Usio, Inc. (NASDAQ:USIO) Q2 2022 Earnings Conference Call August 12, 2022 11:00 AM ET
Company Participants
Joe Hassett – Investor Relations
Louis Hoch – President and Chief Executive Officer
Houston Frost – Senior Vice President, Prepaid Services
Greg Carter – Executive Vice President, Payment Acceptance
Tom Jewell – Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Conference Call Participants
Barry Sine – Spartan Capital Securities
Jon Hickman – Ladenburg
Michael Diana – Maxim Group
Operator
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the Usio Earnings Conference Call for the Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2022. All participants will be in a listen-only mode. After today’s presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. [Operator Instructions] Participants of this call are advised that the audio of this conference is being broadcast live over the Internet and is also being recorded for playback purposes. A replay will be available shortly after the end of the call through August 18, 2022.
At this time, I’d like to turn the floor over to Joe Hassett, Investor Relations. Sir, please go ahead.
Joe Hassett
Thank you, Jamie, and thank you, everyone, for participating today. Welcome to Usio’s second quarter fiscal 2022 financial results conference call. The earnings release, which Usio issued yesterday after market close is available on the company’s Investor Relations website at usio.com Investors under News. If you can’t find it there, please contact me and I’ll be able to access for you.
On this call today are Louis Hoch, President and CEO; Tom Jewell, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Greg Carter, Executive Vice President of Payment Acceptance; and Houston Frost, Senior Vice President of Prepaid Services. Management will provide prepared remarks, and then we will open the call to your questions.
Before we begin, please remember that comments on today’s call include forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of such words as estimate, anticipate, expect, believe, intend, may, will, should, seek, approximate or plan or the negative of these words and other similar words and phrases.
Forward-looking statements, by their nature, involve estimates, projections, goals, forecasts and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, including risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on the economy; the realization and the opportunities from the IMS acquisition; management of the company’s growth; the loss of key resellers; the relationships with the automated clearinghouse network, bank sponsors, third-party card processing providers and merchants; the volatility of stock price; the loss of key personnel; growing competition in the electronic commerce market; the security of the company’s software, hardware and information; compliance with complex federal, state and local laws and regulations; and other risks detailed in the company’s filings with the SEC.