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Paysafe (PSFE) Risk Analysis

Public companies are required to disclose risks that can affect the business and impact the stock. These disclosures are known as “Risk Factors”. Companies disclose these risks in their yearly (Form 10-K), quarterly earnings (Form 10-Q), or “foreign private issuer” reports (Form 20-F). Risk factors show the challenges a company faces. Investors can consider the worst-case scenarios before making an investment. TipRanks’ Risk Analysis categorizes risks based on proprietary classification algorithms and machine learning. Paysafe disclosed 50 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Paysafe reported the most risks in the “Finance & Corporate” category.

Risk Overview Q4, 2025

Risk Distribution
50Risks
Sector Avg.Finance & CorporateTech & InnovationLegal & RegulatoryProductionAbility to SellMacro & Political
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy

Risk Change Over Time

Paysafe disclosed risks per quarterNo. of Risks4550556065Q4Q4Q4Showing: Q4, 2025
Risks removedRisks addedRisks changedPaysafe Risk Factors
Risk Changed (6)
  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1
    We are a "controlled company" under applicable listing standards, and, as a result, shareholders may not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of companies that are not controlled companies.

    As a result of the ownership among the parties to our shareholders agreement, the Principal Shareholders collectively control a majority of the voting power of our outstanding common shares. Accordingly, we qualify as a "controlled company" under the corporate governance standards of the NYSE. As a controlled company, we are permitted to rely on exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements, including requirements that a majority of our board of directors be independent and that our compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees be composed entirely of independent directors.

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Risk Highlights Q4, 2025

Main Risk Category
Finance & Corporate
With 21 Risks
Number of Disclosed Risks
50
+1
From last report
S&P 500 Average: 32
Recent Changes
1Risks added
0Risks removed
6Risks changed
Since Dec 2025
Number of Risk Changed
6
-1
From last report
S&P 500 Average: 1

Risk Word Cloud

we depend on key management, as well as our experienced and capable employees, and any failure to attract, motivate, and retain our employees could harm our ability to maintain and grow our business.harm our ability to maintainwe may not be able to adequately protect or enforce our intellectual property rights, or third parties may allege that we are infringing their intellectual property rights.enforce our intellectual property rightsour revenues from the sale of services in the u.s. and canada to merchants that accept visa cards and mastercard cards are dependent on our continued financial institution sponsorship.our continued financial institution sponsorshipchanges in tax law, changes in our effective tax rate or exposure to additional tax liabilities could affect our profitability and financial condition.exposure to additional tax liabilitieswe may become an unwitting party to fraud or be deemed to be handling proceeds resulting from the criminal activity of our customers.criminal activity of our customersif we cannot keep pace with rapid technological developments to provide new and innovative products and services, the use of our products and services and, consequently, our revenues could decline.rapid technological developments to providewe may issue additional company common shares or other securities without shareholder approval, which would dilute existing ownership interests and may depress the market price of company common shares.issue additional company common shareswe rely on our operating subsidiaries to provide us with funds necessary to meet our financial obligations and our ability to pay dividends may be constrained.our ability to pay dividendsdespite our current level of indebtedness, we may be able to incur substantially more debt and enter into other transactions which could further exacerbate the risks to our financial condition described above.our current level of indebtednessfailure to comply with payment card network operating rules can result in material financial penalties, including an inability to provide our servicespayment card network operating rules

Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 50

Share Price & Shareholder Rights7 | 14.0%
  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1Added
    We are a "controlled company" under applicable listing standards, and, as a result, shareholders may not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of companies that are not controlled companies.

    As a result of the ownership among the parties to our shareholders agreement, the Principal Shareholders collectively control a majority of the voting power of our outstanding common shares. Accordingly, we qualify as a "controlled company" under the corporate governance standards of the NYSE. As a controlled company, we are permitted to rely on exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements, including requirements that a majority of our board of directors be independent and that our compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees be composed entirely of independent directors.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2Changed
    Our Principal Shareholders control 54.4% of our Company and their interests may conflict with ours or yours in the future.

    Our Principal Shareholders beneficially own approximately 54.4% of our Company Common Shares. Moreover, under the Company Bye-laws and the Shareholders Agreement with our Principal Shareholders, for so long as our Principal Shareholders retain significant ownership of us, we will agree to nominate to our board individuals designated by such shareholders. Our Principal Shareholders own common shares representing a majority of the total voting power of our issued and outstanding shares carrying the right to vote at general meetings, for so long as each such shareholder continues to own a significant percentage of our Company Common Shares, such shareholder will still be able to significantly influence the composition of our board of directors and the approval of actions requiring shareholder approval through their voting power. Accordingly, for such period of time, our Principal Shareholders will have significant influence with respect to our management, business plans and policies, including the appointment and removal of our officers. In particular, for so long as our Principal Shareholders continue to own a significant percentage of our Company Common Shares, such shareholder will be able to cause or prevent a change of control of our company or a change in the composition of our board of directors and could preclude any unsolicited acquisition of our company. The concentration of ownership could deprive you of an opportunity to receive a premium for your Company Common Shares as part of a sale of our company and ultimately might affect the market price of our Company Common Shares. On November 24, 2025, we entered into privately negotiated agreements with Cannae and Fidelity National Financial, Inc. to repurchase approximately 4 million of our common shares. As a result of this transaction, Cannae does not own any of our common shares and is no longer a party to the Shareholders Agreement.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3
    There can be no assurance we will be able to comply with the continued listing standards of the NYSE for our securities.

    If we fail to continue to meet the listing requirements of the NYSE, the Company Common Shares may be delisted. The Company Warrants were previously delisted effective late November 2025 and will expire in March 30, 2026. If the Company Common Shares are also delisted, Paysafe and its shareholders could face significant material adverse consequences, including: - limited availability of market quotations for its securities;- potential loss of confidence by investors;- limited amount of news and analyst coverage for Paysafe; and - decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 4
    The Company Bye-laws and Shareholders Agreement, as well as Bermuda law, contain provisions that could discourage acquisition bids or merger proposals, which may adversely affect the market price of our Company Common Shares.

    The Company Bye-laws and Shareholders Agreement, as well as Bermuda law, contain provisions that may discourage, delay or prevent a merger, amalgamation, acquisition, or other change in control that shareholders may consider favorable, including transactions in which you might otherwise receive a premium for your Company Common Shares. These provisions may also prevent or frustrate attempts by our shareholders to replace or remove our management. Our corporate governance documents include provisions: - authorizing blank check preference shares, which could be issued without shareholder approval and with voting, liquidation, dividend and other rights superior to our Company Common Shares;- providing that any action required or permitted to be taken by our shareholders must be taken at a duly called annual or special meeting of such shareholders and may not be taken by any consent in writing by such shareholders; provided that for so long as our Principal Shareholders beneficially own, collectively, at least 30% of the issued and outstanding shares carrying the right to vote at general meetings at the relevant time, any action (except the removal of a director or an auditor) which may be done by resolution of the shareholders in a general meeting may also be done by resolution in writing, signed by the shareholders who at the date of the notice of the resolution in writing represent not less than the minimum number of votes as would be required to pass the resolution if the resolution was voted on at a quorate meeting of the shareholders;- requiring, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, advance notice of shareholder proposals for business to be conducted at meetings of our shareholders and for shareholder-proposed nominations of candidates for election to our board of directors;- establishing a classified board of directors, so that not all members of our board are elected at one time, with the election of directors requiring only a plurality of votes cast;- providing that certain actions required or permitted to be taken by our shareholders, including amendments to the Company Bye-laws and certain specified corporate transactions, may be effected only with the approval of our board of directors, in addition to any other vote required by the Company Bye-laws and/or applicable law;- prohibiting us from engaging in a business combination with a person who acquires at least 10% of our Company Common Shares for a period of three years from the date such person acquired such common shares unless approved by the Company Board and authorized at an annual or special meeting of shareholders by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of our issued and outstanding voting shares that are not owned by such person, subject to certain exceptions. This provision shall not apply to our Principal Shareholders and any of their respective direct or indirect transferees;- limiting the filling of vacancies or newly created seats on the Company Board between general meetings to the decision of our board of directors then in office at any time when our Principal Shareholders beneficially own, collectively, less than 30% of the issued and outstanding shares carrying the right to vote at general meetings at the relevant time, subject to the rights granted to one or more series of preference shares then outstanding or the rights granted under the Shareholders Agreement; and - providing that directors may be removed by shareholders only by resolution with or without cause upon the affirmative vote of a majority of our issued and outstanding voting shares; provided, however, at any time when our Principal Shareholders beneficially own, collectively, less than 30% of the issued and outstanding shares carrying the right to vote at general meetings at the relevant time, directors may only be removed for cause (as determined by the Company Board), and only upon the affirmative vote of holders of at least 66 2/3% of the issued and outstanding shares carrying the right to vote at general meetings at the relevant time, voting together as a single class. The existence of the foregoing provisions and anti-takeover measures could limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for common shares. They could also deter potential acquirers of our Company, thereby reducing the likelihood that you could receive a premium for your Company Common Shares in an acquisition.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 5
    Our shareholders may have more difficulty protecting their interests than shareholders of a U.S. corporation.

    The rights of shareholders under Bermuda law are not as extensive as the rights of shareholders under legislation or judicial precedent in many U.S. jurisdictions. Class actions and derivative actions are generally not available to shareholders under Bermuda law. However, Bermuda courts ordinarily would be expected to follow English case law precedent, which would permit a shareholder to commence an action in the name of a company to remedy a wrong done to a company where the act complained of is alleged to be beyond the corporate power of a company, is illegal, or would result in the violation of that company's memorandum of association or bye-laws. Furthermore, consideration would be given by a Bermuda court to allow derivative action rights where acts that are alleged to constitute a fraud against the minority shareholders or where an act requires the approval of a greater percentage of our shareholders than actually approved it. The winning party in such an action generally would be able to recover a portion of attorneys' fees incurred in connection with such action.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 6
    We may issue additional Company Common Shares or other securities without shareholder approval, which would dilute existing ownership interests and may depress the market price of Company Common Shares.

    Paysafe may issue additional Company Common Shares or other equity securities of equal or senior rank in the future in connection with, among other things, repayment of outstanding indebtedness or Paysafe's equity incentive plan, without shareholder approval, in a number of circumstances. Paysafe's issuance of additional Company Common Shares or other equity securities of equal or senior rank would have the following effects: - existing Paysafe Shareholders' proportionate ownership interest in Paysafe may decrease;- the amount of cash available per share, including for payment of dividends in the future, may decrease;- the relative voting strength of each previously outstanding Company Common Shares may be diminished; and - the market price of Company Common Shares may decline.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 7
    Future sales of the Company Common Shares issued to the Existing Paysafe Shareholders and other significant shareholders may cause the market price of Company Common Shares to drop significantly, even if Paysafe's business is doing well.

    Under the Merger Agreement, the Existing Paysafe Shareholders received, among other things, a significant amount of Company Common Shares. Subject to the Shareholders Agreement, the Existing Paysafe Shareholders and certain other shareholders party to the Shareholders Agreement may sell Company's securities pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, if available. Upon satisfaction of the requirements of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, the Existing Paysafe Shareholders and certain other significant shareholders may sell large amounts of the Company's securities in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, which could have the effect of increasing the volatility in Paysafe's share price or putting significant downward pressure on the price of the Company Common Shares.

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What are all the risk factor categories?
TipRanks has identified 6 major categories of risk factors and a number of subcategories for each. You can see how these categories are broken down in the list below. 1. Financial & Corporate Accounting & Financial Operations - risks related to accounting loss, value of intangible assets, financial statements, value of intangible assets, financial reporting, estimates, guidance, company profitability, dividends, fluctuating results. Share Price & Shareholder Rights – risks related to things that impact share prices and the rights of shareholders, including analyst ratings, major shareholder activity, trade volatility, liquidity of shares, anti-takeover provisions, international listing, dual listing. Debt & Financing – risks related to debt, funding, financing and interest rates, financial investments. Corporate Activity and Growth – risks related to restructuring, M&As, joint ventures, execution of corporate strategy, strategic alliances. 2. Legal & Regulatory Litigation and Legal Liabilities – risks related to litigation/ lawsuits against the company. Regulation – risks related to compliance, GDPR, and new legislation. Environmental / Social – risks related to environmental regulation and to data privacy. Taxation & Government Incentives – risks related to taxation and changes in government incentives. 3. Production Costs – risks related to costs of production including commodity prices, future contracts, inventory. Supply Chain – risks related to the company’s suppliers. Manufacturing – risks related to the company’s manufacturing process including product quality and product recalls. Human Capital – risks related to recruitment, training and retention of key employees, employee relationships & unions labor disputes, pension, and post retirement benefits, medical, health and welfare benefits, employee misconduct, employee litigation. 4. Technology & Innovation Innovation / R&D – risks related to innovation and new product development. Technology – risks related to the company’s reliance on technology. Cyber Security – risks related to securing the company’s digital assets and from cyber attacks. Trade Secrets & Patents – risks related to the company’s ability to protect its intellectual property and to infringement claims against the company as well as piracy and unlicensed copying. 5. Ability to Sell Demand – risks related to the demand of the company’s goods and services including seasonality, reliance on key customers. Competition – risks related to the company’s competition including substitutes. Sales & Marketing – risks related to sales, marketing, and distribution channels, pricing, and market penetration. Brand & Reputation – risks related to the company’s brand and reputation. 6. Macro & Political Economy & Political Environment – risks related to changes in economic and political conditions. Natural and Human Disruptions – risks related to catastrophes, floods, storms, terror, earthquakes, coronavirus pandemic/COVID-19. International Operations – risks related to the global nature of the company. Capital Markets – risks related to exchange rates and trade, cryptocurrency.