HiPay: continued growth momentum (+29%) and strong increase in EBITDA (+€2 million)

  • Good resilience during COVID-19 crisis
  • +29% in revenue growth; revenue of EUR 21.7 million
  • Positive EBITDA of EUR 1.7 million, up by EUR +2 million
  • Current operating income close to breakeven at EUR -0.3 million
  • EUR 1.8 million in cash and cash equivalents, and EUR 7.3 million available in financing facilities
  • Project to merge activities under HiPay SAS's operating license to simplify operational and regulatory management.

Paris, September 17, 2020: HiPay (ISIN code FR0012821916 - HIPAY), the fintech company specialized in omnichannel payment solutions, presents its 2020 half-year results.1

Continued growth momentum

  • In the first half of 2020, HiPay's payment volume reached EUR 2.5 billion, and revenue amounted to EUR 21.7 million, up respectively +43% and +29% compared to the first half of 2019.
  • Growth was mainly driven by the French market, which accounted for 65% of payment volume and grew by +51%. Revenue generated in France increased by 52%.
  • The Group continued its international development, particularly in Portugal and Italy.

Sharp increase in EBITDA and operational breakeven achieved

  • Group EBITDA reached EUR 1.7 million compared to EUR -0.3 million last year. Mainly the result of the increase in revenue and control over operating expenses.
  • Operating income of EUR -0.3 million compared to EUR -2.2 million as of June 30, 2019: an improvement of EUR +1.9 million.
  • Net income of EUR -2.6 million compared to EUR -2.7 million as of June 30, 2019 and after booking EUR 1.4 million in provisions and non-current expenses, as well as recording a financial result of EUR -0.6 million.
  • The Group continued its technological investments while ensuring a sound and reasoned control over its operating costs.

Cash position

  • As of June 30, 2020, the company had EUR 1.8 million in cash.
  • In addition, the company has access to a EUR 3.7 million shareholder loan facility from BJ Invest.
  • Also, HiPay contracted two State guaranteed loans with BNP Paribas and Bpifrance for a total amount of EUR 3.6 million. Funding was received in August 2020.  
  • As of June 30, 2020, HiPay thus has a total financing capacity of EUR 9.1 million, which allows the Group to secure its development.

Improvement of internal controls

  • As announced in the press release of July 27, 2020, additional work has been carried out since May by HiPay's teams to finalize the 2019 audit of the Group's two operating subsidiaries: HiPay SAS (France) and HiPay ME SA (Belgium), and to prepare the limited review of June 30, 2020.
  • On July 28, 2020, the 2019 annual financial statements of HiPay SAS were certified2 by KPMG. During the limited review of the consolidated financial statements as at June 30, 2020, the financial statements of HiPay SAS have been subject to a limited review that did not reveal any significant irregularity.
  • HiPay ME SA is currently executing its action plan to strengthen internal control procedures, notably to ease the reconciliation between e-money debt and associated assets. At the closing date of the financial statements, the action plan had not been finalized.

Organizational simplification plan
As part of the execution of the strategic plan to simplify the Group's operational management, it was decided to consolidate the payment services activities within the single payment institution HiPay SAS, to improve operational efficiency and simplify regulatory management. The Group thus plans to merge the activities currently carried out by HiPay ME SA (an electronic money institution supervised by the National Bank of Belgium) with HiPay SAS (a payment institution supervised by the ACPR). This operation is subject to the authorization of the National Bank of Belgium. HiPay SAS will continue to operate payment services through its platform.

Grégoire Bourdin, CEO of HiPay, said: "HiPay confirms its growth potential and displays a strong resistance to the COVID-19 crisis. While ensuring this growth, we are also making every effort to simplify the business's operational management. This will enable us to unlock HiPay's significant growth potential in its markets."

Next financial communication: October, 29, 2020 – Revenue for Q3 2020


About HiPay
HiPay is a global payment services provider. By harnessing the power of payment data, we help grow our merchants
by giving them a 360° view of their business.
HiPay Group is listed on Euronext Paris (ISIN code: FR0012821916 - HIPAY).
More information on hipay.com also find us on LinkedIn.  

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This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy HiPay Group shares. If you wish to obtain more information about HiPay Group, please refer to our website hipay.com, under the Investors heading. This press release may contain some forward-looking statements. Although HiPay Group considers that these statements are based on reasonable statements on the publication date of this release, they are by their very nature subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ from those indicated or projected in these statements. HiPay Group operates in a continually changing environment and new risks could potentially emerge. HiPay Group assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, whether to reflect new information, future events or other circumstances



1 The consolidated financial statements as at June 30, 2020 were approved by the Board of Directors on September 15, 2020 and are subject to a limited review by the company’s auditors. The figures in this presentation are unaudited. The half-yearly financial report and the auditors' report will be made available on the company's website.

2 The unqualified certification report of the 2019 financial statements of HiPay SAS is available on the company's website.


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