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10-K ITEM 1A · FY2024 → FY2025
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  • INDUSTRY AND MARKET DATA This Report includes industry data that we obtained from periodic industry publications, including the 2026 World Payments Report.
  • EVERTEC Inc.’s subsidiaries include Holdings, EVERTEC Group; EVERTEC Dominicana, SAS; Evertec Chile Holdings SpA; Evertec Chile SpA; Evertec Chile Global SpA; Evertec Chile Servicios Profesionales SpA; Paytrue S.A.; Caleidon; S.A.; Evertec Brasil Solutions Informática S.A.
  • (collectively "Sinqia"); Grandata, Inc., Grandata Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Grandata USA, Inc. and Big Data Analytics SA (collectively "Grandata"); and Nubity S.R.L., Nubity Inc., Nubity Cloud, S.A.P.I. de C.V.
  • (collectively "Nubity") and Tecnobank Tecnologia Bancária S.A.
  • We process over ten billion transactions annually through a system of electronic payment networks in Puerto Rico and Latin America and provide a comprehensive suite of services for core banking, cash processing, fulfillment in Puerto Rico and a "one stop shop" set of products for the financial sector in Latin America, which include solutions such as core banking, investments, asset management, pension funds and consortium.
  • Additionally, we offer managed services, managed security services and payment transactions fraud monitoring to all the regions where we do business.
  • We believe this capability provides several competitive advantages that will enable us to continue to penetrate our existing customer base with complementary new services, gain new customers, develop new sales channels, and enter new markets.
  • We believe these competitive advantages include: • Our ability to provide competitive products; • Our ability to provide in one package a range of services that traditionally had to be sourced from different vendors; • Our ability to serve customers with disparate operations in several geographies with technology solutions that enable them to manage their business as one enterprise; and • Our ability to capture and analyze data across the transaction-processing value chain and use that data to provide value-added services that are differentiated from those offered by pure-play vendors that serve only one portion of the transaction-processing value chain (such as only merchant acquiring or only payment services).
  • For the year ended December 31, 2025, approximately 29% of our revenue was generated from our relationship with Popular.
  • Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Factors and Trends Affecting the Results of Our Operations—Relationship with Popular.” Recent Acquisitions On October 1, 2025, Evertec Brasil Informática S.A.
  • (“Evertec BR”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of EVERTEC, Inc., completed the purchase of 75% of the share capital of Tecnobank Tecnologia Bancária S.A.
  • Tecnobank is a leading fintech vendor in Brazil’s digital vehicle financing contract registration sector.
  • We plan on leveraging our existing client base to accelerate the growth of this acquisition similar to what we have been able to do with other business acquisitions.
  • Additionally, aligned with this trend, the Company has also developed multiple channel options to connect to Brazil's fastest instant money transfer system called PIX.
  • According to the 2026 World Payments report, Latin America has a projected CAGR of 17.4% over the next five years.
  • Additionally, Latin America grew 22.4% from 2024 to 2025, fueled by mobile-first economies, regional real-time payments adoption, and digital commerce.
  • Non-cash transaction volumes are expected to grow to 383.1 million in 2029 from 140.3 million in 2023 according to the 2026 World Payments report.
  • We generally provide these services under one to six-year contracts, often with automatic renewals.
  • We have spent over $404 million over the last five years on technology investments, including POS terminals, enhancements to the functionality and capacity of our platforms and we have been able to achieve attractive economies of scale with flexible product development capabilities.
  • We also own and operate ATH Movil and ATH Movil Business which is an ATH network product that allows individuals to (i) transfer money instantly to other individuals and merchants using only their phone number, and (ii) transfer money between an individual’s registered cards.
  • With the acquisition of Tecnobank, we entered a new regulated market in Brazil.
  • Tecnobank operates as a trusted third party between lending institutions (banks, credit organizations, etc.) and state traffic departments.
  • When a loan secured by a vehicle is originated, the lender submits the contract to Tecnobank.
  • Tecnobank verifies the legitimacy of the contract and, once validated, instructs the traffic department to record a restriction in the vehicle documentation, preventing its sale until the loan is fully repaid.
  • In merchant acquiring, we compete with several other service providers and financial institutions that are either in our markets or represented through Independent Sales Organizations (“ISO”), including Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., Fiserv, Inc., Global Payments, Inc., Elavon, Inc., PayPal Holdings, Inc., Block, Inc., and some local banks.
  • People and Culture On December 31, 2025, we had approximately 5,327 employees, 45% located in Brazil, 23% in Puerto Rico and the United States, and 32% located across Latin America and the Caribbean, including the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Argentina and Uruguay.
  • In Brazil, we have approximately 2,330 unionized employees covered by industry-specific collective agreements.
  • We estimate our workforce is approximately 34% female and approximately 66% male, and we believe our female representation is above the technology industry average.
  • Additionally, due in large to the location of our employee base, approximately 99.79% of our employees and 99.86% of our managers are Hispanic or Latino.
  • For more information, refer to our 2025 ESG Summary available on our website at https://ir.evertecinc.com/ESG as well as Vision, Mission and Values section in our most recent proxy statement.
  • Certain of our services must adhere to the requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (collectively, the “BSA”) regarding processing and facilitation of financial transactions, as well as other state, local and foreign laws relating to money laundering.
  • Failure to comply with existing and future rules and regulations in the jurisdictions in which we operate could materially adversely affect the operations of one or more of our businesses in those jurisdictions .” Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), Export Administration and Other As a data processing company that services both foreign and domestic clients, our business activities in foreign countries, and in particular our transactions with foreign governmental entities, subject us to the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA, as well as the laws and regulations of the foreign jurisdiction where we operate.
  • Geographic Concentration For the year ended December 31, 2025, 61% of revenues were generated from our business in Puerto Rico, while the remaining 39% was generated from Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • If Popular were to terminate or fail to make required payments under the A&R MSA, or our other material agreements with Popular, or if Popular were to significantly reduce the services it receives from us under such agreements, our revenues could be materially reduced and our profitability and cash flows could also be materially reduced, all of which would have a material adverse effect.
  • For the year ended December 31, 2025, approximately 29% of our revenue was attributable to Banco Popular, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Popular.
  • If Popular were to terminate or fail to make required payments under the A&R MSA, or our other material agreements with Popular, or if Popular were to significantly reduce the services it receives from us under such agreements, our revenues could be materially reduced and our profitability and cash flows could also be materially reduced, all of which would have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.
  • A substantial portion of our business is generated from our Amended and Restated Independent Sales Organization Sponsorship and Services Agreement (the “A&R ISO Agreement”) with Banco Popular, which ends in 2035.
  • There can be no guarantee that this growth will continue and the loss or deterioration of these relationships, whether due to the termination or non-renewal of the A&R ISO Agreement or otherwise, could negatively impact our business and result in a material reduction of our revenue and income.
  • If we are unable to renew or negotiate extensions for our A&R MSA with Popular, A&R ISO Agreement with Banco Popular and A&R ATH Network Participation Agreement with Banco Popular (the “A&R BPPR ATH Agreement ” ), or if we are required to provide significant concessions to Popular or Banco Popular to secure extensions or otherwise, our ability to renegotiate our debt, secure additional debt, results of operations, financial condition and trading price of our common stock may be materially adversely affected.
  • Our A&R ISO Agreement with Banco Popular, which sets our merchant acquiring relationship with Popular, includes revenue sharing provisions with Popular, as well as a split of merchant agreements in the event of termination or non-renewal.

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Gone since FY2024

  • INDUSTRY AND MARKET DATA This Report includes industry data that we obtained from periodic industry publications, including the 2025 World Payments Report.
  • EVERTEC Inc.’s subsidiaries include Holdings, EVERTEC Group; EVERTEC Dominicana, SAS; Evertec Chile Holdings SpA; Evertec Chile SpA; Evertec Chile Global SpA; Evertec Chile Servicios Profesionales SpA; Tecnopago España SL; Paytrue S.A.; Caleidon; S.A.; Evertec Brasil Solutions Informática S.A.
  • (collectively "Sinqia"); Grandata, Inc., Grandata Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Grandata USA, Inc. and Big Data Analytics SA (collectively "Grandata"); and Nubity S.R.L., Nubity Inc. and Nubity Cloud, S.A.P.I. de C.V.
  • We process over ten billion transactions annually through a system of electronic payment networks in Puerto Rico and Latin America and a comprehensive suite of services for core banking, cash processing, fulfillment in Puerto Rico and a "one stop shop" access to products for the financial sector in Latin America, which includes solutions such as core banking, investments, asset management, pension funds and consortium.
  • Additionally, we offer managed services, managed security services and payment transactions fraud monitoring to all the regions we serve.
  • We believe this capability provides several competitive advantages that will enable us to continue to penetrate our existing customer base with complementary new services, win new customers, develop new sales channels, and enter new markets.
  • We believe these competitive advantages include: • Our ability to provide competitive products; • Our ability to provide in one package a range of services that traditionally had to be sourced from different vendors; • Our ability to serve customers with disparate operations in several geographies with technology solutions that enable them to manage their business as one enterprise; and • Our ability to capture and analyze data across the transaction-processing value chain and use that data to provide value-added services that are differentiated from those offered by pure-play vendors that serve only one part of the transaction-processing value chain (such as only merchant acquiring or only issuing services).
  • For the year ended December 31, 2024, approximately 31% of our revenue was generated from our relationship with Popular.
  • Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations— Factors and Trends Affecting the Results of Our Operations - Relationship with Popular.” Recent Acquisitions In October 2024, the Company signed and closed an agreement to acquire 100% of the share capital of Grandata, Inc ("Grandata").
  • Grandata is a data analytics company operating in Mexico that specializes in leveraging behavioral data to provide credit risk insights, with a focus on underbanked populations.
  • In November 2024, the Company signed and closed an agreement to acquire 100% of the share capital of Nubity, Inc ("Nubity").
  • Nubity is a cloud services provider based in Mexico, specializing in AWS cloud infrastructure management, DevOps, and cloud-native application solutions for clients across Latin America.
  • We plan on leveraging our existing client base to accelerate the growth of these acquisitions similar to what we have been able to do with other business acquisitions.
  • Additionally, aligned with this trend, the Company has also developed PIX 2.0 to take advantage of Brazil's fastest instant money transfer system called PIX.
  • In 2024, non-cash transaction in Latin America, which has been a historically cash heavy economy, amounted to approximately 133 billion, representing a 23.2% growth spike.
  • Non-cash transaction volumes are expected to grow to 340.7 million in 2028 from 109.2 million in 2022 according to the 2025 World Payments report.
  • Latin America is experiencing a surge in instant payments, driven by Pix in Brazil, Redcompra in Chile, ACH in Colombia, among others, that is revolutionizing the manner in which business and people transact.
  • Pix in Brazil was the fastest growing payment method, with a approximate 26% CAGR from 2021 to 2023.
  • From the B2B perspective, non-cash transaction volumes for commercial payments are expected to grow from 17.3 million in 2022 to 75.5 million in 2028.
  • We generally provide these services under one to five-year contracts, often with automatic renewals.
  • We have spent over $361 million over the last five years on technology investments, including POS terminals, enhancements to the functionality and capacity of our platforms and we have been able to achieve attractive economies of scale with flexible product development capabilities.
  • We also own and operate ATH Movil and ATH Business which is an ATH network product that allows individuals to (i) transfer money instantly to other individuals and merchants using only their phone number, and (ii) transfer money between an individual’s registered cards.
  • In merchant acquiring, we compete with several other service providers and financial institutions that are either in our markets or represented through Independent Sales Organizations (“ISO”), including Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., Fiserv, Inc., Global Payments, Inc., Elavon, Inc., PayPal Holdings, Inc., Block, Inc., Zelle and some local banks.
  • People and Culture On December 31, 2024, we had approximately 4,800 employees, 46% located in Brazil, 27% in Puerto Rico and the United States, and 27% located across Latin America and the Caribbean, including the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Chile, Peru and Uruguay.
  • In Brazil, we have approximately 2,000 unionized employees covered by industry-specific collective agreements.
  • We estimate our workforce is approximately 35% female and approximately 65% male, and we believe our female representation is above the technology industry average.
  • Additionally, due in large to the location of our employee base, approximately 99% of our employees and 90% of our managers are Latino.
  • For more information, refer to our 2024 ESG Summary available on our website at https://ir.evertecinc.com/ESG as well as Vision, Mission and Values section in our most recent proxy statement.
  • Specifically, our services must adhere to the requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (collectively, the “BSA”) regarding processing and facilitation of financial transactions, as well as other state, local and foreign laws relating to money laundering.
  • Failure to comply with existing and future rules and regulations in the jurisdiction in which we operate could materially adversely affect the operations of one or more of our businesses in those jurisdictions .” Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), Export Administration and Other As a data processing company that services both foreign and domestic clients, our business activities in foreign countries, and in particular our transactions with foreign governmental entities, subject us to the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA, as well as the laws and regulations of the foreign jurisdiction where we operate.
  • Geographic Concentration For the year ended December 31, 2024, 64% of revenues were generated from our business in Puerto Rico, while the remaining 36% was generated from Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • If Popular were to terminate or fail to make required payments under the A&R MSA, or our other material agreements with Popular, our revenues could be materially reduced and our profitability and cash flows could also be materially reduced, all of which would have a material adverse effect.
  • For the year ended December 31, 2024, approximately 31% of our revenue was attributable to Banco Popular, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Popular.
  • If Popular were to terminate or fail to make required payments under the A&R MSA, or our other material agreements with Popular, our revenues could be materially reduced and our profitability and cash flows could also be materially reduced, all of which would have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.
  • A substantial portion of our business is generated from our Amended and Restated Independent Sales Organization Sponsorship and Services Agreement (the “A&R ISO Agreement”) with Banco Popular, which was amended and restated in July 2022, among other things, to extend its term to end in 2035.
  • There can be no guarantee that this growth will continue and the loss or deterioration of these relationships, whether due to the termination of the A&R ISO Agreement or otherwise, could negatively impact our business and result in a material reduction of our revenue and income.
  • If we are unable to renew or negotiate extensions for our A&R MSA with Popular, A&R ISO Agreement with Banco Popular and A&R ATH Network Participation Agreement with Banco Popular (together with its ATH Support Schedule, the “A&R BPPR ATH Agreement ” ), or if we are required to provide significant concessions to Popular or Banco Popular to secure extensions or otherwise, our ability to renegotiate our debt, secure additional debt, results of operations, financial condition and trading price of our common stock may be materially adversely affected.
  • Our A&R ISO Agreement with Banco Popular, which sets our merchant acquiring relationship with Popular, includes revenue sharing provisions with Popular.
  • If the A&R ISO Agreement is not renewed, we will have to seek other card association sponsors, we will not benefit from Banco Popular referral of merchants and we may experience the loss of some merchants if Banco Popular itself enters the merchant acquiring business or agrees to sponsor another independent sales organization.
  • The A&R MSA, A&R ISO Agreement, and A&R BPPR ATH Agreement, amended and restated in July 2022, have terms ending in 2028, 2035, and 2030, respectively.

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