represented an annual increase of 85% and 78%, respectively, from 2020 results. The company saw gross profit of $232 million during the year, up 97% from the year prior. GAAP net loss of ($164 million) and Adjusted EBITDA loss was ($13 million) for the year ended December 31, 2021.

“Our modern card issuing platform can support cutting edge innovation at massive scale, and our fourth quarter and full-year 2021 results demonstrate that, both in the caliber of new customers we’re attracting to our platform and the growth of our existing customers globally,” said Jason Gardner, Founder and CEO of Marqeta.

Marqeta highlighted several recent business updates that demonstrate its current business momentum:

• Marqeta crossed a major platform scale milestone in December, with annual TPV crossing $100 billion for 2021, finishing at $111 billion for the year. This represents a 50x increase in TPV since 2017, illustrating the company's ability to provide modern infrastructure that enables fast-growing companies to deliver innovative, high-volume card programs at scale.
• Marqeta continued to actively grow its modern card issuing platform and the possibilities it can support through expansion into new geographies. It announced new platform certifications in Singapore, Thailand, and Philippines, expanding the global reach of its modern card issuing platform to 39 countries internationally.
• Marqeta announced a new partnership with Citi Commercial Cards, who will use Marqeta's industry-first tokenization-as-a-service solution across more than 40 markets globally. Marqeta’s modern card issuing platform will integrate with Citi’s existing systems and enable Citi’s global commercial cardholder base to seamlessly provision corporate plastic cards as well as virtual cards into mobile wallets.
• Marqeta supported the global expansion and continued growth of its customers. Alongside its support for Klarna’s business in North America and Asia Pacific, Marqeta expanded its partnership with Klarna into 13 new European markets. Marqeta also announced that it had powered the launch of the Square Card in Canada, with Marqeta’s global footprint helping to quickly scale a new card program into an international market.
• Marqeta announced a partnership with Plaid to enable customers to seamlessly and securely authenticate their bank accounts and fund their accounts to power more immediate spending. Through this partnership, Marqeta customer's cardholders will be able to more easily initiate ACH transactions, verify and link accounts and receive real-time account notifications.

Financial and Operating Highlights

Fourth Quarter 2021 Financial Results

• TPV increased by 76% year-over-year, from $19 billion for the quarter ended December 31, 2020, to $33 billion for the quarter ended December 31, 2021.
• Net revenue increased by $67 million, or 76% year-over-year, primarily driven by higher TPV from existing large customers and continued growth in total processing volume from both our Digital Banking and Buy-Now-Pay-Later customers.
• Gross profit increased by 108% year-over-year to $76 million. Gross margin increased from 41% during the quarter ended December 31, 2020, to 49% during the quarter ended December 31, 2021.
• Net loss increased by $23 million, or 167%, year-over-year to ($37 million), primarily resulting from our increase in compensation, benefits and technology expenses as we continued our investment in our people and platform, partially offset by our increase in gross profit.
• Adjusted EBITDA in the fourth quarter of 2021 was $1 million, an improvement of $4 million year-over-year.

Full Year 2021 Financial Results

• TPV increased by 85% year-over-year, from $60 billion in 2020, to $111 billion in 2021.
• Net revenue increased by $227 million, or 78% year-over-year, primarily driven by higher TPV from existing large customers and continued growth in total processing volume from both our Digital Banking and Buy-Now-Pay-Later customers.
• Gross profit increased by $114 million, or 97% year-over-year. Gross margin increased from 41% during the year ended December 31, 2020, to 45% during the year ended December 31, 2021.
• Net loss increased by $116 million, or 244%, year-over-year to ($164 million).
• Adjusted EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2021 was ($13 million), an improvement of $3 million year-over-year.

Financial Guidance

The following summarizes Marqeta's guidance for the first quarter of 2022:

Conference Call

Marqeta will host a live conference call today at 1:30 p.m. Pacific time (4:30 p.m. Eastern time). To join the call, please dial-in 10 minutes in advance: toll-free at 1-877-407-4018 or direct at 1-201-689-8471. The conference call will also be available live via webcast online at http://investors.marqeta.com.

The telephone replay dial-in numbers are 1-844-512-2921 and 1-412-317-6671 and will be available until March 23, 2022, 5:00 p.m. Pacific time (8:00 p.m. Eastern time). The confirmation code for the replay is 13721145.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements expressed or implied in this press release include, but are not limited to, statements relating to Marqeta’s guidance for the quarter ending March 31, 2022; statements regarding Marqeta’s business plans, business strategy and the continued success and growth of our customers; expectations regarding Marqeta’s ability to address significant global opportunities; statements regarding Marqeta's partnerships and product capabilities; and statements made by Marqeta’ Founder and CEO. Actual results may differ materially from the expectations contained in these statements due to risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the following: the effect of uncertainties related to the global COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. and global economies, our business, results of operations, financial condition, demand for our platform, sales cycles and customer retention; the risk that Marqeta is unable to further attract, retain, diversify, and expand its customer base; the risk that Marqeta is unable to drive increased TPV on its platform; the risk that consumers and customers will not perceive the benefits of Marqeta’s products as Marqeta expects; the risk that Marqeta's technology platform, including hosted solutions, do not operate as intended resulting in system outages; the risk that Marqeta will not be able to achieve the cost structure that Marqeta currently expects; the risk that Marqeta’s solution will not achieve the expected market acceptance; the risk that competition could reduce expected demand for Marqeta’s services; the risk that changes in the regulatory landscape adversely affects the gross interchange or other revenue Marqeta earns or adversely affects the bank and network costs Marqeta incurs; and the risk that Marqeta may be subject to additional risks such as currency fluctuations due to its international business activities. Detailed information about these risks and other factors that could potentially affect Marqeta’s business, financial condition and results of operations are included in the “Risk Factors” disclosed in Marqeta's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021, as such risk factors may be updated from time to time in Marqeta’s periodic filings with the SEC, available at www.sec.gov and Marqeta’s website at http://investors.marqeta.com

The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to Marqeta as of the date hereof. Marqeta disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

Disclosure Information

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Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial results as determined in accordance with GAAP are included at the end of this press release following the accompanying financial data. For a description of these non-GAAP financial measures, including the reasons management uses each measure, please see the section of the tables titled "Information Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Measures".

About Marqeta, Inc.

Marqeta’s modern card issuing platform empowers its customers to create customized and innovative payment cards. Marqeta’s modern architecture gives its customers the ability to build more configurable and flexible payment experiences, accelerating time-to-market and democratizing access to card issuing technology. Marqeta’s open APIs provide instant access to highly scalable, cloud-based payment infrastructure that enables customers to launch and manage their own card programs, issue cards and authorize and settle payment transactions. Marqeta is headquartered in Oakland, California and is certified to operate in 39 countries globally.

Marqeta® is a registered trademark of Marqeta, Inc.

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Information Regarding Non-GAAP Measures

In addition to the financial measures prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”), this press release contains certain non-GAAP financial measures. Marqeta considers Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin as supplemental measures of the company’s performance that are not required by, nor presented in accordance with GAAP.

We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) adjusted to exclude depreciation and amortization; share-based compensation expense; payroll tax related to share-based compensation; legal, financial, and tax due diligence costs related to potential acquisitions; income tax expense (benefit); and other expense (income) net, which consists of changes in the fair value of redeemable convertible preferred stock warrant liabilities (for periods prior to the IPO), realized foreign currency gains and losses, interest income from our marketable securities, and impairment of equity method investments or other financial instruments. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA is an important measure of operating performance because it allows management and our board of directors to evaluate and compare our core operating results, including our operating efficiencies, from period to period. Additionally, we utilize Adjusted EBITDA as an input into our calculation of certain annual employee bonus plans.

Adjusted EBITDA Margin is calculated as Adjusted EBITDA divided by net revenue. This measure is used by management and our board of directors to evaluate our operating efficiency.

Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin should not be considered in isolation, or construed as an alternative to net loss, or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP, or as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities or as a measure of the company's liquidity. In addition, other companies may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently than Marqeta does, which limits its usefulness in comparing Marqeta’s financial results with those of other companies.

The following table shows Marqeta's GAAP results reconciled to non-GAAP results included in this release:

A reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to the comparable GAAP measure for the first quarter of 2022 is not available due to the challenges and impracticability with estimating some of the items as such items cannot be reasonably predicted and could be significant. Because of those challenges, reconciliations of such forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures are not available without unreasonable effort.

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