QuickFee Q1 FY26 Business Update
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QuickFee Limited (ACN: 624 448 693) 1
ASX Release | 16 October 2025
Q1 FY26 Quarterly business update
Revenue up 9% on pcp and positive EBTDA from continuing operations
QuickFee Limited (ASX: QFE) (“QuickFee”, “Company”) today announces a business update for the
quarter ended 30 September 2025 (Q1 FY26).
Q1 FY26 HIGHLIGHTS
Quarterly revenue of A$6.1 million, up 9% on the prior corresponding period (pcp)
• Q1 FY26 revenue includes full quarter contribution from AU Finance and US Finance and the
revenue contribution from US Pay Now (ACH, Card & Connect) from 1 July to 9 September 2025
• Revenue uplift reflects 11% growth in AU Finance revenue, which was partially offset by a
decrease in US Finance revenue
• Positive EBTDA in Q1 FY261
Sale of US Pay Now business for US$26.35 million (A$40 million) completed on 9 September 2025
• On 8 September 2025, QuickFee announced the sale of its US Pay Now (ACH, Card & Connect)
business for US$26.35 million (A$40 million) to Aiwyn, Inc.
• QuickFee retained its US Finance business and loan book of US$6.8 million (at 30 September
2025)
• QuickFee will benefit from a new reseller agreement with Aiwyn for the US Finance product
Capital return of 7.5 cps
• QuickFee will return 7.5 cents per share (approximately A$28.4 million2
) to shareholders, subject to
shareholder approval at the Company’s upcoming AGM, expected to be held on 18 November 2025
• Balance of proceeds will be deployed in the business and to reduce debt
Appointment of Bruce Coombes as CEO
• QuickFee Founder and Executive Director, Bruce Coombes to assume executive responsibility
for the US Finance business as well as his existing role running the Australian business
Positive outlook for underlying AU Finance & US Finance operations
• Singular management focus on growing AU Finance & US Finance, including re-launch of US
Finance product go-to-market strategy and customer service model
• Remaining business to have negligible ongoing product development expenses and capex
requirements
• Expected FY26 EBTDA in the range of $3.75 million - $4.25 million1
, weighted to the second half
QUARTERLY BUSINESS UPDATE PRESENTATION
To watch an accompanying presentation of the quarterly business update and ask any questions, please visit the
QuickFee investor hub here: investorhub.quickfee.com/business-updates
1
Excluding any accounting profit recorded on the sale of the US Pay Now business.
2
Subject to change based on prevailing number of shares on issue at record date.
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Q1 FY26 PERFORMANCE3 Q1 FY26 Q1 FY25 YEAR-ON-YEAR
MOVEMENT
REVENUE
US FINANCE (PAY OVER TIME) US$ 0.6 M US$ 0.7 M -14%
US PAY NOW (ACH & CARD)
(revenue to 9 September 2025)
US$ 1.0 M US$ 1.0 M -%
AU FINANCE (PAY OVER TIME) A$ 3.0 M A$ 2.7 M +11%
GROUP REVENUE INCLUDING ANCILLARY PRODUCTS A$ 6.1 M A$ 5.6 M +9%
TOTAL TRANSACTION VALUES (TTV)
US FINANCE (PAY OVER TIME) US$ 4.8 M US$ 6.7 M -28%
US PAY NOW (ACH & CARD)
(full Q1 FY26 shown; disposed of from 10 Sep 2025)
US$ 367 M US$ 309 M +19%
AU FINANCE (PAY OVER TIME) A$ 15.6 M A$ 15.6 M -%
BRUCE COOMBES APPOINTED CEO
QuickFee Founder and Executive Director, Bruce Coombes has assumed the role of CEO with overall executive
responsibility for the US Finance business as well as his existing role running the Australian business.
GROUP REVENUE COMMENTARY
In Q1 FY26, QuickFee generated revenue of A$6.1 million, up 9% on pcp, which includes the full quarter contribution
from AU Finance and US Finance and the revenue contribution from US Pay Now (ACH, Card & Connect) from 1 July
to 9 September 2025.
The revenue uplift reflects 11% growth in AU Finance revenue, which was partially offset by a 14% decrease in US
Finance revenue.
QuickFee group revenue by quarter continued to trend upwards, with the ‘last 12 months’ rolling group revenue of
A$25.8 million in Q1 FY26, up 19% on pcp. Revenue is seasonally stronger in Q2 and Q4 each fiscal year.
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Q1 FY26 financial results are unaudited
15.8
17.2
18.5
20.3
21.7 22.7
24.1 25.2 25.8
Q1 FY24 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 Q4 FY24 Q1 FY25 Q2 FY25 Q3 FY25 Q4 FY25 Q1 FY26
'LAST 12 MONTHS' ROLLING
GROUP REVENUE (A$M)
4.2
5.1 4.9
6.1
5.6
6.2 6.3
7.2
6.1
Q1 FY24 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 Q4 FY24 Q1 FY25 Q2 FY25 Q3 FY25 Q4 FY25 Q1 FY26
GROUP REVENUE BY QUARTER (A$M)
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US COMMENTARY
The US business stabilised in Q1 FY26 with total revenue flat at US$1.7 million (Q1 FY25: US$1.7 million). US Pay Now
TTV remained strong, up 19% on pcp, driven by increased invoice volumes on the Connect platform with US Pay
Now revenue stable at US$1.0 million (Q1 FY25: US$1.0 million).
US Finance revenue was down 14% on pcp to US$0.6 million (Q1 FY25: US$0.7 million), and TTV was down 28% on
pcp to US$4.8 million (Q1 FY25: US$6.7 million). US Finance revenue and TTV was adversely impacted by the
termination of new loan originations from one US firm who defaulted on its repayments, resulting in a one-off
provision of US$2.2 million (A$3.4 million) for credit impairment in FY25 (see ASX release on 29 April 2025).
QuickFee will continue to operate its financing business independently, and importantly QuickFee has established
a reseller agreement with Aiwyn, whereby QuickFee’s US Finance offering will be embedded into Aiwyn’s products.
This reseller agreement creates the opportunity for QuickFee to offer its Finance product to Aiwyn’s customers
which include approximately 300 of the CPA firms ‘Top 500’. QuickFee will retain a team in the US to continue to
operate and grow the US Finance business, the loan book of which was US$6.8 million as at 30 September 2025.
QUICKFEE FINANCE
The Finance product allows clients to pay over 3, 6, 9 or 12 months while the firm gets paid in full within three
business days at no cost to the firm, usually with no credit approval process for the client. Revenue is generated
from the interest paid by the clients of professional services firms when they take out a payment plan to pay the
fee invoices they receive.
As revenue is recognised over the life of the loan term (the US weighted average loan term in FY25 was 9.4
months), TTV growth in any quarter will positively impact revenue in both current and future quarters.
22.0
24.4
26.2 26.7 27.5
29.8 30.6
29.1
27.2
Q1 FY24 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 Q4 FY24 Q1 FY25 Q2 FY25 Q3 FY25 Q4 FY25 Q1 FY26
US FINANCE 'LAST 12 MONTHS ROLLING' TTV (US$M)
561
646
709 714 659
739
903
708
551
200
400
600
800
Q1 FY24 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 Q4 FY24 Q1 FY25 Q2 FY25 Q3 FY25 Q4 FY25 Q1 FY26
US FINANCE REVENUE (US$000s)
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US OPERATIONAL METRICS
US transactions in the quarter increased by 10% on pcp to 141,000 (Q1 FY25: 128,000) and US Active firms were
down 3% to 718 (Q1 FY25: 738).
US FINANCE TTV (US$M) US PAY NOW TTV (US$M)
US TRANSACTIONS IN
QUARTER (000s)
US ACTIVE FIRMS
AUSTRALIA (AU) COMMENTARY
The Australian business delivered another strong performance in Q1 FY26, with AU Finance revenue up 11% on pcp
to A$3.0 million (Q1 FY25: A$2.7 million) and revenue yield improvement of 220bps to 19.2%. AU Finance TTV was
flat at A$15.6 million (Q1 FY25: A$15.6 million), primarily due to a very strong prior year September quarter (Q1 FY25
saw year-on-year growth over Q1 FY24 of 42%). Although the growth rate from Q1 FY25 to Q1 FY26 was flat, the two-
year CAGR from Q1 FY24 to Q1 FY26 remained strong at 19%. The revenue yield continued to expand due to loan
book growth, particularly the legal disbursement funding book.
48.5 51.2 53.4 55.5
60.1 61.8 62.8 63.7 63.7
Q1 FY24 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 Q4 FY24 Q1 FY25 Q2 FY25 Q3 FY25 Q4 FY25 Q1 FY26
AU FINANCE 'LAST 12 MONTHS' ROLLING TTV (A$M)
1,693 1,914 2,014
2,274
2,651 2,703 2,682 2,857 2,998
Q1 FY24 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 Q4 FY24 Q1 FY25 Q2 FY25 Q3 FY25 Q4 FY25 Q1 FY26
AU FINANCE REVENUE (A$000s)
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AU OPERATIONAL METRICS
AU transactions in the quarter were up 21% to 23,000 (Q1 FY25: 19,000) and AU active firms were stable at 440 (Q1
FY25: 437).
AU FINANCE TTV (A$M) AU PAY NOW TTV (A$M)
AU TRANSACTIONS IN
QUARTER (000s)
AU ACTIVE FIRMS
The ‘Q Pay Plan’ BNPL product also continued to grow strongly with Q1 FY26 TTV up 33% to A$1.6 million on pcp (Q1
FY25: A$1.2 million).
In response to the recent legislated changes requiring BNPL operators in Australia to hold an Australia Credit
Licence (ACL), QuickFee has now been granted an ACL, which will allow the Company to continue to offer BNPL
products and also offer certain other credit products to consumers in Australia under the National Credit Code.
SALE OF US PAY NOW BUSINESS
As announced on 8 September 2025, QuickFee sold its US Pay Now (ACH, Card and Connect) business for US$26.35
million (A$40 million). This represents an acquisition multiple of 5x revenue, based on the FY25 Pay Now revenue of
US$5.3 million. QuickFee will continue to retain and operate its US Finance loan book and US Finance product.
QuickFee's US Pay Now business was acquired by Aiwyn, Inc., a US technology company backed by KKR and
Bessemer Ventures. Aiwyn delivers payments, practice management and tax solutions to accounting firms. The
large majority of QuickFee US staff are transitioning to Aiwyn.
This acquisition strengthens Aiwyn’s positioning as a leading payments and collection platform for technology-
driven accounting firms. QuickFee customers will continue to leverage their existing payment solutions, while
gaining access to Aiwyn’s integrated platform, including practice management, client experience and agentic AI
tax solutions.
QuickFee will continue to operate its financing business independently, and importantly QuickFee has established
a reseller agreement with Aiwyn, whereby QuickFee’s US Finance offering will be embedded into Aiwyn’s products.
QuickFee will retain a team in the US to continue to operate and grow the US Finance business.
See separate ASX release dated 8 September 2025 for more details.
PROPOSED CAPITAL RETURN
As announced on 3 October 2025, QuickFee is proposing a return of capital via an equal share capital reduction
(“Capital Return”) to return approximately A$28.4 million of the proceeds of the recent sale of its US Pay Now
business. The balance of proceeds, after transaction costs and escrowed deposits, will be deployed in the
business and to reduce its current level of borrowings in line with its existing policy of keeping a minimum level of
cash on hand.
Based on the current number of QuickFee’s fully paid ordinary shares on issue of 378,573,888 on 2 October 2025
and a 7.5 cents per share cash return, this represents a cash payment to shareholders of approximately $28.4
million in total.
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Quickfee evaluated various options for returning excess capital to ordinary shareholders and determined the
Capital Return was the optimal method because:
• Subject to rounding, the Capital Return applies equally to all ordinary shareholders and proportionate
interests in the Company remain unchanged. This means it will not affect any shareholder’s percentage
shareholding in QuickFee, nor will it affect the control of the Company;
• The Capital Return is immediate, compared to an on-market share buy-back which could take many years
to complete given the potential amount to be returned;
• An off-market buyback does not provide the opportunity for all shareholders to participate equally; and
• Any dividend payment would be unfranked.
Capital Return timetable3
Annual General Meeting seeking shareholder
approval of Capital Return
12 pm AEST, Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Effective date of the Capital Return Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Last day for trading of Shares entitled to
Capital Return
Thursday, 20 November 2025
Trading in Shares on an ‘ex return of capital’
basis commences
Friday, 21 November 2025
Record Date for the Capital Return Monday, 24 November 2025
Payment Date for the Capital Return Monday, 1 December 2025
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The dates in the timetable above (and any references to those dates throughout this announcement) are indicative only. The
Company reserves the right to vary those dates in accordance with the applicable laws in its absolute discretion and without
prior notice. If there are any changes to the dates in the timetable above, an announcement will be lodged with ASX and notified
on the Company's website.
See separate ASX release dated 3 October 2025 for more details.
BALANCE SHEET AND LIQUIDITY
At 30 September 2025, the Company had A$35.8 million unrestricted cash on hand, with borrowing growth capacity
of a further A$16.6 million from receivables-backed borrowings facilities available to fund future loan book growth.
Effect on financial position of Capital Return
The proposed Capital Return is expected to use up approximately A$28.4 million. Proceeds of the sale are being
allocated as follows:
Approximate allocation of sale proceeds A$M
Proceeds from sale of US Pay Now business 40.0
Deposits and escrowed proceeds to be released over the next 36 months (3.8)
Legal and other transaction costs (2.6)
Debt reduction (5.0)
Net surplus cash from sale proceeds 28.6
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FY26 EARNINGS GUIDANCE
The operating outlook for QuickFee remains positive. Although US Finance transaction volumes for Q1 FY26 were
down on pcp, the liquidity benefits from the sale, negligible ongoing product development and capex requirements
and a sole focus on core lending activities mean that FY26 EBTDA guidance is expected to be in the range A$3.75
million – A$4.25 million (excluding any accounting profit recorded on the sale of the US Pay Now business),
weighted to the second half of FY26.
OUTLOOK
Chief Executive Officer, Bruce Coombes said:
“In the first quarter of FY26, we significantly transformed the business to become solely focused on our core, high-
margin Finance product, in both the US and Australia. We retained our US Finance business, with which we originally
entered the US market in 2016, and we are confident in its further growth potential as we leverage the new growth
channel as it becomes embedded into Aiwyn’s software solutions.
We believe that the sale price of A$40 million for the US Pay Now business, together with the capital return of 7.5cps,
has delivered great value for our shareholders. In addition, the underlying business has strong fundamentals, and we
expect FY26 EBTDA to be in the range of $3.75 million - $4.25 million, weighted to the second half. I am excited to
resume the role of CEO and I am very confident in the future outlook for the QuickFee.”
This announcement has been authorised for release by the directors.
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For further information please contact:
Corporate: Simon Yeandle, CFO
p : +61 2 8090 7700
e : simon.yeandle@quickfee.com
Investors: Katie Mackenzie
p : +61 455 502 197
e : kmackenzie@belleviewir.com.au
ABOUT QUICKFEE
QuickFee (ASX: QFE) is a fast-growing financial technology company. Our mission is to help professional service
firms accelerate their accounts receivables and get paid faster. With multiple online payment options and powerful
e-invoicing integrations for practice management systems, the QuickFee platform speeds up the bill-to-cash cycle
for firms.
Through the QuickFee portal, clients can pay their professional service provider with a credit or debit card, EFT or
ACH transfer, or a payment plan over 3-12 months. It allows the client to set their own pace for payments while the
firm gets paid upfront and in full.
QuickFee operates in the United States and Australia and focuses on serving the accounting and legal professions.
For more information, please visit quickfee.com or the QuickFee investor hub at investorhub.quickfee.com.
QUICKFEE INVESTOR HUB
To stay up to date with the latest news and announcements, access investor-related resources including ASX
releases, video updates, educational material and insights into the QuickFee’s activities, people and strategic
direction, and interact with QuickFee by posting questions and feedback, we encourage investors to sign up to the
QuickFee investor hub.
• Visit the QuickFee investor hub at investorhub.quickfee.com or scan the QR code here:
• Sign up for a QuickFee investor hub account at investorhub.quickfee.com/auth/signup
• Post questions and feedback in the Q&A section.
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APPENDIX
DETAILED OPERATIONAL & FINANCIAL METRICS
US FINANCE
TTV IN US$M
REVENUE IN US$000s
Q1 FY26 Q1 FY25 % +/-
TTV 4.8 6.7 -28%
Financing revenue (interest) 507 624 -19%
Payments and other revenue 44 35 +26%
Total revenue 551 659 -16%
Total revenue/volume yield % 11.5% 9.8% +170 bps
US PAY NOW TTV (full Q1 FY26 shown, including 10 September 2025 – 30 September 2025 post-sale period)
US ACH REVENUE (full Q1 FY26 shown, including 10 September 2025 – 30 September 2025 post-sale period)
TTV IN US$M
REVENUE IN US$000s
Q1 FY26 Q1 FY25 % +/-
TTV 306 254 +20%
Total revenue 1,063 916 +16%
Total revenue/volume yield % 0.35% 0.36% -1 bps
1,190
1,242
1,286
1,365
1,406 1,444
1,487
1,527
1,585
Q1 FY24 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 Q4 FY24 Q1 FY25 Q2 FY25 Q3 FY25 Q4 FY25 Q1 FY26
US PAY NOW 'LAST 12 MONTHS' ROLLING TTV (US$M)
831
1,108
943
1,300
916
1,173
1,036
1,342
1,063
Q1 FY24 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 Q4 FY24 Q1 FY25 Q2 FY25 Q3 FY25 Q4 FY25 Q1 FY26
US ACH REVENUE (US$000s)
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US CARD REVENUE (full Q1 FY26 shown, including 10 September 2025 – 30 September 2025 post-sale period)
TTV IN US$M
REVENUE IN US$000s
Q1 FY26 Q1 FY25 % +/-
TTV 61 55 +11%
Total revenue 261 99 +164%
Total revenue/volume yield % 0.43% 0.18% +250 bps
US Card revenue is the net revenue share QuickFee receives from its card processors, not the gross amount surcharged to customers.
In Q4 FY25 QuickFee’s card processor back-paid US$ 174,000 of card revenue share that had been omitted from FY24 and FY25 revenue share
payments.
AU FINANCE
TTV IN A$M
REVENUE IN A$000s
Q1 FY26 Q1 FY25 % +/-
TTV 15.6 15.6 -%
Financing revenue (interest) 2,757 2,448 +13%
Payments and other revenue 241 203 +19%
Total revenue 2,998 2,651 +13%
Total revenue/volume yield % 19.2% 17.0% +220 bps
QUICKFEE LOAN BOOKS
103 110 108
199
99 124 121
452
261
Q1 FY24 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 Q4 FY24 Q1 FY25 Q2 FY25 Q3 FY25 Q4 FY25 Q1 FY26
US CARD REVENUE (US$000s)
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
ACH Automated Clearing
House
A type of electronic bank-to-bank payment in the US, equivalent
to EFT in Australia
ACTIVE FIRM Any firm that has had a transaction with QuickFee in the relevant period
APR Annual percentage
rate
The annual rate of interest on payment plans or loans
BNPL OR Q PAY PLAN BNPL powered by
QuickFee
QuickFee’s ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ product to enable a customer to
pay their invoice in 3-12 instalments using the unused balance
of their credit card
CARD / CC Debit / Credit card
CONNECT QuickFee’s product name for its point-of-payment integration, e-invoicing, automated
collections and receivables management product
CUSTOMER The customer of a merchant, who will use one of QuickFee’s payment options to pay their
invoice
EFT Electronic funds
transfer
An Australian domestic payments network that facilitates the
transfer of funds electronically
FIRM Typically used to describe a professional services firm (e.g. an accounting or law firm)
KYC Know your customer Practice to verify the identity of customers in compliance with
laws and regulations
MERCHANT A firm.
QUICKFEE PAY NOW QuickFee’s payment gateway that enables customers to pay their invoice in full to the
merchant with or without taking out a payment plan
QUICKFEE FINANCING/
FINANCE/ LENDING/
PAY OVER TIME
QuickFee’s traditional merchant-guaranteed fee funding product that enable customers
to take out a payment plan to pay their invoice, while QuickFee settle to the merchant
immediately
REVENUE YIELD Revenue recognised in accordance with QuickFee’s accounting standards, divided by TTV,
for the relevant product(s)
TOTAL LIQUIDITY Cash and cash equivalents held, plus undrawn borrowings that are available to be drawn
from QuickFee’s asset-backed credit facility based on the quantum of eligible loan
receivables.
TRANSACTIONS IN
QUARTER
The aggregate number of completed Pay Now transactions and new Finance loans
(payment plans) originated in the relevant quarter.
PCP Previous
corresponding period
For example, the pcp for the December 2024 quarter is the
December 2023 quarter
TTV Total transaction
value
The total value of all transactions for the relevant product(s)
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