UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

EURONET WORLDWIDE, INC.

 

DELAWARE		74-2806888
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3500 COLLEGE BOULEVARD
LEAWOOD, KANSAS		66211
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Title of Each Class		Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $0.02 par value		Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights		Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes þ No o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” ‘‘accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes o No þ

As of June 30, 2010, the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $615.6 million. The aggregate market value was determined based on the closing price of the Common Stock on June 30, 2010.

At February 21, 2011, the registrant had 51,083,678 shares of common stock (the “Common Stock”) outstanding.

Portions of the registrant’s Proxy Statement for its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission no later than 120 days after December 31, 2010, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

 

Table of Contents

PART I					3
ITEM 1.		BUSINESS			3
ITEM 1A.		RISK FACTORS			16
ITEM 1B.		UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS			29
ITEM 2.		PROPERTIES			29
ITEM 3.		LEGAL PROCEEDINGS			29
ITEM 4.		(REMOVED AND RESERVED)			29
PART II					30
ITEM 5.		MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES			30
ITEM 6.		SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA			32
ITEM 7.		MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS			33
ITEM 7A.		QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK			60
ITEM 8.		FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA			62
ITEM 9.		CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE			95
ITEM 9A.		CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES			95
ITEM 9B.		OTHER INFORMATION			95
PART III					96
ITEM 10.		DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE			96
ITEM 11.		EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION			96
ITEM 12.		SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS			96
ITEM 13.		CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE			96
ITEM 14.		PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES			96
PART IV					96
ITEM 15.		EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES			96
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PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

OVERVIEW

General Overview

Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (“Euronet,” the “Company,” “we” or “us”) is a leading global electronic payments provider. We offer payment and transaction processing and distribution solutions to financial institutions, retailers, service providers and individual consumers. Our primary product offerings include comprehensive automated teller machine (“ATM”), point-of-sale (“POS”) and card outsourcing services; electronic distribution of prepaid mobile airtime and other prepaid products, and global consumer money transfer services.

Core Business Segments

We operate in the following three principal business segments as of December 31, 2010:

•		The EFT Processing Segment, which processes transactions for a network of 10,786 ATMs and approximately 55,000 POS terminals across Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. We provide comprehensive electronic payment solutions consisting of ATM network participation; outsourced ATM and POS management solutions; credit and debit card outsourcing; card issuing and merchant acquiring services. Through this segment, we also offer a suite of integrated electronic financial transaction (“EFT”) software solutions for electronic payment and transaction delivery systems. In 2010, the EFT Processing Segment accounted for approximately 19% of Euronet’s consolidated revenues.
•		The epay Segment, which provides electronic distribution of prepaid mobile airtime and other electronic payment products and collection services for various payment products, cards and services. We operate a network that includes approximately 563,000 POS terminals that enable electronic processing of prepaid mobile airtime “top-up” services in Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, North America and South America. Through this segment, we believe we are the world’s leading international network for distribution of prepaid mobile airtime. In 2010, the epay Segment accounted for approximately 58% of Euronet’s consolidated revenues.
•		The Money Transfer Segment, which provides global consumer-to-consumer money transfer services. We offer this service through a network of sending agents and Company-owned stores (primarily in North America and Europe), disbursing money transfers through a worldwide correspondent network that includes approximately 110,000 locations. In addition to money transfers, we also offer customers bill payment services, payment alternatives such as money orders and prepaid debit cards, comprehensive check cashing services for a wide variety of issued checks, and competitive foreign currency exchange services. Bill payment services are offered primarily in the U.S. We are one of the largest global money transfer companies in terms of revenues and volumes. In 2010, the Money Transfer Segment accounted for approximately 23% of Euronet’s consolidated revenues.

Euronet conducts business globally, serving customers in approximately 150 countries. We have eleven transaction processing centers, including six in Europe, two in Asia Pacific, two in the United States and one in the Middle East. We also maintain forty-three business offices that are located in thirty-one countries. The corporate offices are located in Leawood, Kansas, USA.

Historical Perspective

The first company in the Euronet group was established in 1994 as Euronet Bank Access Kft., a Hungarian limited liability company. We began operations in 1995, setting up a processing center in Budapest, Hungary and installing our first ATMs in Hungary, followed by Poland and Germany. The Euronet group was reorganized on March 6, 1997 in connection with its initial public offering, and at that time the operating entities of the Euronet group became wholly owned subsidiaries of Euronet Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation. We changed our name from Euronet Services, Inc. to Euronet Worldwide, Inc. in August 2001.

Initially, most of Euronet’s resources were devoted to establishing and expanding the ATM network and ATM management services business in Europe. Through 1998, we were doing business in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Croatia and Germany. Expansion continued, and by 2010, Euronet’s network of ATMs had expanded to include Greece, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Ukraine, the Middle East, India and China.

In December 1998, we acquired Arkansas Systems, Inc. (now known as “Euronet USA”), a U.S.-based company that produces electronic payment and transaction delivery systems software for retail banks internationally, which resulted in significant ongoing savings in third-party licensing, services and maintenance costs. In 2005, we expanded the product offerings of the EFT Segment through the acquisition of Instreamline S.A., a Greek company that provides credit card and POS outsourcing services in addition to debit card and transaction gateway switching services in Greece and the Balkan region. In 2007, we combined our EFT and Software

segments as both businesses are strategically aligned since our software segment primarily supports our EFT service offerings and processing centers.

In 2003, Euronet added a complementary business through the acquisition of epay Limited (“epay”), which had offices in the U.K. and Australia. Through subsequent acquisitions between 2003 and 2010, the epay Segment continued to expand in Europe (Germany, Romania, Spain and the U.K.), the U.S., the Middle East, Asia and Brazil, and established new offices in New Zealand, Poland, India, and Italy. We believe the epay Segment is the world’s leading international network for distribution and processing of prepaid mobile airtime (top-up) as well as other electronic payment products and services.

In 2007, we established the Money Transfer Segment after completing the acquisition of Los Angeles-based RIA, one of the largest global money transfer companies in terms of revenues and volumes. Established in 1987, RIA originates and terminates transactions through a network of sending agents and Company-owned stores located throughout Europe and North America. As of December 31, 2010, the RIA network included approximately 110,000 locations with money transfers delivered to 134 countries. Since 2008, the Money Transfer Segment has focused on increasing its non-U.S. market share, particularly in Europe where we see the greatest market potential for expansion. The segment expanded its product portfolio to offer complementary non-money transfer products such as bill payment and check cashing, and prepaid services in conjunction with the epay Segment.

2010 Developments

At the end of April 2010, we were informed that Visa Europe notified its member banks that it would be reducing the Polish domestic ATM interchange fee by more than half, effective May 1, 2010. The interchange fee is paid by issuers of Visa branded cards to the owners or operators of ATMs for transactions such as cash withdrawals on ATMs. See Item 7. — Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, for further discussion of the impact of this change on 2010 and 2011 operating results.

On September 1, 2010, we completed the acquisition of a Brazilian prepaid distribution company now known as epay Brazil. This strategic acquisition provides us opportunities to distribute our epay Segment’s portfolio of global prepaid products in Brazil and South America. With a population of 190 million and over 140 million prepaid subscribers, it provides a large and stable platform for expansion throughout South America. epay Brazil has relationships with all mobile phone operators in Brazil, who are aggressively pushing the rollout of electronic top-up networks into new regions. See Note 5, Acquisitions, to the consolidated financial statements for further discussion of these developments.

BUSINESS SEGMENT OVERVIEW

For a discussion of operating results by segment, please see Item 7 — Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and Note 16, Business Segment Information, to the consolidated financial statements.

EFT PROCESSING SEGMENT

Overview

Our EFT Processing Segment provides outsourcing and network services to financial institutions, primarily in the developing markets of Central, Eastern and Southern Europe (Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia, Greece, Bulgaria and Ukraine), the Middle East and Asia Pacific (India and China), as well as in certain developed countries of Western Europe. We provide these services either through our Euronet-owned ATMs or through contracts under which we operate ATMs on behalf of financial institutions. Although all of these markets present opportunities for expanding the sales of our services, we believe opportunities for growth in the ATM services business are greater in our developing markets.

The major source of revenue generated by our ATM network is recurring monthly management fees and transaction-based fees. We receive fixed monthly fees under many of our outsourced management contracts. The EFT Processing Segment also has revenues from POS operations and merchant management, card network management (for credit, debit, prepaid and loyalty cards), prepaid mobile airtime recharge on ATMs and ATM advertising. The number of ATMs we operate increased to 10,786 at December 31, 2010 from 9,720 at December 31, 2009. The increase was largely due to growth in ATMs driven under new contracts, expansion of ATMs under existing contracts and the deployment of ATMs in markets where we operate Euronet-branded ATMs. Consistent with our expansion strategy, we saw the most significant growth in the Asia Pacific region in 2010.

We monitor the number of transactions made by cardholders on our ATM network. These include cash withdrawals, balance inquiries, deposits, prepaid mobile airtime recharge purchases and certain denied (unauthorized) transactions. We do not bill certain transactions on our network to financial institutions, and we have excluded these transactions for reporting purposes. The number of transactions processed over our entire ATM network has increased over the last five years at a compound annual growth rate (“CAGR”) of approximately 15% as indicated in the following table:

(in millions)		2006				2007				2008				2009				2010
EFT processing transactions per year			456				582				672				703				794

Our processing centers for the EFT Processing Segment are located in Budapest, Hungary; Athens, Greece; Mumbai, India; Belgrade, Serbia; Beijing, China; and Karachi, Pakistan. They are staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week and consist of production IBM iSeries computers, which run the Euronet Integrated Transaction Management (“ITM”) software package.

EFT Processing Products and Services

Outsourced Management Solutions

Euronet offers outsourced management services to financial institutions, retailers, mobile phone operators and other organizations using our processing centers’ electronic financial transaction processing software. Our outsourced management services include management of existing ATM networks, development of new ATM networks, management of POS networks, management of automated deposit terminals, management of credit and debit card databases and other financial processing services. These services include 24-hour monitoring of each ATM’s status and cash condition, coordinating the cash delivery and management of cash levels in each ATM and providing automatic dispatches for necessary service calls. We also provide real-time transaction authorization, advanced monitoring, network gateway access, network switching, 24-hour customer service, maintenance, cash settlement and reconciliation, forecasting and reporting. Since our infrastructure can support a significant increase in transactions, any new outsourced management services agreements should provide additional revenue with lower incremental cost.

Our outsourced management services agreements generally provide for fixed monthly management fees and, in most cases, fees payable for each transaction. The transaction fees under these agreements are generally lower than those under card acceptance agreements.

Euronet-Branded ATM Transaction Processing

Our Euronet-branded ATM networks are primarily managed by a processing center that uses our internally developed ITM core software solution. The ATMs in our network are able to process transactions for holders of credit and debit cards issued by or bearing the logos of financial institutions and international card organizations such as American Express^®, Visa^®, MasterCard^®, Diners Club International^®, Discover^® and China Union Pay as well as international ATM networks such as PULSE^®. This ability is accomplished through our agreements and relationships with these institutions, international credit and debit card issuers and international card associations.

When a bank cardholder conducts a transaction on a Euronet-owned ATM, we receive a fee from the cardholder’s bank for that transaction. The bank pays us this fee either directly or indirectly through a central switching and settlement network. When paid indirectly, this fee is referred to as the “interchange fee.” All of the banks in a shared ATM and POS switching system establish the amount of the interchange fee by agreement. We receive transaction-processing fees for successful transactions and, in certain circumstances, for transactions that are not completed because they fail to receive authorization. The fees paid to us by the card issuers are independent of any fees charged by the card issuers to cardholders in connection with the ATM transactions.

We generally receive fees from our customers for four types of ATM transactions:

	•		Cash withdrawals,
	•		Balance inquiries,
	•		Transactions not completed because the relevant card issuer does not give authorization, and
	•		Prepaid telecommunication recharges.

Card Acceptance or Sponsorship Agreements

Our agreements with financial institutions and international card organizations generally provide that all credit and debit cards issued by the customer financial institution or organization may be used at all ATMs that we operate in a given market. In most markets, we have agreements with a financial institution under which we are designated as a service provider (which we refer to as “sponsorship agreements”) for the acceptance of cards bearing international logos, such as Visa and MasterCard. These card acceptance or sponsorship agreements allow us to receive transaction authorization directly from the card issuing institution or international card

organization. Our agreements generally provide for a term of three to seven years and are automatically renewed unless either party provides notice of non-renewal prior to the termination date. In some cases, the agreements are terminable by either party upon six months notice. We are generally able to connect a financial institution to our network within 30 to 90 days of signing a card acceptance agreement. Generally, the financial institution provides the cash needed to complete transactions on the ATM. Euronet is generally liable for the cash in the ATM networks.

Under our card acceptance agreements, the ATM transaction fees we charge vary depending on the type of transaction and the number of transactions attributable to a particular card issuer. Our agreements generally provide for payment in local currency. Transaction fees are sometimes denominated in euros or U.S. dollars or are adjusted for inflation. Transaction fees are billed to financial institutions and card organizations with payment terms typically no longer than one month.

Other Products and Services

Our network of owned or operated ATMs allows for the sale of financial and other products or services at a low incremental cost. We have developed value-added services in addition to basic cash withdrawal and balance inquiry transactions. These value added services include Prepaid Mobile Top-up, Dynamic Currency Conversion (“DCC”) Payout, Fraud Management, Bill Payment, Customer Relationship Management (“CRM”), ATM Money Transfer Payout, and ATM Advertising. We are committed to the ongoing development of innovative new products and services to offer our EFT processing customers.

Software Solutions

We also offer a suite of integrated software solutions for electronic payments and transaction delivery systems. We generate revenue for our software products from licensing, professional services and maintenance fees for software and sales of related hardware, primarily to financial institutions around the world. We have been able to enter into agreements under which we contribute the right to use our ITM software in lieu of cash as our initial capital contributions to new transaction processing joint ventures. Such contributions permit us to enter new markets without significant cash outlays.

Euronet offers multinational merchants a Single European Payments Area (“SEPA”) compliant cross-border transaction processing solution. SEPA is an area in which all electronic payments can be made and received in the euro, whether between or within national boundaries, under the same basic conditions, rights and obligations, regardless of their location. This single, centralized acquiring platform enables merchants to benefit from cost savings and faster, more efficient payments transfer. Although many European countries are not members of the eurozone, the platform can serve the merchants in these countries as well, through its multi-currency functionality.

Additionally, our software products are an integral part of the EFT Processing Segment product lines, and our investment in research, development, delivery and customer support reflects our ongoing commitment to an expanded customer base both internally and externally. Our ITM software is used by processing centers in our EFT Processing Segment, resulting in cost savings and added value compared to third-party license and maintenance options.

EFT Processing Segment Strategy

The EFT Processing Segment maintains a strategy to expand the network of ATMs and POS terminals into developed and developing markets that have the greatest potential for growth. We believe the greatest opportunities lie in developing markets. In addition, we follow a supporting strategy to increase the penetration of value-added (or complementary) services across our existing customer base.

Growth opportunities are driven through financial institutions that are receptive to outsourcing the operation of their ATM, POS and card networks. The operation of these devices requires expensive hardware and software and specialized personnel. These resources are available to us, and we offer them to financial institutions under outsourcing contracts. The expansion and enhancement of our outsourced management solutions in new and existing markets will remain an important business opportunity for Euronet. Increasing the number of non-owned ATMs that we operate under management services agreements and continued development of our credit and debit card outsourcing business should provide continued growth while minimizing our capital investment.

We continually strive to make our own ATM networks more efficient by eliminating underperforming ATMs and installing ATMs in more desirable locations. We will make selective additions to our own ATM network if we see market demand and profit opportunities. In recent years, the need for “all-in” services has increased. Banks, particularly smaller banks, are increasingly looking for integrated ATM, POS and card issuing processing and management services. Euronet is well positioned for this opportunity as it can offer a full end-to-end solution to the potential partners.

The EFT Processing Segment’s line of services is strengthened through complementary services offered by our epay Segment, where we provide prepaid mobile airtime top-up services through POS terminals. We will continue to expand our technology and business

methods into other markets where we operate and further leverage our relationships with mobile phone operators and financial institutions to facilitate that expansion.

Seasonality

Our business is significantly impacted by seasonality during the fourth quarter and first quarter of each year due to higher transaction levels during the holiday season and lower levels after the holiday season. We have estimated that, absent significant fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or unusual circumstances, such as the impact of new acquisitions or unusually high levels of growth due to market factors, the overall revenue realized in the EFT Processing Segment is likely to be approximately 5% to 10% lower during the first quarter of each year than in the fourth quarter of the year. We have historically experienced minimal differences between the second and third quarters of each year.

Significant Customers and Government Contracts

No individual customer of the EFT Processing Segment makes up greater than 10% of consolidated total revenues. In India, we have contracts with certain government-owned banks to provide certain ATM services, including mobile airtime recharge services. Additionally, certain government-owned banks are members of our shared ATM network in India.

Competition

Our principal EFT Processing competitors include ATM networks owned by financial institutions and national switches consisting of consortiums of local banks that provide outsourcing and transaction services to financial institutions and independent ATM deployers in a particular country. Additionally, large, well-financed companies that operate ATMs offer ATM network and outsourcing services, and those that provide card outsourcing, POS processing and merchant acquiring services also compete with us in various markets. Small local operators have also recently begun offering their services, particularly in the independent ATM deployment market. None of these competitors has a dominant market share in any of our markets. Competitive factors in our EFT Processing Segment include breadth of service offering, network availability and response time, price to both the financial institution and to its customers, ATM location and access to other networks.

EPAY SEGMENT

Overview

We currently offer prepaid mobile airtime top-up services and other prepaid and payment products on a network of approximately 563,000 POS terminals across approximately 276,000 retailer locations in Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, North America and South America. We are the world’s leading international network for distribution of prepaid mobile airtime (top-up). Our processing centers for the epay Segment are located in Basildon, U.K.; Martinsried, Germany; Milan, Italy; and Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

Since 2003, we have continually expanded our prepaid business in new and existing markets by drawing upon our depth of experience to build and nurture relationships with mobile phone operators and retailers. In addition to prepaid mobile airtime, we offer a wide range of products across our retail networks, including prepaid debit cards, gift cards, prepaid vouchers, transport payments, lottery payments, prepaid digital content such as music, games and software, prepaid long distance and bill payment.

Sources of Revenue

The epay Segment generates commissions or processing fees received from telecommunications service providers for the sale and distribution of prepaid mobile airtime, which is a significant source of revenue for this segment. We also generate revenue as commissions earned from the distribution of electronic payment products referenced in the preceding paragraph.

Customers using mobile phones generally pay for their usage in two ways:

	•		Through “postpaid” accounts, where usage is billed at the end of each billing period; and
	•		Through “prepaid” accounts, where customers pay in advance by crediting their accounts prior to usage.

Although mobile phone operators in the U.S. and certain European countries have provided service principally through postpaid accounts, the norm in many other countries in Europe and the rest of the world is to offer wireless service on a prepaid basis. This shift is driven by customers’ perceptions that prepaid products better meet their needs and enable them to better control their monthly wireless expenditures.

Currently, two principal methods are available to credit prepaid accounts (referred to as “top-up” of accounts). The first is through the purchase of “scratch cards” bearing a PIN (personal identification number) that, when entered into a customer’s mobile phone account, credits the account by the value of airtime purchased. Scratch cards are sold predominantly through retail outlets.

The second method used to credit prepaid accounts is through various electronic means of crediting the account using POS terminals. Electronic top-up (“e-top-up”) methods have several advantages over scratch cards, primarily because electronic methods do not require the cost of creation, distribution and management of a physical inventory of cards or involve the risk of losses stemming from fraud, theft and mismanagement. To distribute PINs, we establish an electronic connection with the POS terminals and maintain systems that monitor transaction levels at each terminal. As sales to customers of prepaid mobile airtime are completed, the customer pays the retailer and the retailer becomes obligated to make settlement to us of the principal amount of the mobile airtime sold. We maintain systems that enable us to monitor the payment practices of each retailer. Prior to 2004, scratch cards were the predominant method of crediting mobile phone accounts in most developed markets. However, since 2004, a shift has occurred in these markets away from usage of scratch cards and e-top-up is now the predominant method.

We expand our distribution networks through the signing of new contracts with retailers, and in some markets, through the acquisition of existing networks. We are continuing to focus on our growing network of distributors, generally referred to as Independent Sales Organizations (“ISOs”), that contract with retailers in their network to distribute prepaid mobile airtime or other content from their POS terminals. We continue to increase our focus on direct relationships with chains of independent supermarkets, convenience stores, petrol chains, and other larger scale retailers, where we can negotiate agreements with the merchant on a multiyear basis.

epay Products and Services

Prepaid Mobile Airtime Transaction Processing

We process prepaid mobile airtime top-up transactions on our POS network across Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, North America and South America for two types of clients: distributors and retailers. Both types of client transactions start with a consumer in a retail store. The retailer uses a specially programmed POS terminal in the store or the retailer’s electronic cash register (ECR) system that is connected to our network to buy prepaid mobile airtime. The customer will select a predefined amount of mobile airtime from the carrier of choice, and the retailer enters the selection into the POS terminal. The consumer will pay that amount to the retailer (in cash or other payment methods accepted by the retailer). The POS device then transmits the selected transaction to our processing center. Using the electronic connection we maintain with the mobile phone operator or drawing from our inventory of PINs, the purchased amount of mobile airtime will be either credited to the consumer’s account or delivered via a PIN printed by the terminal and given to the consumer. In the case of PINs printed by the terminal, the consumer must then call the mobile phone operator’s toll-free number to activate the purchased airtime to the consumer’s mobile account.

One difference in our relationships with various retailers and distributors is how we charge for our services. For distributors and certain very large retailers, we charge a processing fee. However, the majority of our transactions occur with smaller retailer clients. With these clients, we receive a commission on each transaction that is withheld from the payments made to the mobile phone operator, and we share that commission with the retailers.

Retailer and Distributor Contracts

We provide our prepaid services through POS terminals installed in retail outlets or, in the case of major retailers, through direct connections between their electronic cash register (ECR) systems and our processing centers. In markets where we operate proprietary technology (the U.K., Australia, Poland, Ireland, New Zealand, Spain, Greece, India, Italy, Brazil and the U.S.), we generally own and maintain the POS terminals. In Germany, Austria and Romania, the terminals are sold to the retailers or to distributors who service the retailer. Our agreements with major retailers for the POS services typically have one to three-year terms. These agreements include terms regarding the connection of our networks to the respective retailer’s registers or payment terminals or the maintenance of POS terminals, and obligations concerning settlement and liability for transactions processed. Generally, our agreements with individual or small retailers have shorter terms and provide that either party can terminate the agreement upon three to six months’ notice.

In Germany, distributors are key intermediaries in the sale of e-top-up. As a result, our business in Germany is substantially concentrated in, and dependent upon, relationships with our major distributors. The termination of any of our agreements with major distributors could materially and adversely affect our prepaid business in Germany. However, we have been establishing agreements with independent German retailers in order to diversify our exposure to such distributors.

Other Products and Services

Our POS network can be used for the distribution of other products and services. Although prepaid mobile airtime is the primary product distributed through our epay Segment, additional products include long distance calling card plans, prepaid Internet plans, debit cards, gift cards, prepaid vouchers, transport payments, lottery payments, bill payment and digital content such as music, games and software. In certain locations, the terminals used for prepaid services can also be used for electronic funds transfer to process credit and debit card payments for retail merchandise. For 2010, gross profit from products other than prepaid mobile airtime comprised approximately 15% of the epay Segment’s gross profit.

We monitor the number of transactions made on our prepaid networks. The number of transactions processed on our entire POS network has increased over the last five years at a CAGR of approximately 18% as indicated in the following table:

(in millions)		2006				2007				2008				2009				2010
Prepaid processing transactions per year			458				635				713				777				891

epay Segment Strategy

The global strategy for the epay Segment is to grow market share by defending mature markets, focusing expansion activity in growth markets and adding positive operating income in all other developing markets.

In addition to maintaining and growing market share in prepaid mobile airtime top-up, our growth strategy is achieved through the introduction of new products and content. New product initiatives focus on products outside of prepaid mobile airtime top-up and processing, including gift card malls, prepaid debit cards, transport and digital content, including software and games. Strategic execution behind new products includes the development of relationships with global consumer product brands. This strategy leverages the global scale of the epay business allowing global brands to be sold in many or all of the countries in which we have a presence. Examples of global brands include Apple and Microsoft.

Financial institutions, telecommunications companies and retail companies have a substantial opportunity to increase revenue by diversifying the products and services currently offered to their merchant base. epay is deploying additional content through its POS network to retailers, distributors and financial institutions all over the world. The reach, capabilities and quality of the epay network are appealing as a global distribution channel. We are one of the largest worldwide multi-country operators, and have a distinct competitive advantage from the existing relationships that we maintain with mobile phone operators and retailers.

Seasonality

The epay business is significantly impacted by seasonality during the fourth quarter and first quarter of each year due to the higher transaction levels during the holiday season and lower levels following the holiday season. We expect that, absent significant fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or unusual circumstances, such as the impact of new acquisitions or unusually high levels of growth due to market factors, the overall revenue realized is likely to be approximately 5% lower during the first quarter than in the fourth quarter of the year. We have historically experienced minimal differences between the second and third quarters of each year.

Significant Customers and Government Contracts

No individual customer of our epay Segment makes up greater than 10% of consolidated total revenues. In 2010, epay implemented a contract for the technology and distribution infrastructure for two state-owned lotteries in Germany. In addition, epay implemented a contract with the state of Florida’s (USA) Turnpike partners to add more than 2,000 new SunPass^® cash-reloading locations. This contract complements our existing contracts with the Transport for London in the U.K. and Queensland Motorways in Australia. There are no other government contracts in the epay Segment.

Competition

We face competition in the prepaid business in all of our markets. We compete with a few multinational companies that operate in several of our markets. In other markets, our competition is from smaller, local companies. The mobile phone operators in all of our markets have retail distribution networks of their own through which they offer top-up services for their own products. None of these companies is dominant in any of the markets where we do business.

We believe, however, that we currently have a competitive advantage due to various factors. First, in Germany and Australia, our acquired subsidiaries have been concentrating on the sale of electronic prepaid mobile airtime for a longer period than most of our competitors and have significant market presence in those markets. In addition, we offer complementary ATM and prepaid mobile airtime recharge solutions through our EFT processing centers. We believe this improves our ability to solicit the use of networks of devices owned by third parties (for example, banks and switching networks) to deliver recharge services.

In selected developing markets, we expect to establish a first-to-market advantage by rolling out terminals rapidly before competition is established. We also have an extremely flexible technical platform that enables us to tailor POS solutions to individual merchant and mobile phone operator requirements where appropriate. The GPRS (wireless) technology, designed by our epay Germany subsidiary, will also give us an advantage in remote areas where landline phone lines are of lesser quality or are nonexistent.

The principal competitive factors in this area include price (that is, the level of commission paid to retailers for each recharge transaction), breadth of mobile phone operator product and up-time offered on the system. Major retailers with high volumes are in a position to demand a larger share of the commission, which increases the amount of competition among service providers. We are seeing signs that some mobile phone operators may wish to take over and expand their own distribution networks of prepaid time, and in doing so, they may become our competitors. Additionally, prepaid mobile airtime top-up is now being performed online or via mobile devices which provides other alternatives for consumers to use.

MONEY TRANSFER SEGMENT

Overview

We provide consumer-to-consumer money transfer services through a global network of more than 110,000 locations. Transfers are originated through sending agents in approximately 20 countries, with money transfer delivery completed in 134 countries. The initiation of money transfers occur through retail agents or Company-owned stores, while the delivery of money transfers can occur with bank correspondents, retailer agents or from certain ATMs. Transferred funds are delivered in local foreign exchange currency.

Our sending agent network includes a variety of agents, including large/medium size regional retailers, convenience stores, bodegas, multi-service shops and phone centers, which are predominantly found in areas with a large immigrant population. Each money transfer transaction is processed using the Company’s proprietary software system and checked for security, completeness and compliance with federal regulations at every step of the process. Senders can track the progress of their transfers through RIA’s customer service representatives, and funds are delivered quickly to their beneficiaries via our extensive payout network, which includes large banks and non-bank financial institutions, post offices and large retailers. Our processing center for the Money Transfer Segment is located in Buena Park, California, USA, and we operate call centers in Buena Park, California; El Salvador and Spain and provide multi-lingual customer service for both our agents and consumers.

Money Transfer Products and Services

In addition to money transfers, we also offer customers bill payment services, payment alternatives such as money orders and prepaid debit cards, comprehensive check cashing services for a wide variety of issued checks, along with competitive foreign currency exchange services. These services are all offered through our Company-owned stores while select services are offered through our agents in certain markets.

RIA money orders are widely recognized and exchanged throughout the United States, South America, and around the world. Our check cashing services cover payroll and personal checks, cashier checks, tax refund checks, government checks, insurance drafts and money orders. Our bill payment services offer timely posting of customer bills for over 100 companies, including electric and gas utilities and telephone/wireless companies. Bill payment services are offered primarily in the U.S.

Money Transfer products and services are sold primarily through three channels at agent locations and Company-owned stores: by phone (“TeleRIA”), via computer (“RIA Online”) and card-based over a POS terminal (“Rialink”).

Through our TeleRIA service, customers connect to our call center from a telephone available at an agent location or RIA store and a representative collects the information over the telephone and enters it directly into our secure proprietary system. As soon as the data capture is complete, our central system automatically faxes a confirmation receipt to the agent location for the customer to review and sign and the customer pays the agent the money to be transferred, together with a fee. The agent then faxes the signed receipt back to RIA to complete the transaction.

In an online transaction, customers provide the required information to the agent who enters the data into our online platform via a computer using a unique username and password. The real-time online connection we maintain with the agent enables the agent to generate a receipt and complete the transaction.

Transactions through Rialink are similar to online transactions, but are initiated over a POS terminal once the customer has completed a one-time enrollment over the phone with our customer service representative. Rialink has shown good results in high volume stores and agent locations due to the speed, efficiency and ease of use of the POS transfer method.

Sources of Revenue

Revenue in the Money Transfer Segment is primarily derived through the charging of a transaction fee, as well as a margin earned from purchasing foreign currency at wholesale exchange rates and selling the foreign currency to consumers at retail exchange rates. Sending agents and receiving agents (bank correspondents or retailers) each earn fees for cash collection and distribution services. Euronet recognizes these fees as direct operating costs at the time of sale.

We are one of the largest global money transfer companies in terms of revenues and volumes. Our Money Transfer Segment processed approximately $6.0 billion in money transfers in 2010.

Money Transfer Segment Strategy

The Money Transfer Segment’s strategy is to increase the volume of money transfers processed by leveraging our existing banking and merchant/retailer relationships to expand our agent and payer networks in existing corridors. In addition, we pursue expansion into high-potential money transfer corridors from the U.S. and internationally beyond the traditional U.S. to Mexico corridor. Further, we expect to continue to take advantage of cross-selling opportunities with our epay and EFT Processing Segments by providing prepaid services through RIA’s stores and agents and offering our money transfer services at select prepaid retail locations in key markets. We will continue to make investments in our systems to support this growth.

Seasonality

Our money transfer business is significantly impacted by seasonality that varies by region. In most of our markets we experience increased money transfer transaction levels during the month of May and in the fourth quarter of each year, coinciding with various holidays. Additionally, in the U.S. to Mexico corridor, we usually experience our heaviest volume during the May through October timeframe, coinciding with the increase in worker migration patterns, and our lowest volumes during the first quarter. During the first quarter of each year we have historically experienced a 5% to 10% decrease in overall transactions when compared to the fourth quarter.

Significant Customers and Government Contracts

No individual customer of our Money Transfer Segment makes up greater than 10% of consolidated total revenues. The Money Transfer Segment maintains correspondent relationships with a number of financial institutions whose ownership includes governments of the correspondents’ countries of origin. Those countries include Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Guatemala, Indonesia, Mexico, Romania, Uganda and Ukraine.

Competition

Our primary competitors in the money transfer and bill payment business include other independent processors and electronic money transmitters, as well as certain major national and regional banks, financial institutions and independent sales organizations. Our competitors include The Western Union Company, MoneyGram International Inc. and others, some of which are larger than we are and have greater resources and access to capital for expansion than we have. This may allow them to offer better pricing terms to customers, agents or correspondents, which may result in a loss of our current or potential customers or could force us to lower our prices. In addition to traditional money payment services, new technologies are emerging that may effectively compete with traditional money payment services, such as stored-value cards, debit networks and Web-based services. Our continued growth also depends upon our ability to compete effectively with these alternative technologies.

PRODUCT RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCEMENT

In the EFT Processing Segment, development has historically focused on expanding the range of services offered to our bank customers from ATM and POS outsourcing to card processing and software services.

In our epay Segment, development has focused on expanding the types of electronic payment products and services available to consumers over our network to include, for example, prepaid vouchers, transport payments, lottery payments, gift and debit cards, and bill payment capabilities. This is intended to make our offerings more attractive to retailers.

We are committed to the maintenance and improvement of our software products. We regularly engage in software product development and enhancement activities aimed at the development and delivery of new products, services and processes to our customers. Our research and development costs for software products to be sold, leased or otherwise marketed totaled $3.6 million, $3.3 million and $3.4 million in 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Development costs that were capitalized totaled $2.2 million, $1.3 million and $2.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA

For information on results from operations, property and equipment, and total assets by geographic location, please see Note 16, Business Segment Information, to the consolidated financial statements. Additionally, see Item 1A — Risk Factors, for risk factors related to foreign operations.

EMPLOYEES

We had approximately 3,100, 2,700 and 2,500 employees as of December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008, respectively. We believe our future success will depend in part on our ability to continue to recruit, retain and motivate qualified management, technical and administrative employees. Currently, no union represents any of our employees, except in our Spanish subsidiary. We experienced no work stoppages or strikes by our workforce in 2010 and we consider relations with our employees to be good.

GOVERNMENT REGULATION

As discussed below, certain of our business activities are subject to regulation in some of our current markets. In the Money Transfer Segment, we are subject to a wide variety of laws and regulations of the U.S., individual U.S. states, foreign markets and other governmental jurisdictions where we operate. These include international, federal and state anti-money laundering laws and regulations, money transfer and payment instrument licensing laws, escheat laws, laws covering consumer privacy, data protection and information security and consumer disclosure and consumer protection laws. Our operations have also been subject to increasingly strict requirements intended to help prevent and detect a variety of illegal financial activity, including money laundering, terrorist financing, unauthorized access to personal customer data and other illegal activities. The more significant of these laws and regulations are discussed below. Noncompliance with these laws and requirements could result in the loss or suspension of licenses or registrations required to provide money transfer services by either RIA or its agents. For more discussion, see Item 1A — Risk Factors.

Under German law, we currently may not operate our own ATM network in Germany without a sponsor, which is Bankhaus August Lenz (“BAL”). In that market, we act only as a subcontractor providing certain ATM-related services to BAL. As a result, our activities in the German market currently are entirely dependent upon the continuance of our agreement with BAL, or the ability to enter into a similar agreement with another institution in the event of the termination of such agreement. While we believe, based on our experience, that we should be able to find a replacement for BAL if the agreement with BAL were to be terminated for any reason, the inability to maintain the BAL agreement or to enter into a similar agreement with another institution upon a termination of the BAL agreement could have a material adverse effect on our operations in Germany. For further information, see Item 1A — Risk Factors. We have filed an application in Germany for a payment services license, which would enable us to operate our ATM network independently of a sponsor bank.

Any expansion of our activity into areas that are qualified as “financial activity” under local legislation may subject us to licensing and we may be required to comply with various conditions to obtain such licenses. Moreover, the interpretations of bank regulatory authorities as to the activity we currently conduct might change in the future. We monitor our business for compliance with applicable laws or regulations regarding financial activities.

Commencing in November 2009, a new regulatory initiative, the Payment Services Directive (“PSD”), has been applicable to certain of our businesses, including in particular, our money transfer services, merchant acquiring, certain card services and bill payment. The PSD initiative requires a license to be obtained to perform such services in a European country, following the expiration of a transition period in April 2011, and such license may be extended throughout the EU through “passporting.” Conditions of obtaining the license include minimum capital requirements, establishment of procedures for safeguarding of funds, and certain governance and reporting requirements. In addition, certain regulations relating to the conduct of business, in particular, consumer disclosure requirements and certain rules regarding the timing and settlement of payments, must be met. In November 2009, we obtained authorization as a payment institution in the U.K. and have begun complying with these requirements. We have passported our U.K. authorization to several countries where the PSD is applicable.

Money Transfer and Payment Instrument Licensing

Licensing requirements in the U.S. are generally driven by the various state banking departments regulating the businesses of money transfers and issuance of payment instruments. Typical requirements include the meeting of minimum net worth requirements, maintaining permissible investments (e.g., cash, agent receivables, and government-backed securities) at levels commensurate with outstanding payment obligations and the filing of a security instrument (typically in the form of a surety bond) to offset the risk of default of trustee obligations by the license holder. We are required by many regulators to file interim reports of licensed activity, most often on a quarterly basis, that address changes to agent and branch locations, operating and financial performance, permissible investments and outstanding transmission liabilities. These periodic reports are utilized by the regulator to monitor ongoing compliance with state licensing laws. A number of major state regulators also conduct periodic examinations of license holders and their authorized delegates, generally with a frequency of every one to two years. Examinations are most often comprehensive in nature, addressing both the safety and soundness and overall compliance by the license holder with regard to state and federal regulations. Such examinations are typically performed on-site at the license holder’s headquarters or operations center; however, a number of states will choose to perform examinations off-site.

Money transmitters, issuers of payment instruments and their agents are required to comply with U.S. federal, state and/or foreign anti-money laundering laws and regulations. In summary, our Money Transfer Segment, as well as our agent network, is subject to regulations issued by the different state and foreign national regulators who license us, Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”),

the Bank Secrecy Act as amended by the USA PATRIOT ACT (“BSA”), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FINCEN”), as well as any existing or future regulations that impact any aspect of our money transfer business.

A similar set of regulations applies to our money transfer businesses in most of the foreign countries in which we originate transactions. These laws and regulations include monetary limits for money transfers into or out of a country, rules regarding the foreign currency exchange rates offered, as well as other limitations or rules for which we must maintain compliance.

Regulatory bodies in the U.S. and abroad may impose additional rules on the conduct of our Money Transfer Segment that could have a significant impact on our operations and our agent network.

Escheat Regulations

Our Money Transfer Segment is subject to the unclaimed or abandoned property (i.e. “escheat”) regulations of the U.S. and certain foreign countries in which we operate. These laws require us to turn over property held by the Company on behalf of others remaining unclaimed after specified periods of time (i.e., “dormancy” or “escheat” periods). Such abandoned property is generally attributable to the failure of beneficiary parties to claim money transfers or the failure to negotiate money orders, a form of payment instrument. We have policies and programs in place to help us monitor the required relevant information relating to each money transfer or payment instrument for possible eventual reporting to the jurisdiction from which the order was originally received. In the U.S., reporting of unclaimed property by money service companies is performed annually, generally with a due date of on or before November 1. State banking department regulators will typically include a review of Company escheat procedures and related filings as part of their examination protocol.

Privacy and Information Security Regulations

Our Money Transfer Segment operations involve the collection and storage of certain types of personal customer data that are subject to privacy and security laws in the U.S. and abroad. In the United States, we are subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”), which requires that financial institutions have in place policies regarding the collection, processing, storage and disclosure of information considered nonpublic personal information. Laws in other countries include those adopted by the member states of the European Union under Directive 95/46 EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 (the “Directive”), as well as the laws of other countries. The Directive prohibits the transfer of personal data to non-European Union member nations that do not provide adequate protection for personal data. In some cases, the privacy laws of an EU member state may be more restrictive than the Directive and may impose additional requirements that we must comply with to operate in the respective country. Generally, these laws restrict the collection, processing, storage, use and disclosure of personal information and require that we safeguard personal customer data to prevent unauthorized access.

We comply with the GLBA and any state privacy provision by posting a privacy notice on the receipts provided to the consumers upon completion of a transaction. In addition, we comply with the Directive using the safe harbor permitted by the Directive by filing with the U.S. Department of Commerce, publicly declaring our privacy policy for information collected outside of the U.S., posting our privacy policy on our Web site and requiring our agents in the European Union to notify customers of the privacy policy.

Recently, as identity theft has been on the rise, there has been increased public attention to concerns about information security and consumer privacy, accompanied by laws and regulations addressing the issue. We believe we are compliant with these laws and regulations; however, this is an area that is rapidly evolving and there can be no assurance that we will continue to meet the existing and new regulations, which could have a material, adverse impact on our Money Transfer Segment business.

Money Transfer Compliance Policies and Programs

We have developed risk-based policies and programs to comply with the existing, new or changed laws, regulations and other requirements outlined above, including having dedicated compliance personnel, training programs, automated monitoring systems and support functions for our offices and agents. To assist in managing and monitoring our money laundering and terrorist financing risks, we continue to have our compliance program independently examined on an annual basis. In addition, we continue to enhance our anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing compliance policy, procedures, monitoring systems and staffing levels.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Each of our three operating segments utilizes intellectual property which is protected in varying degrees by a combination of trademark, patent and copyright laws, as well as trade secret protection, license and confidentiality agreements.

The brand names of “RIA,” “RIA Envia” and “AFEX,” derivations of those brand names and certain other brand names are material to our Money Transfer Segment and are registered trademarks and/or service marks in most of the markets in which our Money Transfer Segment operates. Consumer perception of these brand names is important to the growth prospects of our money transfer

business. We also hold a U.S. patent on a card-based money transfer and bill payment system that allows transactions to be initiated primarily through POS terminals and integrated cash register systems.

With respect to our EFT Processing Segment, we have registered or applied for registration of our trademarks, including the names “Euronet” and “Bankomat” and/or the blue diamond logo, as well as other trade names in most markets in which these trademarks are used. Certain trademark authorities have notified us that they consider these trademarks to be generic and, therefore, not protected by trademark laws. This determination does not affect our ability to use the Euronet trademark in those markets, but it would prevent us from stopping other parties from using it in competition with Euronet. We have registered the “Euronet” trademark in the class of ATM machines in Germany, the U.K. and certain other Western European countries. We have filed pending patent applications for a number of our new software products and our new processing technology, including our recharge services.

With respect to our epay Segment, we rolled out our new branding for “epay” in 2009. As part of this global branding strategy, we filed trademark applications for the new “epay” brand in the U.S., U.K., the European Union (“E.U.”) through a Community Trademark application, Brazil, India, Australia and New Zealand. The new trademark has issued to registration in the U.S., U.K., the E.U., Australia and New Zealand. The trademark applications in the other jurisdictions are still pending. We also hold trademarks for our prepaid operating subsidiaries in other jurisdictions, including PaySpot, Inc. (“PaySpot”) in the U.S. We cannot be certain that we will be entitled to use the epay trademark in any markets other than those in which we have registered the trademark. In 2003, we filed a series of patent applications for our POS recharge and certain other products in support of epay and PaySpot technology. As of the date of this report, most of these patents are still pending. We also hold a patent license covering certain of PaySpot’s operations in the U.S.

Technology in the areas in which we operate is developing very rapidly, and we are aware that many other companies have filed patent applications for products, processes and services similar to those we provide. The procedures of the U.S. patent office make it impossible for us to predict whether our patent applications will be approved or will be granted priority dates that are earlier than other patents that have been filed for similar products or services. Moreover, many “process patents” have been filed in the U.S. over recent years covering processes that are in wide use in the money transfer, EFT and prepaid processing industries. If any of these patents are considered to cover technology that has been incorporated into our systems, we may be required to obtain additional licenses and pay royalties to the holders of such patents to continue to use the affected technology or be prohibited from continuing the offering of such services if licenses are not obtained. This could materially and adversely affect our business.

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

The name, age, period of service and position held by each of our Executive Officers as of February 24, 2011 are as follows:

Name		Age				Served Since		Position Held
Michael J. Brown			54			July 1994		Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Kevin J. Caponecchi			44			July 2007		President
Rick L. Weller			53			November 2002		Executive Vice President — Chief Financial Officer
Jeffrey B. Newman			56			December 1996		Executive Vice President — General Counsel
Juan C. Bianchi			40			April 2007		Executive Vice President — Managing Director, Money Transfer Segment
Nikos Fountas			47			September 2009		Senior Vice President — Managing Director, Europe EFT Processing Segment

MICHAEL J. BROWN, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Brown is one of the founders of Euronet and has served as our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since 1996. He also co-founded our predecessor company in 1994. Mr. Brown has been a Director of Euronet since our incorporation in December 1996 and previously served on the boards of Euronet’s predecessor companies. In 1979, Mr. Brown founded Innovative Software, Inc., a computer software company that was merged in 1988 with Informix. Mr. Brown served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Informix from February 1988 to January 1989. He served as President of the Workstation Products Division of Informix from January 1989 until April 1990. In 1993, Mr. Brown was a founding investor of Visual Tools, Inc. Visual Tools, Inc. was acquired by Sybase Software in 1996. Mr. Brown received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri — Columbia in 1979 and a M.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Missouri — Kansas City in 1997.

KEVIN J. CAPONECCHI, President. Mr. Caponecchi joined Euronet as President in July 2007. Prior to joining Euronet, Mr. Caponecchi served in various capacities with subsidiaries of General Electric Company for 17 years. From 2003 until June 2007, Mr. Caponecchi served as President of GE Global Signaling, a provider of products and services to freight, passenger and mass transit systems. From 1998 through 2002, Mr. Caponecchi served as General Manager — Technology for GE Consumer & Industrial, a provider of consumer appliances, lighting products and electrical products. Mr. Caponecchi holds degrees in physics from Franklin and Marshall College and industrial engineering from Columbia University.

RICK L. WELLER, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Weller has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Euronet since he joined Euronet in November 2002. From January 2002 to October 2002, he was the sole proprietor of Pivotal Associates, a business development firm. From November 1999 to December 2001, Mr. Weller held the position of Chief Operating Officer of ionex telecommunications, inc., a local exchange company. He is a certified public accountant and received his B.S. in Accounting from the University of Central Missouri.

JEFFREY B. NEWMAN, Executive Vice President, General Counsel. Mr. Newman has been Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Euronet since January 2000. He joined Euronet in December 1996 as Vice President and General Counsel. Prior to this, he practiced law with the Washington D.C. based law firm of Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn and the Paris based law firm of Salans Hertzfeld & Heilbronn. He is a member of the District of Columbia, California and Paris, France bars. He received a B.A. in Political Science and French from Ohio University in 1976 and law degrees from Ohio State University and the University of Paris.

JUAN C. BIANCHI, Executive Vice President, Managing Director — Money Transfer Segment. Mr. Bianchi joined Euronet subsequent to the acquisition of RIA. Prior to the acquisition, Mr. Bianchi served as the Chief Executive Officer of RIA and has spent his entire career at either RIA or AFEX Money Express, a money transfer company purchased by RIA’s founders. Mr. Bianchi began his career at AFEX in Chile in 1992, joined AFEX USA’s operations in 1996, and became chief operating officer of AFEX-RIA in 2003. Mr. Bianchi studied business at the Universidad Andres Bello in Chile and completed the Executive Program in Management at UCLA’s John E. Anderson School of Business.

NIKOS FOUNTAS, Senior Vice President, Managing Director — Europe EFT Processing Segment. Mr. Fountas joined Euronet subsequent to the Company’s 2005 acquisition of Instreamline S.A. (now Euronet Card Services) in Greece. He served as managing director of the Company’s Greece EFT subsidiary, responsible for Euronet’s European card processing and cross-border acquiring operations until September 2009. In September 2009, Mr. Fountas took over his current responsibilities as managing director of Euronet’s Europe EFT Processing Segment. Prior to joining Euronet, Mr. Fountas spent over 20 years working in management and executive-level positions in the IT field for several companies, including IBM for 12 years. He has a degree in computer science (Honors) from York University in Canada and post graduate studies in business administration from Henley Management School and IBM Business Professional Institute.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers

In May, 2010, Gareth Gumbley, formerly Senior Vice President — Managing Director, epay Segment, left the Company.

In January, 2011, Charles T. Piper, formerly Managing Director — epay Segment, left the Company.

AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS, CERTAIN COMMITTEE CHARTERS AND OTHER INFORMATION

Our Web site addresses are www.euronetworldwide.com and www.eeft.com. We make available all Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) public filings, including our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and all amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act on our Web site free of charge as soon as reasonably practicable after these documents are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. The information on our Web site is not, and shall not be deemed to be, a part of this report or incorporated into any other filings we make with the SEC. In addition, our SEC filings are made available via the SEC’s EDGAR filing system accessible at www.sec.gov.

The charters for our Audit, Compensation, and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees, as well as the Code of Business Conduct & Ethics for our employees, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, are available on our Web site at www.euronetworldwide.com in the “Investor Relations” section.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

You should carefully consider the risks described below before making an investment decision. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones facing our company. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations. The risks and uncertainties described below are not necessarily organized in order of priority or probability.

If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected. In that case, the trading price of our common stock could decline substantially.

This Annual Report also contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including the risks described below and elsewhere in this Annual Report.

Risks Related to Our Business

Our business may suffer from risks related to acquisitions and potential future acquisitions.

A substantial portion of our recent growth is due to acquisitions, and we continue to evaluate and engage in discussions concerning potential acquisition opportunities, some of which could be material. We cannot assure you that we will be able to successfully integrate, or otherwise realize anticipated benefits from, our recent acquisitions or any future acquisitions. Failure to successfully integrate or otherwise realize the anticipated benefits of these acquisitions could adversely impact our long-term competitiveness and profitability. The integration of any future acquisitions will involve a number of risks that could harm our financial condition, results of operations and competitive position. In particular:

	•		The integration plans for our acquisitions are based on benefits that involve assumptions as to future events, including leveraging our existing relationships with mobile phone operators and retailers, as well as general business and industry conditions, many of which are beyond our control and may not materialize. Unforeseen factors may offset components of our integration plans in whole or in part. As a result, our actual results may vary considerably, or be considerably delayed, compared to our estimates;
	•		The integration process could disrupt the activities of the businesses that are being combined. The combination of companies requires, among other things, coordination of administrative and other functions. In addition, the loss of key employees, customers or vendors of acquired businesses could materially and adversely impact the integration of the acquired business;
	•		The execution of our integration plans may divert the attention of our management from other key responsibilities;
	•		We may assume unanticipated liabilities and contingencies; or
	•		Our acquisition targets could fail to perform in accordance with our expectations at the time of purchase.

Future acquisitions may be affected through the issuance of our Common Stock or securities convertible into our Common Stock, which could substantially dilute the ownership percentage of our current stockholders. In addition, shares issued in connection with future acquisitions could be publicly tradable, which could result in a material decrease in the market price of our Common Stock.

A lack of business opportunities or financial or other resources may impede our ability to continue to expand at desired levels, and our failure to expand operations could have an adverse impact on our financial condition.

Our expansion plans and opportunities are focused on four separate areas: (i) our network of owned and operated ATMs; (ii) outsourced ATM management contracts; (iii) our prepaid mobile airtime and other electronic payment services; and (iv) our money transfer and bill payment services. The continued expansion and development of our ATM business will depend on various factors including the following:

	•		the demand for our ATM services in our current target markets;
	•		the ability to locate appropriate ATM sites and obtain necessary approvals for the installation of ATMs;
	•		the ability to install ATMs in an efficient and timely manner;
	•		the expansion of our business into new countries as currently planned;
	•		entering into additional card acceptance and ATM outsourcing agreements with banks;
	•		the ability to renew existing agreements with customers;
	•		the ability to obtain sufficient numbers of ATMs on a timely basis; and
	•		the availability of financing for the expansion.

We cannot predict the increase or decrease in the number of ATMs we manage under outsourcing agreements because this depends largely on the willingness of banks to enter into or maintain outsourcing contracts with us. Banks are very deliberate in negotiating these agreements, and the process of negotiating and signing outsourcing agreements typically takes several months. Banks evaluate a

wide range of matters when deciding to choose an outsource vendor and generally this decision is subject to extensive management analysis and approvals. The process is also affected by the legal and regulatory considerations of local countries, as well as local language complexities. These agreements tend to cover large numbers of ATMs, so significant increases and decreases in our pool of managed ATMs could result from entry into or termination of these management contracts. In this regard, the timing of both current and new contract revenues is uncertain and unpredictable. Increasing consolidation in the banking industry could make this process less predictable.

We currently offer prepaid mobile airtime top-up and other electronic payment services in Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, North America and South America. We plan to expand in these and other markets by taking advantage of our existing relationships with mobile phone operators, banks and retailers and by offering additional electronic payment products. This expansion will depend on various factors, including the following:

	•		the ability to negotiate new agreements, and renew existing agreements, in these markets with mobile phone operators, banks and retailers;
	•		the acceptance and popularity of additional electronic payment products such as prepaid gift and debit cards, prepaid vouchers, transport payments, lottery payments and bill payments;
	•		the continuation of the trend of increased use of electronic prepaid mobile airtime among mobile phone users;
	•		the continuation of the trend of increased use of electronic money transfer and bill payment among immigrant workers;
	•		the increase in the number of prepaid mobile phone users; and
	•		the availability of financing for the expansion.

In addition, our continued expansion may involve acquisitions that could divert our resources and management time and require integration of new assets with our existing networks and services and could require financing that we may not be able to obtain. Our ability to manage our rapid expansion effectively will require us eventually to expand our operating systems and employee base. An inability to do this could have a material adverse effect on our business, growth, financial condition or results of operations.

We are subject to business cycles, seasonality and other outside factors that may negatively affect our business.

The current recessionary economic environment or other outside factors could have a negative impact on mobile phone operators, retailers and our customers and could reduce the level of transactions, which could, in turn, negatively impact our financial results. If mobile phone operators and financial institutions experience decreased demand for their products and services, or if the locations where we provide services decrease in number, we will process fewer transactions, resulting in lower revenue. In addition, the recessionary economic environment could reduce the level of transactions taking place on our networks, which will have a negative impact on our business.

Our experience is that the level of transactions on our networks is also subject to substantial seasonal variation. Transaction levels have consistently been much higher in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year due to increased use of ATMs, prepaid mobile airtime top-ups and money transfer services during the holiday season. Generally, the level of transactions drops in the first quarter, during which transaction levels are generally the lowest we experience during the year, which reduces the level of revenues that we record. Additionally, in the Money Transfer Segment, we experience increased transaction levels during the May through October timeframe coinciding with the increase in worker migration patterns. As a result of these seasonal variations, our quarterly operating results may fluctuate materially and could lead to volatility in the price of our shares.

Additionally, economic or political instability, civil unrest, terrorism and natural disasters may make money transfers to, from or within a particular country more difficult. The inability to timely complete money transfers could adversely affect our business.

A prolonged economic slowdown or lengthy or severe recession in the U.S. or elsewhere could harm our operations.

Concerns over the slow economic recovery, level of U.S. national debt and structural deficits, European sovereign debt crisis, the U.S. mortgage market, inflation levels, energy costs and geopolitical issues have contributed to increased volatility and diminished expectations for the economy and the markets going forward. These factors, combined with volatile oil prices, reduced business and consumer confidence and continued high unemployment, have negatively impacted the world economy. A prolonged economic downturn or recession could materially impact our results from operations. A recessionary economic environment could have a negative impact on mobile phone operators, retailers and our other customers and could reduce the level of transactions processed on our networks, which would, in turn, negatively impact our financial results. If mobile phone operators and financial institutions experience decreased demand for their products and services, or if the locations where we provide services decrease in number, we will process fewer transactions, resulting in lower revenue.

Retaining the founder and key executives of our company, and of companies that we acquire, and finding and retaining qualified personnel is important to our continued success.

The development and implementation of our strategy has depended in large part on the co-founder of our company, Michael J. Brown. The retention of Mr. Brown is important to our continued success. In addition, the success of the expansion of businesses that we acquire may depend in large part upon the retention of the founders of those businesses. Our success also depends in part on our ability to hire and retain highly skilled and qualified management, operating, marketing, financial and technical personnel. The competition for qualified personnel in the markets where we conduct our business is intense and, accordingly, we cannot assure you that we will be able to continue to hire or retain the required personnel.

Our officers and some of our key personnel have entered into service or employment agreements containing non-competition, non-disclosure and non-solicitation covenants, which grant incentive stock options and/or restricted stock with long-term vesting requirements. However, most of these contracts do not guarantee that these individuals will continue their employment with us. The loss of our key personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business, growth, financial condition or results of operations.

We have a substantial amount of debt and other contractual commitments, and the cost of servicing those obligations could adversely affect our business, and such risk could increase if we incur more debt. We may be required to prepay our obligations under the secured syndicated credit facility.

We have a substantial amount of indebtedness. As of December 31, 2010, total liabilities were $890.5 million, of which $286.1 million represents long-term debt obligations, and total assets were $1,409.4 million. Of our total long-term debt obligations, $161.0 million is comprised of contingently convertible debentures that, in certain situations, could be settled in stock. We may not have sufficient funds to satisfy all such obligations as a result of a variety of factors, some of which may be beyond our control. If the opportunity of a strategic acquisition arises or if we enter into new contracts that require the installation or servicing of infrastructure, such as processing centers, ATM machines or POS terminals on a faster pace than anticipated, we may be required to incur additional debt for these purposes and to fund our working capital needs, which we may not be able to obtain. The level of our indebtedness could have important consequences to investors, including the following:

	•		our ability to obtain any necessary financing in the future for working capital, capital expenditures, debt service requirements or other purposes may be limited or financing may be unavailable;
	•		a substantial portion of our cash flows must be dedicated to the payment of principal and interest on our indebtedness and other obligations and will not be available for use in our business;
	•		our level of indebtedness could limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the markets in which we operate;
	•		our high degree of indebtedness will make us more vulnerable to changes in general economic conditions and/or a downturn in our business, thereby making it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations; and
	•		because a portion of our debt bears interest at a variable rate of interest, our actual debt service obligations could increase as a result of adverse changes in interest rates.

If we fail to make required debt payments, or if we fail to comply with other covenants in our debt service agreements, we would be in default under the terms of these agreements. This default would permit the holders of the indebtedness to accelerate repayment of this debt and could cause defaults under other indebtedness that we have.

Prepayment in full of the obligations under our Credit Facility may be required six months prior to any required repurchase date under our $175 million principal amount 3.50% Convertible Debentures Due 2025, unless we are able to demonstrate that either: (i) we could borrow unsubordinated funded debt equal to the principal amount of the applicable convertible debentures while remaining in compliance with the financial covenants in the Credit Facility, or (ii) we will have sufficient liquidity (as determined by the administrative agent and the lenders). Holders of the 3.50% debentures have the option to require us to purchase their debentures at par on October 15, 2012, 2015 and 2020, or upon a change in control of the Company.

Restrictive covenants in our credit facilities may adversely affect us. The Credit Facility contains four financial covenants that we must meet as defined in the agreement: (1) total debt to EBITDA ratio, (2) senior secured debt to EBITDA ratio, (3) EBITDA to fixed charge coverage ratio and (4) minimum Consolidated Net Worth. To remain in compliance with our debt covenants, we may be required to increase EBITDA, repay debt, or both. We cannot assure you that we will have sufficient assets, liquidity or EBITDA to meet or avoid these obligations, which could have an adverse impact on our financial condition.

Our ability to secure additional financing for growth or to refinance any of our existing debt is also dependent upon the availability of credit in the marketplace, which has experienced severe disruptions due to the recent economic crisis. If we are unable to secure additional financing or such financing is not available at acceptable terms, we may be unable to secure financing for growth or refinance our debt obligations, if necessary.

In the event that we need debt financing in the future, recent uncertainty in the credit markets could affect our ability to obtain debt financing on reasonable terms.

In the event we were to require additional debt financing in the future, the ongoing uncertainty in the credit markets, including the European sovereign debt crisis, could materially impact our ability to obtain debt financing on reasonable terms. The inability to access debt financing on reasonable terms could materially impact our ability to make acquisitions, refinance existing debt or materially expand our business in the future.

Increases in interest rates will adversely impact our results from operations.

For the $127.0 million outstanding balance of the term loan, as well as borrowings incurred under our revolving credit facility and other variable rate borrowing arrangements, increases in variable interest rates will increase the amount of interest expense that we pay for our borrowings and have a negative impact on our results from operations.

We may be required to recognize additional impairment charges related to long-lived assets and goodwill recorded in connection with our acquisitions.

Our total assets include approximately $541.5 million, or 38% of total assets, in goodwill and acquired intangible assets recorded as a result of acquisitions. We assess our goodwill, intangible assets and other long-lived assets as and when required by accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. to determine whether they are impaired. In 2010, we determined that certain goodwill assets of our epay businesses in the U.K., Spain and Romania were impaired and we recorded $70.9 million of non-cash impairment charges. In 2008, we determined that certain goodwill and intangible assets of our Spanish epay business and our RIA money transfer business were impaired and we recorded a total of $230.0 million of non-cash impairment charges, including the adjustment in first quarter 2009 when the measurement was completed. If operating results in any of our key markets, including the U.S., U.K., Germany, Spain or Australia, deteriorate or our plans do not progress as expected when we acquired these entities or if capital markets depress our value or that of similar companies, we may be required to record additional impairment write-downs of goodwill, intangible assets or other long-lived assets. This could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

Like other participants in the money transfer industry, as a result of downturns in certain labor markets, the current recessionary economic environment and immigration developments, our volume of money transfers from the U.S. to Mexico have declined as have related revenues. These issues have also resulted in certain competitors lowering transaction fees and foreign currency exchange spreads in certain markets where we do business in an attempt to limit the impact on money transfer volumes. For 2010, money transfer transactions to Mexico, which represented approximately 21% of total money transfer transactions, decreased by 8%. If this trend continues or worsens, or we experience similar trends in our international business, we may be required to record additional impairment write-downs of our goodwill, intangible assets or other long lived assets associated with the Money Transfer Segment.

The processes and systems we employ may be subject to patent protection by other parties.

In certain countries, including the U.S., patent protection legislation permits the protection of processes and systems. We employ processes and systems in various markets that have been used in the industry by other parties for many years, and which we or other companies that use the same or similar processes and systems consider to be in the public domain. However, we are aware that certain parties believe they hold patents that cover some of the processes and systems employed in the prepaid processing industry in the U.S. and elsewhere. We believe the processes and systems we use have been in the public domain prior to the patents we are aware of. The question of whether a process or system is in the public domain is a legal determination, and if this issue is litigated we cannot be certain of the outcome of any such litigation. If a person were to assert that it holds a patent covering any of the processes or systems we use, we would be required to defend ourselves against such claim. If unsuccessful, we may be required to pay damages for past infringement, which could be trebled if the infringement was found to be willful. We may also be required to seek a license to continue to use the processes or systems. Such a license may require either a single payment or an ongoing license fee. No assurance can be given that we will be able to obtain a license which is reasonable in fee and scope. If a patent owner is unwilling to grant such a license, or we decide not to obtain such a license, we may be required to modify our processes and systems to avoid future infringement. Any such occurrences could materially and adversely affect our prepaid processing business in any affected markets and could result in our reconsidering the rate of expansion of this business in those markets.

We conduct a significant portion of our business in Central and Eastern European countries, and we have subsidiaries in the Middle East, Asia Pacific and South America, where the risk of continued political, economic and regulatory change that could impact our operating results is greater than in the U.S. or Western Europe.

We have subsidiaries in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and South America. We expect to continue to expand our operations to other countries in these regions. We sell software in many other markets in the developing world. Some of these countries have undergone significant political, economic and social change in recent years and the risk of new, unforeseen changes in these countries remains greater than in the U.S. or Western Europe. In particular, changes in laws or regulations or in the

interpretation of existing laws or regulations, whether caused by a change in government or otherwise, could materially adversely affect our business, growth, financial condition or results of operations.

For example, currently there are no limitations on the repatriation of profits from any of the countries in which we have subsidiaries (although U.S. tax laws discourage repatriation), but foreign currency exchange control restrictions, taxes or limitations may be imposed or increased in the future with regard to repatriation of earnings and investments from these countries. If exchange control restrictions, taxes or limitations are imposed, our ability to receive dividends or other payments from affected subsidiaries could be reduced, which may have a material adverse effect on us.

In addition, corporate, contract, property, insolvency, competition, securities and other laws and regulations in Central Europe have been, and continue to be, substantially revised. Therefore, the interpretation and procedural safeguards of the new legal and regulatory systems are in the process of being developed and defined, and existing laws and regulations may be applied inconsistently. Also, in some circumstances, it may not be possible to obtain the legal remedies provided for under these laws and regulations in a reasonably timely manner, if at all.

Transmittal of data by electronic means and telecommunications is subject to specific regulation in most Central European countries. Although these regulations have not had a material impact on our business to date, changes in these regulations, including taxation or limitations on transfers of data across national borders, could have a material adverse effect on our business, growth, financial condition or results of operations.

We conduct business in many international markets with complex and evolving tax rules, including value added tax rules, which subjects us to international tax compliance risks.

While we obtain advice from legal and tax advisors as necessary to help assure compliance with tax and regulatory matters, most tax jurisdictions that we operate in have complex and subjective rules regarding the valuation of intercompany services, cross-border payments between affiliated companies and the related effects on income tax, value-added tax (“VAT”), transfer tax and share registration tax. Our foreign subsidiaries frequently undergo VAT reviews, and from time to time undergo comprehensive tax reviews and may be required to make additional tax payments should the review result in different interpretations, allocations or valuations of our services.

As allowable under the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”), the interest deduction from our convertible debentures is based on a comparable interest rate for a traditional, nonconvertible, fixed rate debt instrument with similar terms. This allowable deduction is in excess of the stated interest rate. This deduction may be deferred, limited or eliminated under certain conditions.

The U.S Treasury regulations contain an anti-abuse regulation, set forth in Section 1.1275-2(g), that grants the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service authority to depart from the regulations if a result is achieved which is unreasonable in light of the original issue discount provisions of the Code, including Section 163(e). The anti-abuse regulation further provides that the Commissioner may, under this authority, treat a contingent payment feature of a debt instrument as if it were a separate position. If such an analysis were applied to our convertible debentures and ultimately sustained, our deductions attributable to the convertible debentures could be limited to the stated interest thereon. The scope of application of the anti-abuse regulations is unclear. However, we are of the view that application of the contingent payment debt instrument regulations to our convertible debentures is a reasonable result such that the anti-abuse regulation should not apply. If a contrary position was asserted and ultimately sustained, our tax deductions would be severely diminished with a resulting adverse effect on our cash flow and ability to service the convertible debentures.

Under the Code, no deduction is allowed for interest expense in excess of $5 million on convertible subordinated indebtedness incurred to acquire stock or assets of another corporation reduced by any interest paid on other obligations which have provided consideration for an acquisition of stock in another corporation. If a significant portion of the proceeds from the issuance of the convertible debentures, either alone or together with other debt proceeds, was used for a domestic acquisition and the convertible debentures and other debt, if any, were deemed to be corporate acquisition indebtedness as defined in Section 279 of the Code, interest deductions for tax purposes in excess of $5 million on such debt reduced by any interest paid on other obligations which have provided consideration for an acquisition of stock in another corporation would be disallowed. This would adversely impact our cash flow and our ability to pay down the convertible debentures. We previously applied a significant portion of the proceeds from our December 2004 issuance of 1.625% Convertible Senior Debentures Due 2024 to acquisitions of foreign corporations. In prior years, the interest expense attributable to these acquisitions exhausted all of the $5 million annual interest expense deduction permitted under the Code for certain convertible subordinated debt incurred for corporation acquisitions. In 2009, the repurchase of the 1.625% Convertible Senior Debentures Due 2024 significantly reduced interest expense for federal income tax purposes and, consequently, a larger portion of the annual interest expense subject to limitation was able to be deducted. Although the portion of interest expense able to be deducted increased, significant interest deductions would be disallowed with respect to our October 2005 3.50% Convertible Debentures Due 2025 if Section 279 of the Code applied. We do not currently anticipate that this limitation will apply but there can be no assurance of that fact.

In the past, the U.S. Senate has drafted proposed tax relief legislation that contained a provision that would eliminate the comparable interest rate deduction on future issuances of convertible debentures such as ours. Legislation containing this provision has not been passed, however, we cannot predict if there will be future tax legislation proposed and approved that would eliminate the comparable interest rate deduction.

Increases in taxes could negatively impact our operating results.

As a result of the recent economic downturn, tax receipts have decreased and/or government spending has increased in many of the countries in which we operate. Consequently, governments may increase tax rates or implement new taxes in order to compensate for gaps between tax revenues and expenditures. Additionally, governments may prohibit or restrict the use of certain legal structures designed to minimize taxes. Any such tax increases, whether borne by us or our customers, could negatively impact our operating results or the demand for our products.

Because we are a multinational company conducting a complex business in many markets worldwide, we are subject to legal and operational risks related to staffing and management, as well as a broad array of local legal and regulatory requirements.

Operating outside of the U.S. creates difficulties associated with staffing and managing our international operations, as well as complying with local legal and regulatory requirements. Because we operate financial transaction processing networks that offer new products and services to customers, the laws and regulations in the markets in which we operate are subject to rapid change. Although we have local staff in countries in which we deem it appropriate, we cannot assure you that we will continue to be found to be operating in compliance with all applicable customs, currency exchange control regulations, data protection, transfer pricing regulations or any other laws or regulations to which we may be subject. We also cannot assure you that these laws will not be modified in ways that may adversely affect our business.

Because we derive our revenues from a multitude of countries with different currencies, our business is affected by local inflation and foreign currency exchange rates and policies.

We attempt to match any assets denominated in a currency with liabilities denominated in the same currency. However, a significant amount of our cash outflows, including the acquisition of ATMs, executive salaries, certain long-term contracts and a significant portion of our debt obligations, are made in U.S. dollars, while most of our revenues are denominated in other currencies. As exchange rates among the U.S. dollar, the euro, and other currencies fluctuate, the translation effect of these fluctuations may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition as reported in U.S. dollars. Exchange rate policies have not always allowed for the free conversion of currencies at the market rate. Future fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar could have an adverse effect on our results.

Our Money Transfer Segment is subject to foreign currency exchange risks because our customers deposit funds in one currency at our retail and agent locations worldwide and we typically deliver funds denominated in a different, destination country currency. Although we use foreign currency forward contracts to mitigate a portion of this risk, we cannot eliminate all of the exposure to the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates for the period between collection and disbursement of the money transfers.

We have various mechanisms in place to discourage takeover attempts, which may reduce or eliminate our stockholders’ ability to sell their shares for a premium in a change of control transaction.

Various provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and of Delaware corporate law may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control or takeover attempt of our company by a third party to which our management and board of directors opposes. Public stockholders who might desire to participate in such a transaction may not have the opportunity to do so. These anti-takeover provisions could substantially impede the ability of public stockholders to benefit from a change of control or change in our management and board of directors. These provisions include:

	•		preferred stock that could be issued by our board of directors to make it more difficult for a third party to acquire, or to discourage a third party from acquiring, a majority of our outstanding voting stock;
	•		classification of our directors into three classes with respect to the time for which they hold office;
	•		supermajority voting requirements to amend the provision in our certificate of incorporation providing for the classification of our directors into three such classes;
	•		non-cumulative voting for directors;
	•		control by our board of directors of the size of our board of directors;
	•		limitations on the ability of stockholders to call special meetings of stockholders; and

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advance notice requirements for nominations of candidates for election to our board of directors or for proposing matters that can be acted upon by our stockholders at stockholder meetings.

We have also approved a stockholders’ rights agreement (the ‘‘Rights Agreement’’) between Euronet and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., (subsequently renamed Computershare Limited) as Rights Agent. Pursuant to the Rights Agreement, holders of our common stock are entitled to purchase one one-thousandth (1/1,000) of a share (a ‘‘Unit’’) of Junior Preferred Stock at a price of $57.00 per Unit upon certain events. The purchase price is subject to appropriate adjustment for stock splits and other similar events. Generally, in the event a person or entity acquires, or initiates a tender offer to acquire, at least 15% of Euronet’s then-outstanding common stock, the Rights will become exercisable for common stock having a value equal to two times the exercise price of the Right, or effectively at one-half of Euronet’s then-current stock price. The existence of the Rights Plan may discourage, delay or prevent a change of control or takeover attempt of our company by a third party that is opposed to by our management and board of directors.

Our directors and officers, together with the entities with which they are associated, owned approximately 9% of our Common Stock as of December 31, 2010, giving them significant control over decisions related to our Company.

This control includes the ability to influence the election of other directors of our Company and to cast a large block of votes with respect to virtually all matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders. This concentration of control may have the effect of delaying or preventing transactions or a potential change of control of our Company.

We are authorized to issue up to a total of 90 million shares of Common Stock, potentially diluting equity ownership of current holders and the share price of our Common Stock.

We believe that it is necessary to maintain a sufficient number of available authorized shares of our Common Stock in order to provide us with the flexibility to issue Common Stock for business purposes that may arise as deemed advisable by our Board. These purposes could include, among other things, (i) to declare future stock dividends or stock splits, which may increase the liquidity of our shares; (ii) the sale of stock to obtain additional capital or to acquire other companies or businesses, which could enhance our growth strategy or allow us to reduce debt if needed; (iii) for use in additional stock incentive programs and (iv) for other bona fide purposes. Our Board of Directors may issue the available authorized shares of Common Stock without notice to, or further action by, our stockholders, unless stockholder approval is required by law or the rules of the NASDAQ Global Select Market. The issuance of additional shares of Common Stock may significantly dilute the equity ownership of the current holders of our Common Stock. Further, over the course of time, all of the issued shares have the potential to be publicly traded, perhaps in large blocks. This may result in dilution of the market price of the Common Stock.

An additional 10.0 million shares of Common Stock, representing 20% of the shares outstanding as of December 31, 2010, could be added to our total Common Stock outstanding through the exercise of options or the issuance of additional shares of our Common Stock pursuant to existing convertible debt and other agreements. Once issued, these shares of Common Stock could be traded into the market and result in a decrease in the market price of our Common Stock.

As of December 31, 2010, we had an aggregate of 5.6 million options and restricted stock awards outstanding held by our directors, officers and employees, which entitles these holders to acquire an equal number of shares of our Common Stock upon exercise. Of this amount, 1.7 million options are vested and exercisable as of December 31, 2010. Approximately 0.1 million additional shares of our Common Stock may be issued in connection with our employee stock purchase plan. Upon the occurrence of certain events, another 4.3 million shares of Common Stock could be issued upon conversion of the Company’s Convertible Debentures issued in October 2005; in certain situations, the number of shares issuable could be higher.

Accordingly, based on current trading prices of our Common Stock, approximately 10.0 million shares could potentially be added to our total current Common Stock outstanding through the exercise of options or the issuance of additional shares, which could adversely impact the trading price for our stock.

Of the 5.6 million total options and restricted stock awards outstanding, an aggregate of 2.9 million options and restricted shares are held by persons who may be deemed to be our affiliates and who would be subject to Rule 144. Thus, upon exercise of their options or sale of shares for which restrictions have lapsed, these affiliates’ shares would be subject to the trading restrictions imposed by Rule 144. The remainder of the common shares issuable under option and restricted stock arrangements would be freely tradable in the public market. Over the course of time, all of the issued shares have the potential to be publicly traded, perhaps in large blocks.

Our competition in the EFT Processing Segment, epay Segment and Money Transfer Segment includes large, well-financed companies and financial institutions larger than us with earlier entry into the market. As a result, we may lack the financial resources and access to capital needed to capture increased market share.

EFT Processing Segment— Our principal EFT Processing competitors include ATM networks owned by banks and national switches consisting of consortiums of local banks that provide outsourcing and transaction services only to banks and independent ATM deployers in that country. Large, well-financed companies offer ATM network and outsourcing services that compete with us in various markets. In some cases, these companies also sell a broader range of card and processing services than we, and are in some cases, willing to discount ATM services to obtain large contracts covering a broad range of services. Competitive factors in our EFT Processing Segment include network availability and response time, breadth of service offering, price to both the bank and to its customers, ATM location and access to other networks.

For our ITM product line, we are a leading supplier of electronic financial transaction processing software for the IBM iSeries platform in a largely fragmented market, which is made up of competitors that offer a variety of solutions that compete with our products, ranging from single applications to fully integrated electronic financial processing software. Additionally, for ITM, other industry suppliers service the software requirements of large mainframe systems and UNIX-based platforms, and accordingly are not considered competitors. We have specifically targeted customers consisting of financial institutions that operate their back office systems with the IBM iSeries.

Our software solutions business has multiple types of competitors that compete across all EFT software components in the following areas: (i) ATM, network and POS software systems, (ii) Internet banking software systems, (iii) credit card software systems, (iv) mobile banking systems, (v) mobile operator solutions, (vi) telephone banking and (vii) full EFT software. Competitive factors in the software solutions business include price, technology development and the ability of software systems to interact with other leading products.

epay Segment— We face competition in the epay business in all of our markets. A few multinational companies operate in several of our markets, and we therefore compete with them in a number of countries. In other markets, our competition is from smaller, local companies. Major retailers with high volumes are in a position to demand a larger share of commissions or to negotiate directly with the mobile phone operators, which may compress our margins. Additionally, certain of our content providers, including mobile phone operators have shown interest in entering into direct contracts with retailers and/or developing processing technology that could diminish or eliminate the need for intermediate processors and distributors.

Money Transfer Segment— Our primary competitors in the money transfer and bill payment business include other independent processors and electronic money transmitters, as well as certain major national and regional banks, financial institutions and independent sales organizations. Our competitors include The Western Union Company, MoneyGram International Inc. and others, some of which are larger than we are and have greater resources and access to capital for expansion than we have. This may allow them to offer better pricing terms to customers, which may result in a loss of our current or potential customers or could force us to lower our prices. Either of these actions could have an adverse impact on our revenues. In addition, our competitors may have the ability to devote more financial and operational resources than we can to the development of new technologies that provide improved functionality and features to their product and service offerings. If successful, their development efforts could render our product and services offerings less desirable, resulting in the loss of customers or a reduction in the price we could demand for our services. In addition to traditional money payment services, new technologies are emerging that may effectively compete with traditional money payment services, such as stored-value cards, debit networks and web-based services. Our continued growth depends upon our ability to compete effectively with these alternative technologies.

The growth and profitability of our epay business is dependent on certain factors that vary from market to market.

Our epay Segment derives revenues based on processing fees and commissions from mobile phone operators and other content providers. Growth in our prepaid mobile business in any given market is driven by a number of factors, including the overall pace of growth in the prepaid mobile phone market which is impacted by competing postpaid services, our market share of the retail distribution capacity, the level of commission that is paid to the various intermediaries in the prepaid mobile airtime distribution chain, and the value provided to the retailers through the types of products offered and the level of integration with their systems. Also, competition among prepaid mobile distributors results in retailer churn and the reduction of commissions paid by prepaid content providers, although a portion of such reductions can be passed along to retailers. In the last year, processing fees and commissions per transaction have declined in most markets, and we expect that trend to continue. We have been able to improve our results despite that trend due to substantial growth in the number of transactions, driven by acquisitions and organic growth. If we cannot continue to increase our transaction levels and per-transaction fees and commissions continue to decline, the combined impact of these factors could adversely impact our financial results.

Our epay and money transfer businesses may be susceptible to fraud and/or credit risks occurring at the retailer and/or consumer level.

In our epay Segment, we contract with retailers that accept payment on our behalf, which we then transfer to a trust or other operating account for payment to content providers. In the event a retailer does not transfer to us payments that it receives for prepaid content sales, whether as a result of fraud, insolvency, billing delays or otherwise, we are responsible to the content provider for the cost of the product sold. We can provide no assurance that retailer fraud or insolvency will not increase in the future or that any proceeds we receive under our credit enhancement insurance policies will be adequate to cover losses resulting from retailer fraud, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

With respect to our money transfer business, our business is primarily conducted through our agent network, which provides money transfer services directly to consumers at retail locations. Our agents collect funds directly from consumers and in turn we collect from the agents the proceeds due to us resulting from the money transfer transactions. Therefore, we have credit exposure to our agents. Additionally, our Company-owned stores transact a significant amount of business in cash. Although we have safeguards in place, cash transactions have a higher exposure to fraud and theft than other types of transactions. The failure of agents owing us significant amounts to remit funds to us or to repay such amounts, or the loss of cash in our stores could have a material adverse effect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Because we typically enter into short-term contracts with content providers and retailers, our epay business is subject to the risk of non-renewal of those contracts, or renewal under less favorable terms.

Our contracts with content providers to distribute and process content, including prepaid mobile airtime recharge services, typically have terms of less than three years. Many of those contracts may be canceled by either party upon three months’ notice. Our contracts with content providers are not exclusive, so these providers may enter into contracts with other service providers. In addition, our service contracts with major retailers typically have terms of one to three years, and our contracts with smaller retailers typically may be canceled by either party upon three to six months’ notice. The cancellation or non-renewal of one or more of our significant content provider or retail contracts, or of a large enough group of our contracts with smaller retailers, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. The renewal of contracts under less favorable payment terms, commission terms or other terms could have a material adverse impact on our working capital requirements and/or results from operations. In addition, our contracts generally permit operators to reduce our fees at any time. Commission revenue or fee reductions by any of the content providers could also have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

The growth and profitability of our epay business may be adversely affected by changes in state, federal or foreign laws, rules and regulations.

As we continue to expand our electronic payment product offerings, certain of those products may become regulated by state, federal or foreign laws, rules and regulations. Certain new product offerings may be considered to be money transfer related products which would require licensure for entities distributing or processing such products. If such products become more highly regulated and ultimately require licensure, our epay business may be adversely affected.

Our continued growth in our epay business may be contingent on product differentiation and our ability to offer new electronic payment products.

The prepaid marketplace is currently experiencing high growth in the differentiation of product offerings. While our epay business is focused on expanding and differentiating its suite of prepaid product offerings on a global basis, there can be no assurance that we will be able to enter into relationships on favorable terms with additional content providers or renew or expand current relationships and contracts on favorable terms. Inability to continue to grow our suite of electronic payment product offerings could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The stability and growth of our EFT Processing Segment depend on maintaining our current card acceptance and ATM management agreements with banks and international card organizations, and on securing new arrangements for card acceptance and ATM management.

The stability and future growth of our EFT Processing Segment depends in part on our ability to sign card acceptance and ATM management agreements with banks and international card organizations. Card acceptance agreements allow our ATMs to accept credit and debit cards issued by banks and international card organizations. ATM management agreements generate service income from our management of ATMs for banks. These agreements are the primary source of our ATM business.

These agreements have expiration dates, and banks and international card organizations are generally not obligated to renew them. In some cases, banks may terminate their contracts prior to the expiration of their terms. We cannot assure you that we will be able to continue to sign or maintain these agreements on terms and conditions acceptable to us or whether those international card

organizations will continue to permit our ATMs to accept their credit and debit cards. The inability to continue to sign or maintain these agreements, or to continue to accept the credit and debit cards of local banks and international card organizations at our ATMs in the future, could have a material adverse effect on our business, growth, financial condition or results of operations.

Our operating results depend in part on the volume of transactions on ATMs in our network and the fees we can collect from processing these transactions. We generally have little control over the ATM transaction fees established in the markets where we operate, and therefore, cannot control any potential reductions in these fees.

Transaction fees from banks and international card organizations for transactions processed on our ATMs have historically accounted for a substantial majority of our revenues. These fees are set by agreement among all banks in a particular market. The future operating results of our ATM business depend on the following factors:

	•		the increased issuance of credit and debit cards;
	•		the increased acceptance of our ATM processing and management services in our target markets;
	•		the maintenance of the level of transaction fees we receive;
	•		the installation of larger numbers of ATMs; and
	•		the continued use of our ATMs by credit and debit cardholders.

The amount of fees we receive per transaction is set in various ways in the markets in which we do business. We have card acceptance agreements or ATM management agreements with some banks under which fees are set. However, we derive the bulk of our revenues in most markets from ‘‘interchange fees’’ that are set by the central ATM processing switch. The banks that participate in these switches set the interchange fee, and we are not in a position in any market to greatly influence these fees, which may increase or decrease over time. A significant decrease in the interchange fee in any market could adversely affect our results in that market.

Although we believe that the volume of transactions in developing countries may increase due to growth in the number of cards being issued by banks in these markets, we anticipate that transaction levels on any given ATM in developing markets will not increase significantly. We can attempt to improve the levels of transactions on our ATM network overall by acquiring good sites for our ATMs, eliminating poor locations, entering new less-developed markets and adding new transactions to the sets of transactions that are available on our ATMs. However, we may not be successful in materially increasing transaction levels through these measures. Per-transaction fees paid by international card organizations have declined in certain markets in recent years and competitive factors have required us to reduce the transaction fees we charge customers. If we cannot continue to increase our transaction levels and per-transaction fees generally decline, our results would be adversely affected.

Developments in electronic financial transactions could materially reduce our transaction levels and revenues.

Certain developments in the field of electronic financial transactions may reduce the need for ATMs, prepaid mobile phone POS terminals and money transfer agents. These developments may reduce the transaction levels that we experience on our networks in the markets where they occur. Financial institutions, retailers and agents could elect to increase fees to their customers for using our services, which may cause a decline in the use of our services and have an adverse effect on our revenues. If transaction levels over our existing network of ATMs, POS terminals, agents and other distribution methods do not increase, growth in our revenues will depend primarily on increased capital investment for new sites and developing new markets, which reduces the margin we realize from our revenues.

The mobile phone industry is a rapidly evolving area, in which technological developments, in particular the development of new distribution methods or services, may affect the demand for other services in a dramatic way. The development of any new technology that reduces the need or demand for prepaid mobile airtime could materially and adversely affect our business.

In some cases, we are dependent upon international card organizations and national transaction processing switches to provide assistance in obtaining settlement from card issuers of funds relating to transactions on our ATMs.

Our ATMs dispense cash relating to transactions on credit and debit cards issued by banks. We have in place arrangements for the settlement to us of all of those transactions, but in some cases, we do not have a direct relationship with the card-issuing bank and rely for settlement on the application of rules that are administered by international card associations (such as Visa or MasterCard) or national transaction processing switching networks. If a bankcard association fails to settle transactions in accordance with those rules, we are dependent upon cooperation from such organizations or switching networks to enforce our right of settlement against such banks or card associations. Failure by such organizations or switches to provide the required cooperation could result in our inability to obtain settlement of funds relating to transactions and adversely affect our business.

Because our business is highly dependent on the proper operation of our computer network and telecommunications connections, significant technical disruptions to these systems would adversely affect our revenues and financial results.

Our business involves the operation and maintenance of a sophisticated computer network and telecommunications connections with financial institutions, mobile phone operators, retailers and agents. This, in turn, requires the maintenance of computer equipment and infrastructure, including telecommunications and electrical systems, and the integration and enhancement of complex software applications. Our ATM segment also uses a satellite-based system that is susceptible to the risk of satellite failure. There are operational risks inherent in this type of business that can result in the temporary shutdown of part or all of our processing systems, such as failure of electrical supply, failure of computer hardware and software errors. Excluding Germany, transactions in the EFT Processing Segment are processed through our Athens, Budapest, Belgrade, Beijing, Mumbai and Karachi processing centers. Transactions in the epay Segment are processed through our Basildon, Martinsried, Milan and Kansas City, Missouri processing centers. Transactions in our Money Transfer Segment are processed through our Buena Park, California processing center. Any operational problem in these centers may have a significant adverse impact on the operation of our networks. Even with disaster recovery procedures in place, these risks cannot be eliminated entirely, and any technical failure that prevents operation of our systems for a significant period of time will prevent us from processing transactions during that period of time and will directly and adversely affect our revenues and financial results.

We are subject to the risks of liability for fraudulent bankcard and other card transactions involving a breach in our security systems, breaches of our information security policies or safeguards, as well as for ATM theft and vandalism.

We capture, transmit, handle and store sensitive information in conducting and managing electronic, financial and mobile transactions, such as card information and PIN numbers. These businesses involve certain inherent security risks, in particular: the risk of electronic interception and theft of the information for use in fraudulent or other card transactions by persons outside the Company or by our own employees; and the use of fraudulent cards on our network of owned or outsourced ATMs and POS devices. We incorporate industry-standard encryption technology and processing methodology into our systems and software, and maintain controls and procedures regarding access to our computer systems by employees and others, to maintain high levels of security. Although this technology and methodology decrease security risks, they cannot be eliminated entirely as criminal elements apply increasingly sophisticated technology to attempt to obtain unauthorized access to the information handled by ATM and electronic financial transaction networks. In addition, the cost and timeframes required for implementation of new technology may result in a time lag between availability of such technology and our adoption of it. Further, our controls, procedures and technology may not be able to detect when there is a breach, causing a delay in our ability to mitigate it. The recent economic crisis increases the risk that criminals will attempt such data theft.

Any breach in our security systems could result in the perpetration of fraudulent financial transactions for which we may bear the liability. We are insured against various risks, including theft and negligence, but such insurance coverage is subject to deductibles, exclusions and limitations that may leave us bearing some or all of any losses arising from security breaches.

We also collect, transfer and retain consumer data as part of our money transfer business. These activities are subject to certain consumer privacy laws and regulations in the U.S. and in other jurisdictions where our money transfer services are offered. We maintain technical and operational safeguards designed to comply with applicable legal requirements. Despite these safeguards, there remains a risk that these safeguards could be breached resulting in improper access to, and disclosure of, sensitive consumer information. Breaches of our security policies or applicable legal requirements resulting in a compromise of consumer data could expose us to regulatory enforcement action, subject us to litigation, limit our ability to provide money transfer services and/or cause harm to our reputation.

In addition to electronic fraud issues and breaches of our information security policies and safeguards, the possible theft and vandalism of ATMs present risks for our ATM business. We install ATMs at high-traffic sites and consequently our ATMs are exposed to theft and vandalism. Although we are insured against such risks, deductibles, exclusions or limitations in such insurance may leave us bearing some or all of any losses arising from theft or vandalism of ATMs. In addition, we have experienced increases in claims under our insurance, which has increased our insurance premiums.

We could incur substantial losses if one of the third party depository institutions we use in our operations were to fail.

As part of our business operations we maintain cash balances at third party depository institutions. We could incur substantial losses if a financial institution in which we have significant deposits fails.

We are required under German law and the rules of financial transaction switching networks in all of our markets to have ‘‘sponsors’’ to operate ATMs and switch ATM transactions. Our failure to secure ‘‘sponsor’’ arrangements in Germany or any other market could prevent us from doing business in that market.

Under German law, only a licensed financial institution may operate ATMs. Because we are not a licensed financial institution we are required to have a ‘‘sponsor’’ bank to conduct our German ATM operations. In addition, in all of our markets, our ATMs are connected to national financial transaction switching networks owned or operated by banks, and to other international financial transaction switching networks operated by organizations such as Citibank, Visa and MasterCard. The rules governing these switching networks require any company sending transactions through these switches to be a bank or a technical service processor that is approved and monitored by a bank. As a result, the operation of our ATM network in all of our markets depends on our ability to secure these ‘‘sponsor’’ arrangements with financial institutions.

To date, we have been successful in reaching contractual arrangements that have permitted us to operate in all of our target markets. However, we cannot assure you that we will continue to be successful in reaching these arrangements, and it is possible that our current arrangements will not continue to be renewed. If we are unable to secure “sponsor” arrangements in Germany or any other market, we could be prevented from doing business in the applicable market.

Competition in our EFT Processing Segment has increased over the last several years, increasing the risk that certain of our long-term bank outsourcing contracts may be terminated or not renewed upon expiration.

The developing markets in which we have done business have matured over the years, resulting in increasing competition. In addition, as consolidation of financial institutions in Central and Eastern Europe continues, certain of our customers have established or are establishing internal ATM management and processing capabilities. As a result of these developments, negotiations regarding renewal of contracts have become increasingly challenging and in certain cases we have reduced fees to extend contracts beyond their original terms. In certain other cases, contracts have been, and in the future may be, terminated by financial institutions resulting in a substantial reduction in revenue. Contract termination payments, if any, may be inadequate to replace revenues and operating income associated with these contracts. Although we have historically considered the risk of non-renewal of major contracts to be relatively low because of complex interfaces and operational procedures established for those contracts, the risk of non-renewal or early termination is increasing.

Our operating results in the money transfer business depend in part on continued worker immigration patterns, our ability to expand our share of the existing electronic market and to expand into new markets and our ability to continue complying with regulations issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FINCEN”), PATRIOT Act regulations or any other existing or future regulations that impact any aspect of our money transfer business.

Our money transfer business primarily focuses on workers who migrate to foreign countries in search of employment and then send a portion of their earnings to family members in their home countries. Changes in U.S. and foreign government policies or enforcement toward immigration may have a negative effect on immigration in the U.S. and other countries, which could also have an adverse impact on our money transfer revenues.

Both U.S. and foreign regulators have become increasingly aggressive in the enforcement of the various regulatory regimes applicable to our businesses and the imposition of fines and penalties in the event of violations. Our ability to continue complying with the requirements of OFAC, BSA, FINCEN, the PATRIOT Act and other regulations (both U.S. and foreign) is important to our success in achieving growth and an inability to do this could have an adverse impact on our revenues and earnings. Anti-money laundering regulations require us to be responsible for the compliance by agents with such regulations. Although we have training and compliance programs in place, we cannot be certain our agents will comply with such regulations and we may be held responsible for their failure to comply, resulting in fines and penalties.

Future growth and profitability depend upon expansion within the markets in which we currently operate and the development of new markets for our money transfer services. Our expansion into new markets is dependent upon our ability to successfully integrate RIA into our existing operations, to apply our existing technology or to develop new applications to satisfy market demand. We may not have adequate financial and technological resources to expand our distribution channels and product applications to satisfy these demands, which may have an adverse impact on our ability to achieve expected growth in revenues and earnings.

Changes in state, federal or foreign laws, rules and regulations could impact the money transfer industry, making it more difficult for our customers to initiate money transfers.

We are subject to regulation by the U.S. states in which we operate, by the U.S. federal government and by the governments of the other countries in which we operate. Changes in the laws, rules and regulations of these governmental entities, and our ability to obtain or retain required licensure, could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations, financial condition and cash flow.

Changes in banking industry regulation and practice could make it more difficult for us and our agents to maintain depository accounts with banks.

The banking industry, in light of increased regulatory oversight, is continually examining its business relationships with companies who offer money transfer services and with retail agents who collect and remit cash collected from end consumers. Should banks decide to not offer depository services to companies engaged in processing money transfer transactions, or to retail agents who collect and remit cash from end customers, our ability to administer and collect fees from money transfer transactions could be adversely impacted.

If we are unable to maintain our money transfer agent and correspondent networks, our business may be adversely affected.

Our money transfer based revenues are primarily generated through the use of our agent and correspondent networks. Transaction volumes at existing locations may increase over time and new agents provide us with additional revenues. If agents or correspondents decide to leave our network or if we are unable to sign new agents or correspondents, our revenue and profit growth rates may be adversely affected. Our agents and correspondents are also subject to a wide variety of laws and regulations that vary significantly, depending on the legal jurisdiction. Changes in these laws and regulations could adversely affect our ability to maintain the networks or the cost of providing money transfer services. In addition, agents may generate fewer transactions or less revenue due to various factors, including increased competition. Because our agents and correspondents are third parties that may sell products and provide services in addition to our money transfer services, they may encounter business difficulties unrelated to the provision of our services, which may cause the agents or correspondents to reduce their number of locations or hours of operation, or cease doing business altogether.

If consumer confidence in our money transfer business or brands declines, our business may be adversely affected.

Our money transfer business relies on consumer confidence in our brands and our ability to provide efficient and reliable money transfer services. A decline in consumer confidence in our business or brands, or in traditional money transfer providers as a means to transfer money, may adversely impact transaction volumes which would in turn be expected to adversely impact our business.

Our money transfer service offerings are dependent on financial institutions to provide such offerings.

Our money transfer business involves transferring funds internationally and is dependent upon foreign and domestic financial institutions, including our competitors, to execute funds transfers and foreign currency transactions. Changes to existing regulations of financial institution operations, such as those designed to combat terrorism or money laundering, could require us to alter our operating procedures in a manner that increases our cost of doing business or to terminate certain product offerings. In addition, as a result of existing regulations and/or changes to those regulations, financial institutions could decide to cease providing the services on which we depend, requiring us to terminate certain product offerings.

The recent adoption of derivatives legislation by the U.S. Congress could have an adverse effect on our ability to hedge risks associated with our business.

The U.S. Congress recently adopted comprehensive financial reform legislation, known as the Dodd-Frank Act, that establishes federal oversight and regulation of the over-the-counter derivatives market and entities that participate in that market. The Dodd-Frank Act was signed into law by the President on July 21, 2010, and requires the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, and the SEC to promulgate rules and regulations implementing the new legislation within 360 days from the date of enactment. The act also requires the CFTC to institute broad new position limits for futures and options traded on regulated exchanges. As the law favors exchange trading and clearing, the Dodd-Frank Act also may require us to move certain derivatives transactions to exchanges where no trade credit is provided and also comply with margin requirements in connection with our derivatives activities that are not exchange traded, although the application of those provisions to us is uncertain at this time. The Dodd-Frank Act also requires many counterparties to our derivatives instruments to spin off some of their derivatives activities to a separate entity, which may not be as creditworthy as the current counterparty, or cause the entity to comply with the capital requirements, which could result in increased costs to counterparties such as us. The Dodd-Frank Act and any new regulations could (i) significantly increase the cost of derivative contracts (including requirements to post collateral, which could adversely affect our available liquidity); (ii) reduce the availability of derivatives to protect against risks we encounter; and (iii) reduce the liquidity of foreign currency related derivatives.

If we reduce our use of derivatives as a result of the legislation and regulations, our results of operations may become more volatile and our cash flows may be less predictable, which could adversely affect our ability to plan for and fund capital expenditures. Increased volatility may make us less attractive to certain types of investors. Any of these consequences could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

Our executive offices are located in Leawood, Kansas. As of December 31, 2010, we also maintained principal operational offices in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Montréal, Canada; Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador; Mexico City, Mexico; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Buena Park, California; Leawood, Kansas; Little Rock, Arkansas; Liverpool and Sydney, Australia; Beijing, China; Mumbai and Pune, India; Auckland, New Zealand; Brussels, Belgium; Sofia, Bulgaria; Zagreb, Croatia; Prague, Czech Republic; Paris, France; Berlin and Martinsried, Germany; Athens, Greece; Budapest, Hungary; Dublin, Ireland; Milan and Rome, Italy; Warsaw and Cracow, Poland; Bucharest, Romania; Belgrade, Serbia; Bratislava, Slovakia; Madrid, Spain; Stockholm, Sweden; Geneva, Switzerland; Basildon and London, U.K.; Kiev, Ukraine; Cairo, Egypt; and Karachi, Pakistan. Our office leases generally provide for initial terms ranging from two to twelve years.

Our processing centers for the EFT Processing Segment are located in Budapest, Hungary; Belgrade, Serbia; Athens, Greece; Beijing, China; Mumbai, India; and Karachi, Pakistan. Our processing centers for the epay Segment are located in Basildon, U.K.; Martinsried, Germany; Kansas City, Missouri; and Milan, Italy. Our processing center for the Money Transfer Segment is located in Buena Park, California.

Our processing centers in Budapest, Belgrade, Athens, Beijing, Mumbai, Karachi, Basildon, Martinsried, Kansas City, Milan and Buena Park have off-site real time backup processing centers that are capable of providing full or partial processing services in the event of failure of the primary processing centers.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

The Company is, from time to time, a party to litigation arising in the ordinary course of its business.

The discussion regarding litigation in Part II, Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data and Note 19, Litigation and Contingencies, to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report is incorporated herein by reference.

Currently, there are no other legal proceedings that management believes, either individually or in the aggregate, would have a material adverse effect upon the consolidated results of operations or financial condition of the Company. In accordance with U.S. GAAP, we record a liability when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. These provisions are reviewed at least quarterly and adjusted to reflect the impacts of negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel, and other information and events pertaining to a particular case.

ITEM 4. (REMOVED AND RESERVED)

PART II

ITEM 5.		MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

MARKET INFORMATION

Our common stock, $0.02 par value per share (“Common Stock”), is quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol EEFT. The following table sets forth the high and low daily sales prices during the quarters indicated for our Common Stock:

		2010								2009
For the quarters ended		High				Low				High				Low
December 31		$	19.09			$	16.16			$	25.30			$	20.71
September 30		$	18.28			$	12.40			$	25.09			$	17.73
June 30		$	21.52			$	12.36			$	20.43			$	12.59
March 31		$	22.71			$	18.01			$	13.65			$	7.57

DIVIDENDS

Since our inception, no dividends have been paid on our Common Stock or Preferred Stock. We do not intend to distribute dividends for the foreseeable future. Certain of our credit facilities contain restrictions on the payment of dividends without lender consent.

HOLDERS

At December 31, 2010, we had 76 stockholders of record of our Common Stock, and none of our Preferred Stock was outstanding.

PRIVATE PLACEMENTS AND ISSUANCES OF EQUITY

During 2010, we did not issue any equity securities that were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, which have not been previously reported in a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or a Current Report on Form 8-K.

STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH

Set forth below is a graph comparing the total cumulative return on our Common Stock from December 31, 2005 through December 31, 2010 with the Total Returns Index for U.S. companies traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (the “Market Group”) and an index group of peer companies, the Total Returns Index for U.S. NASDAQ Financial Stocks (the “Peer Group”). Returns are based on monthly changes in price and assume reinvested dividends. These calculations assume the value of an investment in the Common Stock, the Market Group and the Peer Group was $100 on December 31, 2005.

The following performance graph and related text are being furnished to and not filed with the SEC, and will not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or subject to Regulation 14A or 14C under the Exchange Act or to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act and will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except to the extent we specifically incorporate such information by reference into such filing.

NOTE: Derived from CRSP NASDAQ Stock Market, Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP^®), Booth School of Business, The University of Chicago. Used with permission. All rights reserved. Graph copyright 2011 Zacks Investment Research, Inc.

EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION

The table below sets forth information with respect to shares of Common Stock that may be issued under our equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2010.

Number of

securities

remaining

available for

future issuance

Number of

under equity

securities to be

compensation

issued upon

Weighted average

plans (excluding

exercise of

exercise price of

securities

outstanding

outstanding

reflected in

options and rights

options and rights

column (a))

Plan category

(a)

(b)

(c)

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders:

3,347,853

Stock option awards

4,538,744

$

14.70

Restricted stock unit awards

1,073,015

—

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders

—

—

—

Total

5,611,759

11.89

3,347,853

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The following information should be read in conjunction with Item 7 — Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes contained in Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data in this report. The historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected in any future period.

		Year Ended December 31,
(dollar amounts in thousands, except as noted)		2010				2009				2008				2007				2006
Consolidated statements of operations data:
Revenues		$	1,038,269			$	1,032,694			$	1,045,665			$	902,666			$	615,376
Operating expenses (1)			975,504				904,406				1,138,435				779,435				536,014
Depreciation and amortization			57,496				56,023				56,251				46,997				28,590
Operating income (loss) (1)			5,269				72,265				(149,021	)			76,234				50,772
Other expenses, net			(21,748	)			(17,026	)			(52,896	)			(6,277	)			(1,272	)
Income from unconsolidated affiliates			1,461				1,934				1,250				908				660
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes			(15,018	)			57,173				(200,667	)			70,865				50,160
Income tax (expense) benefit			(22,899	)			(25,836	)			7,337				(34,038	)			(15,676	)
Income (loss) from continuing operations		$	(37,917	)		$	31,337			$	(193,330	)		$	36,827			$	34,484
Earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations:
Basic		$	(0.75	)		$	0.59			$	(3.91	)		$	0.77			$	0.90
Diluted		$	(0.75	)		$	0.58			$	(3.91	)		$	0.74			$	0.87
Consolidated balance sheet data:
Assets		$	1,409,372			$	1,412,679			$	1,405,644			$	1,850,449			$	1,107,674
Debt obligations, long-term portion			286,105				320,283				294,355				491,923				289,795
Capital lease obligations, long-term portion			2,363				1,997				6,356				11,520				13,305
Summary network data
Number of operational ATMs at end of period			10,786				9,720				10,128				11,347				8,885
EFT processing transactions during the period (millions)			794				703				672				582				456
Number of operational prepaid processing POS terminals at end of period (rounded)			563,000				498,000				430,000				396,000				296,000
Prepaid processing transactions during the period (millions)			891				777				713				635				458
Money transfer transactions during the period (millions)			18.8				17.6				16.7				12.0				0.3

Note: We believe that the period-to-period comparisons of our financial results are not necessarily meaningful due to certain significant transactions, including acquisitions in 2006, 2007 and 2010 (See Note 5, Acquisitions, to the consolidated financial statements).

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

COMPANY OVERVIEW, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS AND PRINCIPAL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (“Euronet,” the “Company,” “we” or “us”) is a leading global electronic payments provider. We offer payment and transaction processing and distribution solutions to financial institutions, retailers, service providers and individual consumers. Our primary product offerings include comprehensive automated teller machine (“ATM”), point-of-sale (“POS”) and card outsourcing services; electronic distribution of prepaid mobile airtime and other prepaid products, and global consumer money transfer services. As of December 31, 2010, we operate in the following three principal business segments:

	•		The EFT Processing Segment, which processes transactions for a network of 10,786 ATMs and approximately 55,000 POS terminals across Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. We provide comprehensive electronic payment solutions consisting of ATM network participation, outsourced ATM and POS management solutions, credit and debit card outsourcing and electronic recharge services for prepaid mobile airtime. Through this segment, we also offer a suite of integrated electronic financial transaction (“EFT”) software solutions for electronic payment and transaction delivery systems.
	•		The epay Segment, which provides electronic distribution of prepaid mobile airtime and other electronic payment products and collection services for various prepaid products, cards and services. Including terminals operated by unconsolidated subsidiaries, we operate a network of approximately 563,000 POS terminals providing electronic processing of prepaid mobile airtime top-up services and other electronic payment products in Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, North America and South America.
	•		The Money Transfer Segment, which provides global consumer-to-consumer money transfer services, primarily under the brand name RIA. We offer this service through a network of sending agents and Company-owned stores (primarily in North America and Europe), disbursing money transfers through a worldwide correspondent network that includes approximately 110,000 locations. In addition to money transfers, we also offer customers bill payment services, payment alternatives such as money orders and prepaid debit cards, comprehensive check cashing service for a wide variety of issued checks, along with competitive foreign currency exchange services. Bill payment services are offered primarily in the U.S.

We have six processing centers in Europe, two in Asia Pacific, two in North America and one in the Middle East. We have 27 principal offices in Europe, seven in North America, six in Asia Pacific, one in South America and two in the Middle East. Our executive offices are located in Leawood, Kansas, USA. With approximately 78% of our revenues denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, any significant changes in currency exchange rates will likely have a significant impact on our results of operations (for more discussion, see Item 1A — Risk Factors and Item 7A — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk).

SOURCES OF REVENUES AND CASH FLOW

Euronet primarily earns revenues and income based on ATM management fees, transaction fees, commissions and foreign currency spreads. Each business segment’s sources of revenue are described in more detail below.

EFT Processing Segment – Revenues in the EFT Processing Segment, which represented approximately 19% of total consolidated revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010, are derived from fees charged for transactions effected by cardholders on our proprietary network of ATMs, as well as fixed management fees and transaction fees we charge to customers for operating ATMs and processing debit and credit cards under outsourcing and cross-border acquiring agreements. Through our proprietary network, we generally charge fees for four types of ATM transactions: i) cash withdrawals, ii) balance inquiries, iii) transactions not completed because the relevant card issuer does not give authorization, and iv) prepaid telecommunication recharges. Revenues in this segment are also derived from license fees, professional services and maintenance fees for proprietary application software and sales of related hardware.

epay Segment – Revenues in the epay Segment, which represented approximately 58% of total consolidated revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010, are primarily derived from commissions or processing fees received from telecommunications service providers for the sale and distribution of prepaid mobile airtime. We also generate revenues from commissions earned from the distribution of other electronic payment products. Due to certain provisions in our mobile phone operator agreements, the operators have the ability to reduce the overall commission paid on each top-up transaction. However, by virtue of our agreements with retailers (distributors where POS terminals are located) in certain markets, not all of these reductions are absorbed by us because we are able to pass a significant portion of the reductions to retailers. Accordingly, under certain retailer agreements, the effect is to reduce revenues and reduce our direct operating costs resulting in only a small impact on gross margin and operating income. In some markets, reductions in commissions can significantly impact our results as it may not be possible, either contractually or commercially in the concerned market, to pass a reduction in commissions to the retailers. In Australia, certain retailers negotiate directly with the mobile phone operators for their own commission rates, which limits our ability to pass through reductions in commissions. Agreements with mobile phone operators are important to the success of our business. These agreements permit us to distribute prepaid mobile airtime

to the mobile phone operators’ customers. Other electronic payment products offered by this segment include long distance calling card plans, prepaid Internet plans, debit cards, gift cards, vouchers, transport payments, lottery payments, bill payment, money transfer and digital content such as music, games and software.

Money Transfer Segment – Revenues in the Money Transfer Segment, which represented approximately 23% of total consolidated revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010, are primarily derived from charging a transaction fee, as well as a margin earned from purchasing foreign currency at wholesale exchange rates and selling the foreign currency to consumers at retail exchange rates. We have a sending agent network in place comprised of agents and Company-owned stores primarily in North America and Europe and a worldwide network of correspondent agents, consisting primarily of financial institutions in the transfer destination countries. Sending and correspondent agents each earn fees for cash collection and distribution services. These fees are recognized as direct operating costs at the time of sale.

OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

Our expansion plans and opportunities are focused on five primary areas:

	•		signing new outsourced ATM and POS terminal management contracts;
	•		increasing transactions processed on our network of owned and operated ATMs;
	•		expansion of our epay processing network and portfolio of electronic payment products;
	•		expansion of our money transfer and bill payment network; and
	•		development of our credit and debit card outsourcing business.

EFT Processing Segment – The continued expansion and development of our EFT Processing Segment business will depend on various factors including, but not necessarily limited to, the following:

	•		the impact of competition by banks and other ATM operators and service providers in our current target markets;
	•		the demand for our ATM outsourcing services in our current target markets;
	•		the ability to develop products or services to drive increases in transactions;
	•		the expansion of our various business lines in markets where we operate and in new markets;
	•		the entrance into additional card acceptance and ATM management agreements with banks;
	•		the ability to obtain required licenses in markets we intend to enter or expand services;
	•		the availability of financing for expansion;
	•		the ability to efficiently install ATMs contracted under newly awarded outsourcing agreements;
	•		the ability to renew existing contracts at profitable rates;
	•		the ability to maintain pricing at current levels;
	•		the impact of reductions in ATM interchange fees;
	•		the ability to expand and sign additional customers for the cross-border merchant processing and acquiring business; and
	•		the continued development and implementation of our software products and their ability to interact with other leading products.

We consistently evaluate and add prospects to our list of potential ATM outsource customers. However, we cannot predict the increase or decrease in the number of ATMs we manage under outsourcing agreements because this depends largely on the willingness of banks to enter into outsourcing contracts with us. Due to the thorough internal reviews and extensive negotiations conducted by existing and prospective banking customers in choosing outsource vendors, the process of entering into or renewing outsourcing agreements can take several. The process is further complicated by the legal and regulatory considerations of local countries. These agreements tend to cover large numbers of ATMs, so significant increases and decreases in our pool of managed ATMs could result from acquisition or termination of these management contracts. Therefore, the timing of both current and new contract revenues is uncertain and unpredictable.

Software products are an integral part of our product lines, and our investment in research, development, delivery and customer support reflects our ongoing commitment to an expanded customer base. We have been able to enter into agreements under which we contribute the right to use our software in lieu of cash as our initial capital contributions to new transaction processing joint ventures. Such contributions sometimes permit us to enter new markets without significant capital investment.

epay Segment – The continued expansion and development of the epay Segment business will depend on various factors, including, but not necessarily limited to, the following:

	•		the ability to negotiate new agreements in additional markets with mobile phone operators, content providers, agent financial institutions and retailers;
	•		the ability to use existing expertise and relationships with mobile phone operators, content providers and retailers to our advantage;
	•		the continued use of third-party providers such as ourselves to supply electronic processing solutions for existing and additional content;
	•		the development of mobile phone networks in the markets in which we do business and the increase in the number of mobile phone users;
	•		the overall pace of growth in the prepaid mobile phone market, including consumer shifts between prepaid and postpaid services;
	•		our market share of the retail distribution capacity;
	•		the development of new technologies that may compete with POS distribution of prepaid mobile airtime;
	•		the level of commission that is paid to the various intermediaries in the electronic payment distribution chain;
	•		our ability to fully recover monies collected by retailers;
	•		our ability to add new and differentiated products in addition to those offered by mobile phone operators;
	•		the ability to take advantage of cross-selling opportunities with our Money Transfer Segment, including providing money transfer services through our distribution network; and
	•		the availability of financing for further expansion.

In all of the markets in which we operate, we are experiencing significant competition which will impact the rate at which we grow organically. Competition among prepaid mobile airtime distributors results in the increase of commissions paid to retailers and increases in retailer attrition rates. To grow, we must capture market share from other prepaid mobile airtime distributors, offer a superior product offering and demonstrate the value of a global network. In a few of the markets in which we operate, such as Brazil and the Middle East, many of the factors that may contribute to rapid growth (conversion from scratch cards to electronic distribution, growth in electronic payment products, expansion of our network of retailers and access to all mobile operators’ products) remain present.

Money Transfer Segment – The expansion and development of our money transfer business will depend on various factors, including, but not necessarily limited to, the following:

	•		the continued growth in worker migration and employment opportunities;
	•		the mitigation of economic and political factors that have had an adverse impact on money transfer volumes, such as changes in the economic sectors in which immigrants work and the developments in immigration policies in the U.S.;
	•		the continuation of the trend of increased use of electronic money transfer and bill payment services among immigrant workers and the unbanked population in our markets;
	•		the ability to maintain our agent and correspondent networks;
	•		the ability to offer our products and services or develop new products and services at competitive prices to drive increases in transactions;
	•		the development of new technologies that may compete with our money transfer network;
	•		the expansion of our services in markets where we operate and in new markets;
	•		the ability to strengthen our brands;
	•		our ability to fund working capital requirements;
	•		our ability to recover from agents funds collected from customers and our ability to recover advances made to correspondents;
	•		our ability to maintain compliance with the regulatory requirements of the jurisdictions in which we operate or plan to operate;
	•		the ability to take advantage of cross-selling opportunities with the epay Segment, including providing prepaid services through RIA’s stores and agents worldwide;
	•		the ability to leverage our banking and merchant/retailer relationships to expand money transfer corridors to Europe, Asia and Africa, including high growth corridors to Central and Eastern European countries;
	•		the availability of financing for further expansion;
	•		our ability to continue to successfully integrate RIA with our other operations; and
	•		our ability to successfully expand our agent network in Europe using our Payment Services Directive license.

Like other participants in the money transfer industry, as a result of downturns in certain labor markets, the current recessionary economic environment and immigration developments, the number of money transfers from the U.S. to Mexico decreased in each of the last three years compared to respective prior years. Although the rate of decline slowed during 2010, we cannot predict how long these issues will continue to affect the U.S. market or whether other markets will experience similar issues.

Corporate Services, Eliminations and Other – In addition to operating in our principal business segments described above, our “Corporate Services, Elimination and Other” category includes non-operating activity, certain inter-segment eliminations and the cost of providing corporate and other administrative services to the business segments, including share-based compensation expense. These services are not directly identifiable with our business segments.

The accounting policies of each segment are the same as those referenced in the summary of significant accounting policies (see Note 3, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Practices, to the consolidated financial statements).

For all segments, our continued expansion may involve additional acquisitions that could divert our resources and management time and require integration of new assets with our existing networks and services. Our ability to effectively manage our growth has required us to expand our operating systems and employee base, particularly at the management level, which has added incremental operating costs. An inability to continue to effectively manage expansion could have a material adverse effect on our business, growth, financial condition or results of operations. Inadequate technology and resources would impair our ability to maintain current processing technology and efficiencies, as well as deliver new and innovative services to compete in the marketplace.

SEGMENT REVENUES AND OPERATING INCOME (LOSS) FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010, 2009 AND 2008

		Revenues												Operating Income (Loss)
(in thousands)		2010				2009				2008				2010				2009				2008
EFT Processing		$	194,875			$	197,740			$	205,257			$	38,168			$	48,190			$	38,306
epay			599,023				602,075				609,106				(24,303	)			49,446				(4,659	)
Money Transfer			244,606				232,879				231,302				13,366				(354	)			(157,150	)
Total			1,038,504				1,032,694				1,045,665				27,231				97,282				(123,503	)
Corporate services and eliminations			(235	)			—				—				(21,962	)			(25,017	)			(25,518	)
Total		$	1,038,269			$	1,032,694			$	1,045,665			$	5,269			$	72,265			$	(149,021	)

SUMMARY

Our annual consolidated revenues increased by 1% for 2010 compared to 2009 and decreased by 1% for 2009 from 2008. The 2010 increase was primarily due to the acquisition of a Brazilian prepaid mobile airtime distribution company now known as epay Brazil, the increase in the number of money transfers processed and the impact of a weaker U.S. dollar, largely offset by decreased commission rates in several of our epay markets and decreased ATM interchange fees in Poland. The 2009 decrease was largely the result of the impact of a stronger U.S. dollar, partly offset by growth in our business resulting from increases in transactions processed.

Our operating income for 2010, 2009 and 2008 includes non-cash goodwill and intangible asset impairment charges of $70.9 million, $9.9 million and $220.1 million, respectively, as discussed in Note 8, Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets, Net, to the consolidated financial statements. Excluding the goodwill and intangible assets impairment charges, our operating income decreased 7% for 2010 from 2009 and increased 16% for 2009 over 2008. The 2010 decrease was mainly the result of lower profitability in the EFT Processing Segment, primarily related to lower ATM interchange fees in Poland, partly offset by improvements in the Money Transfer Segment driven by a greater number of transactions processed. The 2009 increase was primarily the result of growth in transaction volumes and related revenues.

Net loss attributable to Euronet Worldwide, Inc. for 2010 was $38.4 million, or $0.75 per diluted share, compared to net income attributable to Euronet Worldwide, Inc. for 2009 of $30.3 million, or $0.59 per diluted share, and net loss attributable to Euronet Worldwide, Inc. of $193.5 million, or $3.93 per diluted share for 2008. In addition to the explanations above, net loss for 2008 included an $18.8 million impairment loss on investment securities and a foreign currency exchange translation loss of $9.8 million, while net income (loss) for 2010 and 2009 included foreign currency exchange translation gain (loss) of $(7.6) million and $3.9 million, respectively. Net income (loss) attributable to Euronet Worldwide, Inc. for 2009 and 2008 included gain (loss) from discontinued operations of $0.5 million and $(1.1) million, respectively, or $0.01 and $(0.02) per diluted share, respectively.

Impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates

Our revenues and local expenses are recorded in the functional currencies of our operating entities; therefore, amounts we earn are negatively impacted by the stronger U.S. dollar and positively impacted by the weaker U.S. dollar. Considering the results by country and the associated functional currency, we estimate that our 2010 operating income benefitted by approximately 2% when compared

to 2009, while 2009 operating income was reduced by approximately 14% compared to 2008 as a result of changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The overall impact from foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations was not significant to 2010. The impact of the stronger U.S. dollar during 2009 compared to 2008 generally reduced reported results in each segment in 2009. If significant, in our discussion we will refer to the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates in our comparison of operating results for 2010, 2009 and 2008. To provide further perspective on the impact of foreign currency exchange rates, the following table shows the changes in values relative to the U.S. dollar during 2010 and 2009, of the currencies of the countries in which we have our most significant operations.

		Average Translation Rate
														2010				2009
		Year Ended				Year Ended				Year Ended				Increase				Increase
		December 31,				December 31,				December 31,				(Decrease)				(Decrease)
Currency		2010				2009				2008				Percent				Percent
Australian dollar		$	0.9199			$	0.7922			$	0.8519				16	%			(7	%)
British pound			1.5458				1.5660				1.8528				(1	%)			(15	%)
euro			1.3272				1.3938				1.4707				(5	%)			(5	%)
Hungarian forint			0.0048				0.0050				0.0059				(4	%)			(15	%)
Indian rupee			0.0219				0.0207				0.0232				6	%			(11	%)
Polish zloty			0.3330				0.3235				0.4200				3	%			(23	%)

COMPARISON OF OPERATING RESULTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010, 2009 AND 2008 — BY BUSINESS SEGMENT

EFT PROCESSING SEGMENT

2010 Compared to 2009

The following table summarizes the results of operations for the EFT Processing Segment for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009:

		Year Ended December 31,								Year-over-Year Change
										Increase				Increase
										(Decrease)				(Decrease)
(dollar amounts in thousands)		2010				2009				Amount				Percent
Total revenues		$	194,875			$	197,740			$	(2,865	)			(1	%)
Operating expenses:
Direct operating costs			92,594				83,198				9,396				11	%
Salaries and benefits			27,259				30,302				(3,043	)			(10	%)
Selling, general and administrative			17,393				17,437				(44	)			(0	%)
Depreciation and amortization			19,461				18,613				848				5	%
Total operating expenses			156,707				149,550				7,157				5	%
Operating income		$	38,168			$	48,190			$	(10,022	)			(21	%)
Transactions processed (millions)			794				703				91				13	%
ATMs as of December 31			10,786				9,720				1,066				11	%
Average ATMs			10,438				9,441				997				11	%

Revenues

Our revenues for 2010 decreased slightly when compared to 2009 primarily due to reductions in ATM interchange fee revenues in Poland beginning in the second quarter of 2010 and $4.4 million of contract termination fees recorded in 2009. These decreases were largely offset by the increase in the number of ATMs under management in Poland and India, increased ATM transaction fees in Germany and the growth in transaction volumes in Cashnet — Euronet’s shared ATM network in India.

Average monthly revenue per ATM was $1,556 for 2010, compared to $1,745 for 2009. The decrease is generally the result of the reduction in Visa Europe and MasterCard interchange fee revenues in Poland that took effect in the second quarter of 2010. The decrease was also impacted by the non-recurring contract termination fees discussed above. Revenue per transaction was $0.25 for 2010 and $0.28 for 2009. The decrease is primarily the result of the reduction in ATM interchange fee revenues in Poland and the non-recurring contract termination fees discussed above, as well as a shift in the mix of transactions to lower priced transactions in markets such as India and Serbia and products such as our cross-border product. Partly offsetting these decreases is the increase in ATM transaction fees in Germany. We were able to increase ATM transaction fees in Germany beginning in mid-2009; however, in the first quarter of 2011, the German practice shifted to a market-driven, uncapped surcharge structure that has resulted in considerably lower ATM transaction fees. Accordingly, we expect that the EFT Processing Segment’s revenues and operating income each will be reduced by approximately $10.0 million in 2011 compared to 2010.

Our contracts in the EFT Processing Segment tend to cover large numbers of ATMs, so significant increases and decreases in our pool of managed ATMs could result from entry into or termination of these management contracts. Banks have historically been very deliberate in negotiating these agreements and have evaluated a wide range of matters when deciding to choose an outsource vendor. Generally, the process of negotiating a new agreement is subject to extensive management analysis and approvals and the process typically takes several months. Increasing consolidation in the banking industry could make this process less predictable.

Our existing contracts generally have terms of five to seven years and a number of them will expire or be up for renewal each year for the next few years. As a result, we expect to be regularly engaged in discussions with one or more of our customer banks to either renew or restructure our ATM outsourcing agreements. For contracts that we are able to renew, as was the case for certain contract renewals in prior years, we expect customers to seek rate concessions or up-front payments because of the greater availability of alternative processing solutions in many of our markets now, as compared to when we entered into the contracts.

Direct operating costs

Direct operating costs consist primarily of site rental fees, cash delivery costs, cash supply costs, maintenance, insurance, telecommunications and the cost of data center operations-related personnel, as well as the processing centers’ facility-related costs and other processing center-related expenses. The increase in direct operating costs for 2010, compared to 2009, is attributed to the increase in the number of ATMs under operation.

Gross profit

Gross profit, which is calculated as revenues less direct operating costs, decreased to $102.3 million for 2010 from $114.5 million for 2009. This decrease is mainly attributable to reduced interchange fees in Poland and the contract termination fee revenues discussed above, partly offset by the increased ATM transaction fees in Germany and gross profits from additional ATMs under management. Gross profit as a percentage of revenues (“gross margin”) was 52% for 2010 compared to 58% for 2009. The decrease in gross margin is primarily due to the previously mentioned ATM interchange fees revenue reductions and contract termination fees.

Salaries and benefits

The decrease in salaries and benefits for 2010 compared to 2009 is primarily due to lower bonus expense related to reduced operating income. As a percentage of revenues, these costs decreased to 14.0% for 2010 compared to 15.3% for 2009.

Selling, general and administrative

Selling, general and administrative expenses were essentially flat for 2010 compared to 2009 as general cost control measures were implemented in response to the revenue pressures experienced in 2010. As a percentage of revenues, selling, general and administrative expenses remained basically flat at 8.9% for 2010 compared to 8.8% for 2009.

Depreciation and amortization

The increase in depreciation and amortization expense for 2010 compared to 2009 is primarily due to the growth in the number of owned ATMs. As a percentage of revenues, these expenses increased to 10.0% for 2010 from 9.4% for 2009.

Operating income

Operating income as a percentage of revenues (“operating margin”) was 19.6% for 2010 compared to 24.4% for 2009 and operating income per transaction was $0.05 for 2010 and $0.07 for 2009. The decreases in operating income, operating margin and operating income per transaction were primarily due to the reduced ATM interchange fees in Poland and the 2009 contract termination fees described above, partly offset by more ATMs under management and the increased ATM transaction fees in Germany.

Software sales backlog

As of December 31, 2010, the EFT Processing Segment had a software contract backlog of approximately $6.1 million compared to approximately $6.3 million as of December 31, 2009. This backlog represents software sales based on executed contracts under which we continue to have performance requirements to complete before the associated revenues are fully recognized. For our software solutions, we recognize revenues on the percentage-of-completion method based on meeting certain milestone requirements. As a result, we have not recognized all the revenues associated with these software sales contracts. We cannot give assurances that the contractual requirements will be completed or that we will be able to recognize the related revenues within the next year.

2009 Compared to 2008

The following table summarizes the results of operations for the EFT Processing Segment for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008:

		Year Ended December 31,								Year-over-Year Change
										Increase				Increase
										(Decrease)				(Decrease)
(dollar amounts in thousands)		2009				2008				Amount				Percent
Total revenues		$	197,740			$	205,257			$	(7,517	)			(4	%)
Operating expenses:
Direct operating costs			83,198				93,414				(10,216	)			(11	%)
Salaries and benefits			30,302				34,944				(4,642	)			(13	%)
Selling, general and administrative			17,437				19,398				(1,961	)			(10	%)
Depreciation and amortization			18,613				19,195				(582	)			(3	%)
Total operating expenses			149,550				166,951				(17,401	)			(10	%)
Operating income		$	48,190			$	38,306			$	9,884				26	%
Transactions processed (millions)			703				672				31				5	%
ATMs as of December 31			9,720				10,128				(408	)			(4	%)
Average ATMs			9,441				10,554				(1,113	)			(11	%)

Revenues

Our revenues for 2009 decreased when compared to 2008 due to the stronger U.S. dollar during 2009 compared to 2008 relative to most of the currencies of the countries in which we operate. Because our revenues are recorded in the functional currencies of our operating entities, amounts we earn in foreign currencies are negatively impacted by the stronger U.S. dollar. Additionally, the decrease in the number of ATMs operated, which is primarily due to expiration or termination of ATM services contracts discussed in more detail in the following paragraphs, limited our revenue growth. Offsetting these decreases were 2009 contract termination fees totaling $4.4 million and increases in revenues primarily associated with our operations in Germany, India, Poland and our software and cross-border merchant processing and acquiring businesses.

Average monthly revenue per ATM was $1,745 for 2009, compared to $1,621 for 2008. The increase is generally the result of increased ATM transaction fees in Germany, the non-recurring contract termination fees discussed above and the expiration of an ATM services contract in the U.K. at the end of the first quarter 2008, partly offset by the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar. The U.K. contract involved processing services only with very little associated costs and, therefore, had lower-than-average revenue per ATM. Revenues per transaction were $0.28 for 2009 and $0.31 for 2008. The decrease is primarily the result of the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar and the growth of transactions in India and China, where revenues per transaction have been historically lower than in Central and Eastern Europe, generally due to lower labor costs. During 2009, transactions on Cashnet —Euronet’s shared network in India—increased 98% when compared to 2008.

During the fourth quarter 2008 and first quarter 2009, certain customer contracts were terminated or expired, resulting in a decrease of approximately 1,700 ATMs. Most of the ATM reductions resulted from bank customers shifting their processing to related processing subsidiaries in contemplation of selling the subsidiaries to raise capital, rather than the loss of contracts to competitors. The reduction in the number of ATMs from contract terminations or expirations was partially offset during 2009 by increases in ATMs driven under new contracts, expansion of ATMs under existing contracts and the deployment of ATMs in markets where we operate Euronet-branded ATMs.

For the contracts that expired during the fourth quarter 2008 and first quarter 2009, excluding substantial termination fees described above, we estimate that the impact to 2009 was a reduction in revenues of approximately $15 million to $16 million, resulting in reduced operating income of approximately $3 million to $4 million.

Direct operating costs

The decrease in direct operating costs for 2009, compared to 2008, is attributed to the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar and the decrease in the number of ATMs under operation.

Gross profit

Gross profit increased to $114.5 million for 2009 from $111.8 million for 2008. This increase is mainly attributable to the increased ATM transaction fees in Germany, improved profitability in India, Poland and our cross-border merchant processing and acquiring business, and the contract termination fee revenues discussed above. Partly offsetting these increases are the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar and the loss of ATM services contracts discussed above. Gross margin was 58% for 2009 compared to 54% for 2008. The increase in gross margin is primarily due to the previously mentioned contract termination fees and gross margin improvements in Germany, India and our cross-border merchant processing and acquiring business.

Salaries and benefits

The decrease in salaries and benefits for 2009 compared to 2008 is almost entirely due to the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar discussed above. As a percentage of revenues, these costs decreased to 15% for 2009 from 17% for 2008.

Selling, general and administrative

The decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses for 2009 compared to 2008 is primarily due to the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar. The decrease in these expenses was also impacted by the spike in expenses in the second half of 2008 following the launch of our cross-border merchant processing and acquiring business. As a percentage of revenues, selling, general and administrative expenses remained flat at 9% for 2009 and 2008.

Depreciation and amortization

The decrease in depreciation and amortization expense for 2009 compared to 2008 is primarily due to the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar described above, partly offset by increased depreciation associated with our cross-border merchant processing and acquiring business, as well as increased deployment of owned ATMs in Poland. As a percentage of revenues, these expenses remained flat at 9% for 2009 and 2008.

Operating income

Operating income as a percentage of revenues was 24% for 2009 compared to 19% for 2008. The increases in operating income and operating margin were primarily due to the substantial contract termination fee revenues described above and the improvements in Germany, India and our software and cross-border merchant processing and acquiring businesses, partly offset by the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar. Operating income per transaction was $0.07 for 2009 and $0.06 for 2008.

EPAY SEGMENT

2010 Compared to 2009

The following table summarizes the results of operations for the epay Segment for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009:

		Year Ended December 31,								Year-over-Year Change
										Increase				Increase
										(Decrease)				(Decrease)
(dollar amounts in thousands)		2010				2009				Amount				Percent
Total revenues		$	599,023			$	602,075			$	(3,052	)			(1	%)
Operating expenses:
Direct operating costs			469,293				485,305				(16,012	)			(3	%)
Salaries and benefits			34,429				28,753				5,676				20	%
Selling, general and administrative			31,926				23,154				8,772				38	%
Goodwill impairment			70,925				—				70,925				n/m
Depreciation and amortization			16,753				15,417				1,336				9	%
Total operating expenses			623,326				552,629				70,697				13	%
Operating income (loss)		$	(24,303	)		$	49,446			$	(73,749	)			n/m
Transactions processed (millions)			891				777				114				15	%

Revenues

The decrease in revenues for 2010 compared to 2009 was generally attributable to mobile phone operator commission rate decreases in certain markets, declines in the number of transactions processed in the U.K., Spain and Australia due to economic pressures, and changes in the mix of transactions to lower revenue transactions. These decreases were largely offset by the increase in transactions processed in Germany, Italy, India and our ATX subsidiary, the impact of the third quarter 2010 acquisition of epay Brazil and the impact of the weaker U.S. dollar compared to the Australian dollar. The epay Segment offers different types of services with associated differences in revenues and costs per transaction. Although transactions processed have increased in 2010 compared to 2009, a shift in the mix of transactions has contributed to lower revenues. However, due to a shift to transactions with higher profit margins, our gross profits have increased.

In certain markets, our revenue growth has slowed due to mobile phone operators and retailers driving competitive reductions in pricing and margins as well as overall economic conditions impacting customers’ buying decisions. We expect most of our future revenue growth to be derived from: (i) additional electronic payment products sold over the base of POS terminals, (ii) developing markets or markets in which there is organic growth in the electronic top-up sector overall, and (iii) acquisitions, if available.

Revenues per transaction decreased to $0.67 for 2010 from $0.77 for 2009, primarily due to the decrease in mobile phone operator commission rates and changes in the mix of transactions, particularly due to growth in India and our ATX subsidiary where revenues per transaction are considerably lower than average. ATX provides transaction processing services only without significant direct costs and other operating costs related to installing and managing terminals; therefore, the revenues we recognize from these transactions is a fraction of that recognized on average transactions, but with very low associated costs.

Direct operating costs

Direct operating costs in the epay Segment include the commissions we pay to retail merchants for the distribution and sale of prepaid mobile airtime and other electronic payment products, as well as expenses required to operate POS terminals. The decrease in direct operating costs is generally attributable to the decrease in mobile phone operator commission revenues having been largely passed on to retail merchants resulting in lower commission costs, and changes in the mix of transactions to those with lower costs. The decrease was partly offset by the epay Brazil direct costs incurred after it was acquired in the third quarter of 2010, the increase in the number of transactions processed and the impact of the weaker U.S. dollar compared to the Australian dollar.

Gross profit

Gross profit was $129.7 million for 2010 compared to $116.8 million for 2009. The primary causes of the increase in gross profit are the impact of the acquisition of epay Brazil, increased transaction volumes in Germany, favorable product mix changes in the U.S. and the impact of the weaker U.S. dollar compared to the Australian dollar. These increases were partly offset by transaction volume declines in the U.K. and margin pressures in Australia. Gross margin increased to 22% for 2010 from 19% for 2009, mainly due to favorable product mix changes in the U.S. and Germany. Gross profit per transaction remained flat at $0.15 for both 2010 and 2009.

Salaries and benefits

Salaries and benefits increased to $34.4 million for 2010 from $28.8 million for 2009, primarily due to the expenses incurred by epay Brazil after its 2010 acquisition and certain severance costs. As a percentage of revenues, salaries and benefits increased to 5.7% for 2010 from 4.8% for 2009.

Selling, general and administrative

The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses for 2010 compared to 2009 is primarily due to the expenses incurred by epay Brazil after its acquisition in 2010, additional overhead to support development in growing markets, professional fees related to due diligence, recruiting and legal matters, certain rebranding and marketing expenses incurred in 2010 and increased bad debts in certain markets. As a percentage of revenues, selling, general and administrative expenses increased to 5.3% for 2010 from 3.8% for 2009.

Goodwill impairment

In 2010, we recorded a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $70.9 million. The fourth quarter of 2010 reflected continuing declines in profitability for certain reporting units of the epay Segment in Central and Western Europe. While these decreases were primarily driven by general economic conditions in the respective markets, recent developments led us to conclude that our ability to recover from these declines would be more difficult for our epay reporting units in the U.K., Spain and Romania. The U.K. reporting unit primarily provides prepaid mobile airtime top-up services in a mature market with limited growth for these services and it has experienced protracted declines in the volume of transactions processed. While new product offerings in the U.K. provide a significant opportunity, the dependence on top-up services is expected to hamper the unit’s overall growth. In Spain, the general economic conditions have led us to conclude that the profitability of our Spanish epay unit will grow more slowly and take longer to recover than our other European epay units. Finally, while the operating results of the Romanian epay unit improved during 2010, the unit has recently experienced strong pressure on its gross margins. In light of these developments, we recorded goodwill impairment charges of $58.2 million related to the U.K., $11.2 million related to Spain and $1.5 million related to Romania. See Note 8, Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets, Net, to the consolidated financial statements for a further discussion of these charges.

Depreciation and amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense primarily represents amortization of acquired intangibles and the depreciation of POS terminals we install in retail stores. The increase in depreciation and amortization for 2010 compared to 2009 is primarily due to the depreciation and amortization of epay Brazil assets since its 2010 acquisition and growth in installed POS terminals in growing markets, most significantly, Italy. As a percentage of revenues, depreciation and amortization expense increased slightly to 2.8% for 2010 from 2.6% for 2009.

Operating income (loss)

The decrease in operating income for 2010 compared to 2009 is mainly due to the goodwill impairment charges in 2010. Excluding the goodwill impairment charges, operating income as a percentage of revenues was 7.8% for 2010 compared to 8.2% for 2009. The decrease is primarily due to the greater salaries and benefits and selling, general and administrative expenses discussed above, partly offset by improved gross margins. Excluding the goodwill impairment charges, operating income per transaction decreased to $0.05 in 2010 from $0.06 in 2009.

2009 Compared to 2008

The following table summarizes the results of operations for the epay Segment for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008:

		Year Ended December 31,								Year-over-Year Change
										Increase				Increase
										(Decrease)				(Decrease)
(dollar amounts in thousands)		2009				2008				Amount				Percent
Total revenues		$	602,075			$	609,106			$	(7,031	)			(1	%)
Operating expenses:
Direct operating costs			485,305				495,971				(10,666	)			(2	%)
Salaries and benefits			28,753				28,574				179				1	%
Selling, general and administrative			23,154				22,098				1,056				5	%
Goodwill impairment			—				50,681				(50,681	)			n/m
Depreciation and amortization			15,417				16,441				(1,024	)			(6	%)
Total operating expenses			552,629				613,765				(61,136	)			(10	%)
Operating income (loss)		$	49,446			$	(4,659	)		$	54,105				n/m
Transactions processed (millions)			777				713				64				9	%

Revenues

The decrease in revenues for 2009 compared to 2008 was generally attributable to the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar and mobile phone operator commission rate decreases in certain markets, largely offset by the increase in total transactions processed across most of our epay Segment operations, particularly Australia, Germany and the U.S.

Revenues per transaction decreased to $0.77 for 2009 from $0.85 for 2008 primarily due to the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar and mobile phone operator commission rate decreases in certain markets.

Direct operating costs

The decrease in direct operating costs is generally attributable to the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar, partly offset by the increase in total transactions processed. Additionally, most of the decrease in mobile phone operator commission revenues discussed above was passed on to retail merchants resulting in lower commission costs.

Gross profit

Gross profit was $116.8 million for 2009 compared to $113.1 million for 2008. Gross margin remained flat at 19% for both 2009 and 2008 and gross profit per transaction was $0.15 for 2009 compared to $0.16 for 2008. Most of the reduction in gross profit per transaction is due to the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar.

Salaries and benefits

Salaries and benefits were relatively flat for 2009 compared to 2008 as a result of the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar largely offsetting increased costs to support development in growing markets. As a percentage of revenues, salaries and benefits increased slightly to 4.8% for 2009 from 4.7% for 2008.

Selling, general and administrative

The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses for 2009 compared to 2008 is primarily due to additional overhead to support development in growing markets and increased allowance for bad debts and other balance sheet reconciliation issues in one of our operating units, partly offset by the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar. As a percentage of revenues, selling, general and administrative expenses increased to 3.8% for 2009 from 3.6% for 2008.

Goodwill impairment

In 2008, we recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $50.7 million related to the goodwill of the Spanish prepaid business. In the fourth quarter of 2008, there were severe disruptions in the credit markets and the macroeconomic business climate which caused credit, currency and stock markets to plummet. These events adversely impacted corporate valuations across most industries, all of which contributed to a significant decline in our stock price during this period. An important component of the 2008 goodwill impairment testing was the reconciliation of a company’s equity to its market capitalization. During the fourth quarter of 2008 and into 2009, our total market capitalization was less than the recorded value of the Company’s equity by an amount approaching 50% of recorded equity, creating a strong indicator of impairment for our goodwill balance. Because of these macroeconomic conditions, after incorporating assumptions that we or another purchaser would likely make into our business outlook and projections for the Spanish prepaid business, we determined that the resulting valuations were not sufficient to support the recorded value of our investment. Specifically, growth in the prepaid mobile phone business in Spain had been slower than expected and commission pressure from mobile phone operators, as well as intense competition from other prepaid processors, had reduced profitability. See Note 8, Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets, Net, to the consolidated financial statements for a further discussion of this charge.

Depreciation and amortization

The decrease in depreciation and amortization for 2009 compared to 2008 is almost entirely due to the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar. As a percentage of revenues, depreciation and amortization expense decreased slightly to 2.6% for 2009 from 2.7% for 2008.

Operating income (loss)

The increase in operating income for 2009 compared to 2008 is mainly due to the goodwill impairment charge in 2008. Excluding the goodwill impairment charge, operating income as a percentage of revenues was 8.2% for 2009 compared to 7.6% for 2008. The increase is primarily due to the growth in transactions processed. Excluding the goodwill impairment charge, operating income per transaction remained flat at $0.06 for each of 2009 and 2008.

MONEY TRANSFER SEGMENT

2010 Compared to 2009

The following table presents the actual results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 for the Money Transfer Segment.

		Year Ended December 31,								Year-over-Year Change
										Increase				Increase
										(Decrease)				(Decrease)
(dollar amounts in thousands)		2010				2009				Amount				Percent
Total revenues		$	244,606			$	232,879			$	11,727				5	%
Operating expenses:
Direct operating costs			113,913				109,867				4,046				4	%
Salaries and benefits			59,109				54,166				4,943				9	%
Selling, general and administrative			37,746				38,716				(970	)			(3	%)
Goodwill and acquired intangible assets impairment			—				9,884				(9,884	)			n/m
Depreciation and amortization			20,472				20,600				(128	)			(1	%)
Total operating expenses			231,240				233,233				(1,993	)			(1	%)
Operating income (loss)		$	13,366			$	(354	)		$	13,720				n/m
Transactions processed (millions)			18.8				17.6				1.2				7	%

Revenues

Revenues from the Money Transfer Segment include a transaction fee for each transaction, as well as a margin earned from purchasing currency at wholesale exchange rates and selling the currency to customers at retail exchange rates. The increase in revenues for 2010 compared to 2009 is primarily due to a 7% increase in the number of transactions processed for 2010 compared to 2009, driven by an 18% increase in transfers from non-U.S. markets. For 2010, money transfers to Mexico, which represented 21% of total money transfers, decreased by 8%, while transfers to all other countries increased 11% when compared to the prior year, primarily due to the expansion of our correspondent payout networks and agent networks in non-U.S. markets. The decline in transfers to Mexico was largely the result of downturns in certain labor markets and other economic factors impacting the U.S. market, as well as immigration developments in the U.S. These issues have also resulted in certain competitors lowering transaction fees and foreign currency exchange spreads in certain markets where we do business in an attempt to limit the impact on money transfer volumes. We have generally maintained our pricing structure in response to these developments. Although the continuing decline in money transfers to Mexico slowed during 2010, we cannot predict how long these issues will continue to impact the U.S. market or whether other markets will experience similar issues and we cannot predict whether we will change our pricing strategy over the short or long term in order to protect or increase market share.

Revenues per transaction were $13.01 for 2010 compared to $13.23 for 2009. The decrease was largely the result of marginally lower spreads on foreign currency exchange margins and slightly lower average amount transferred per transaction in 2010 compared to 2009. These decreases were partly offset by the continued shift in transaction mix to non-U.S. locations, which generally have higher-than-average revenues per transaction. For 2010, 59% of our money transfers were initiated in the U.S. and 41% in non-U.S. markets. For 2009, 63% of our money transfers were initiated in the U.S. and 37% in non-U.S. markets. We expect that the U.S. will continue to represent our highest volume market; however, significant future growth is expected to be derived from the addition of new products and the expansion of our agent and correspondent networks in new and existing markets, primarily outside the U.S.

Direct operating costs

Direct operating costs in the Money Transfer Segment primarily represent commissions paid to agents that originate money transfers on our behalf and distribution agents that disburse funds to the customer’s destination beneficiary, together with less significant costs, such as telecommunication and bank fees to collect money from originating agents. The increase in direct operating costs in 2010 compared to 2009 is primarily due to the growth in the number of transactions processed.

Gross profit

Gross profit was $130.7 million for 2010 compared to gross profit of $123.0 million for 2009. This improvement is primarily due to the growth in the number of money transfers, the shift in transaction mix to transfers from non-U.S. sources and the addition of new products. Gross margin remained flat at 53% for 2010 and 2009.

Salaries and benefits

Salaries and benefits include salaries and commissions paid to employees, the cost of providing employee benefits, amounts paid to contract workers and accruals for incentive compensation. The increase in salaries and benefits for 2010 compared to 2009 is primarily due to the increased expenditures we incurred to support expansion of our operations, primarily internationally. As a percentage of revenues, salaries and benefits increased to 24.2% for 2010 from 23.3% for 2009.

Selling, general and administrative

Selling, general and administrative expenses include operations support costs, such as rent, utilities, professional fees, indirect telecommunications, advertising and other miscellaneous overhead costs. The decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses for 2010 compared to 2009 is primarily the result of our ability to leverage fixed operating costs while expanding the business, primarily internationally and decreased legal fees. As a percentage of revenues, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased to 15.4% for 2010 from 16.6% for 2009.

Depreciation and amortization

Depreciation and amortization primarily represents amortization of acquired intangibles and also includes depreciation of money transfer terminals, computers and software, leasehold improvements and office equipment. The decrease in depreciation and amortization for 2010 compared to 2009 is due to the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar, partly offset by capital expenditures for expansion. Significant capital expenditures have not been required due to the shift in achieving expansion more through agents which requires fewer capital expenditures than expansion from adding company stores. As a percentage of revenues, depreciation and amortization decreased to 8.4% for 2010 from 8.8% for 2009.

Operating income (loss)

The increase in operating income for 2010 compared to 2009 is mainly due to the goodwill and acquired intangible impairment charge in 2009 discussed below. Excluding this charge, operating income increased 40% in 2010 compared to 2009, which is the result of growth in the number of transactions processed, the shift in transaction mix to transfers from non-U.S. markets, the addition of new products and the leveraging of fixed costs, partly offset by increased salaries and benefits expenses to expand internationally. Operating margin, excluding the goodwill and acquired intangible assets impairment charge, increased to 5.5% for 2010 from 4.1% for 2009.

2009 Compared to 2008

The following table presents the actual results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 for the Money Transfer Segment.

		Year Ended December 31,								Year-over-Year Change
										Increase				Increase
										(Decrease)				(Decrease)
(dollar amounts in thousands)		2009				2008				Amount				Percent
Total revenues		$	232,879			$	231,302			$	1,577				1	%
Operating expenses:
Direct operating costs			109,867				114,457				(4,590	)			(4	%)
Salaries and benefits			54,166				50,543				3,623				7	%
Selling, general and administrative			38,716				34,673				4,043				12	%
Goodwill and acquired intangible assets impairment			9,884				169,396				(159,512	)			n/m
Depreciation and amortization			20,600				19,383				1,217				6	%
Total operating expenses			233,233				388,452				(155,219	)			n/m
Operating loss		$	(354	)		$	(157,150	)		$	156,796				n/m
Transactions processed (millions)			17.6				16.7				0.9				5	%

Revenues

Revenues per transaction were $13.23 for 2009 compared to $13.85 for 2008. For 2009, 63% of our money transfers were initiated in the U.S., 33% in Europe and 4% in other countries, such as Canada and Australia. For 2008, 68% of our money transfers were initiated in the U.S., 29% in Europe and 3% in other countries.

The increase in revenues for 2009 compared to 2008 is primarily due to a 5% increase in the number of transactions processed for 2009 compared to 2008, mostly offset by the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar. For 2009, money transfers to Mexico, which represented 25% of total money transfers, decreased by 19%, while transfers to all other countries increased 17% when compared to the prior year primarily due to the expansion of our operations. The decline in transfers to Mexico was largely the result of downturns in certain labor markets and other economic factors impacting the U.S. market as well as immigration developments in the U.S.

Direct operating costs

The decrease in direct operating costs in 2009 compared to 2008 is due to the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar, partly offset by the growth in the number of transactions processed.

Gross profit

Gross profit was $123.0 million for 2009 compared to gross profit of $116.8 million for 2008. This improvement is primarily due to the growth in the number of money transfer transactions, partly offset by the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar related to money transfers originated outside the U.S. Gross margin was 53% for 2009 compared to 51% for 2008. The improvement primarily reflects the strong growth in transaction volume in our higher margin non-U.S. locations.

Salaries and benefits

The increase in salaries and benefits for 2009 compared to 2008 is primarily due to the increased expenditures we incurred to support expansion of our operations, primarily internationally, partly offset by the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar. As a percentage of revenues, salaries and benefits increased slightly to 23% for 2009 from 22% for 2008.

Selling, general and administrative

The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses for 2009 compared to 2008 is primarily the result of increased expenditures to support expansion of our operations, primarily internationally, and increased professional fees for legal expenses, partly offset by the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar. As a percentage of revenues, selling, general and administrative expenses increased to 17% for 2009 from 15% in 2008.

Goodwill and acquired intangible assets impairment

In the fourth quarter of 2008, we recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $169.4 million related to certain goodwill and intangible assets of the RIA money transfer business. In the fourth quarter of 2008, there were severe disruptions in the credit markets and the macroeconomic business climate which caused credit, currency and stock markets to plummet. These events adversely impacted corporate valuations across most industries, all of which contributed to a significant decline in our stock price during this period. An important component of the 2008 goodwill impairment testing was the reconciliation of a company’s equity to its market capitalization. During the fourth quarter of 2008 and into 2009, our total market capitalization was less than the recorded value of the Company’s equity by an amount approaching 50% of recorded equity, creating a strong indicator of impairment for our goodwill balance. Because of these macroeconomic conditions, after incorporating assumptions that we or another purchaser would likely make into our business outlook and projections for the Money Transfer Segment, we determined that the resulting valuations were not sufficient to support the recorded value of our investment. Specifically, we experienced reductions in volumes for money transfers between the U.S. and Mexico, among other corridors, that were initially expected to continue expanding. This charge was an estimate based on the assessment performed up to the filing date of our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K. We completed the assessment in the first quarter of 2009 and recorded an additional $9.9 million non-cash impairment charge in the first quarter of 2009. See Note 8, Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets, Net, to the consolidated financial statements for a further discussion of this charge.

Depreciation and amortization

The increase in depreciation and amortization for 2009 compared to 2008 is primarily due to additional computer equipment in our customer service centers and increased leasehold improvements, office equipment and computer equipment for expansion of our company stores along with greater acquisition-related amortization, partly offset by the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar. As a percentage of revenues, depreciation and amortization increased to 8.8% for 2009 from 8.4% for 2008.

Operating loss

The decrease in operating loss for 2009 compared to 2008 is mainly due to the larger goodwill and acquired intangible impairment charge in 2008 compared to 2009. Excluding these charges from both years, operating income decreased 22% in 2009 compared to 2008, which is the result of increased costs to expand internationally, increased professional fees and the negative impact of the stronger U.S. dollar, partly offset by the growth in the number of transactions processed, mainly those that originated in non-U.S. locations. Additionally, 2008 revenues and operating income included approximately $2.5 million in benefits from the favorable management of foreign exchange spreads that did not recur in 2009.

CORPORATE SERVICES

The components of Corporate Services operating expenses for 2010, 2009 and 2008 were as follows:

														Year-over-Year Change
														2010				2009
														Increase				Increase
		Year Ended December 31,												(Decrease)				(Decrease)
(dollar amounts in thousands)		2010				2009				2008				Percent				Percent
Salaries and benefits		$	15,587			$	16,226			$	15,037				(4	%)			8	%
Selling, general and administrative			5,559				7,398				9,249				(25	%)			(20	%)
Depreciation and amortization			810				1,393				1,232				(42	%)			13	%
Total operating expenses		$	21,956			$	25,017			$	25,518				(12	%)			(2	%)

Operating expenses for Corporate Services decreased by 12% for 2010 and 2% for 2009 compared to the respective prior year. The decrease in salaries and benefits for 2010 compared to 2009 is primarily the result of lower incentive compensation accruals, partly offset by higher share-based compensation and salaries. The decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses for 2010 compared to 2009 is due primarily to lower legal, audit and acquisition-related professional fees. The decrease in corporate depreciation and amortization for 2010 compared to 2009 is the result of a three-year enterprise-wide desk-top license becoming fully depreciated in May of 2010.

The increase in salaries and benefits for 2009 compared to 2008 is primarily the result of greater incentive compensation recorded in 2009 than in 2008. The decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses is due primarily to 2008 professional fees and settlement costs of $3.0 million associated with our efforts to acquire MoneyGram International, Inc. (“MoneyGram”), partly offset by increased cost for professional fees for legal and acquisition-related expenses during 2009. The increase in corporate depreciation and amortization is the result of increased amortization related to an enterprise-wide desk-top license.

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)

														Year-over-Year Change
														2010				2009
														Increase				Increase
		Year Ended December 31,												(Decrease)				(Decrease)
(dollar amounts in thousands)		2010				2009				2008				Percent				Percent
Interest income		$	3,237			$	3,250			$	10,611				—				(69	%)
Interest expense			(20,447	)			(25,716	)			(36,351	)			(20	%)			(29	%)
Income from unconsolidated affiliates			1,461				1,934				1,250				(24	%)			55	%
Gain on dispute settlement			3,110				—				—				n/m				n/m
Gain on sale of (impairment loss on) investment securities			—				1,751				(18,760	)			n/m				n/m
Gain (loss) on early retirement of debt			—				(254	)			1,425				n/m				n/m
Foreign currency exchange gain (loss), net			(7,648	)			3,943				(9,821	)			n/m				n/m
Total other expense, net		$	(20,287	)		$	(15,092	)		$	(51,646	)			n/m				n/m

Interest income

There were no significant changes in interest income for 2010 from 2009, while the decrease in interest income for 2009 from 2008 is primarily due to a decline in short-term interest rates and a decrease in average cash balances on hand during 2009. Interest income for 2008 included $1.6 million for interest related to a federal excise tax refund. Increasing average cash deposits held in our trust accounts related to the administration of customer collections and vendor remittance activities of the epay Segment have slowed the decline in interest income as the segment’s operations have grown.

Interest expense

The decreases in interest expense for 2010 from 2009 and for 2009 from 2008 are primarily due to the repurchases of convertible debentures in late 2008 and early 2009 along with lower interest rates paid on floating-rate debt and reductions in average amounts outstanding under the revolving credit facility. Additionally, during 2010, 2009 and 2008, we repaid $2 million, $3 million and $32 million, respectively, on our term loan. We generally borrow amounts under the revolving credit facility several times each month to fund the correspondent network in advance of collecting remittance amounts from the agency network. These borrowings are repaid over a very short period of time, generally within a few days.

Income from unconsolidated affiliates

Income from unconsolidated affiliates mainly represents the equity in income of our 40% equity investment in epay Malaysia and our 49% investment in Euronet Middle East, an EFT Processing Segment joint venture in Bahrain, and our 47% investment in Euronet Indonesia. During 2010, we made a loan to Euronet Indonesia which caused us to recognize previous unrecognized losses as our investment had been fully written off due to losses incurred. The increase in income for 2009 from 2008 is the result of increased profitability of epay Malaysia and Euronet Middle East.

Gain on dispute settlement

In 2010, we reached a settlement regarding a dispute with the sellers of RIA Envia, Inc. (“RIA”). We received 226,634 shares of Euronet stock that had been held in escrow related to the RIA acquisition. The $3.5 million fair value of the shares on the date of settlement was recorded as an addition to treasury stock and $3.1 million, net of settlement costs, was recorded as a non-operating gain.

Gain on sale of (impairment loss on) investment securities

During 2009, we sold our shares of MoneyGram stock, recognizing a $1.8 million gain. The gain resulted from the increase in the share price after the $18.8 million impairment loss recorded in 2008 due to the other-than-temporary decline in value of our investment in MoneyGram.

Gain (loss) on early retirement of debt

During 2009 and 2008, we repurchased in privately negotiated transactions $25.8 million and $70.0 million, respectively, in principal amount of the 1.625% convertible debentures due 2024. Loss on early retirement of debt of $0.3 million for 2009 and the gain of $1.4 million for 2008 represent the difference in the amounts paid for the convertible debentures compared to their carrying amounts, along with the pro-rata write-off of deferred financing costs associated with the portions of the term loan that were prepaid during 2009 and 2008.

Foreign currency exchange gain (loss), net

Assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the local currency of each of our subsidiaries give rise to foreign currency exchange gains and losses. Exchange gains and losses that result from re-measurement of these assets and liabilities are recorded in determining net income. The majority of our foreign currency gains or losses are due to the re-measurement of intercompany loans that are in a currency other than the functional currency of one of the parties to the loan. For example, we make intercompany loans based in euros from our corporate division, which is comprised of U.S. dollar functional currency entities, to certain European entities that use the euro as the functional currency. As the U.S. dollar strengthens against the euro, foreign currency losses are generated on our corporate entities because the number of euros to be received in settlement of the loans decreases in U.S. dollar terms. Conversely, in this example, in periods where the U.S. dollar weakens, our corporate entities will record foreign currency gains.

We recorded a net foreign currency exchange loss of $7.6 million for 2010, a gain of $3.9 million for 2009, and a loss of $9.8 million during 2008. In the latter part of 2008, the U.S. dollar strengthened against most European-based currencies, primarily the euro and British pound, and we, therefore, recorded realized and unrealized foreign currency exchange losses. The strengthening of the U.S. dollar continued through the first half of 2009 before weakening in the second half, resulting in net realized and unrealized gains. During 2010, the U.S. dollar strengthened compared to certain currencies, most notably the euro, and weakened compared to others, most significantly the Australian dollar. The net effect of these foreign currency rate fluctuations in 2010 was a net foreign currency exchange loss.

INCOME TAX EXPENSE

		Year Ended December 31,
(dollar amounts in thousands)		2010				2009				2008
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes		$	(15,018	)		$	57,173			$	(200,667	)
Income tax expense (benefit)			22,899				25,836				(7,337	)
Income (loss) from continuing operations		$	(37,917	)		$	31,337			$	(193,330	)
Effective income tax rate			(152.5	%)			45.2	%			3.7	%
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes		$	(15,018	)		$	57,173			$	(200,667	)
Adjust: Foreign currency exchange gain (loss), net			(7,648	)			3,943				(9,821	)
Adjust: Goodwill and acquired intangible assets impairment			(70,925	)			(9,884	)			(220,077	)
Adjust: Gain on dispute settlement			3,110				—				—
Adjust: Gain (loss) related to investment securities			—				1,751				(18,760	)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes, as adjusted		$	60,445			$	61,363			$	47,991
Income tax expense (benefit)		$	22,899			$	25,836			$	(7,337	)
Adjust: Income tax expense (benefit) attributable to foreign currency exchange gain (loss), net			3				29				(12,896	)
Adjust: Income tax benefit attributable to goodwill and acquired intangible assets impairment			—				—				(11,916	)
Income tax expense, as adjusted		$	22,896			$	25,807			$	17,475
Effective income tax rate, as adjusted			37.9	%			42.1	%			36.4	%