Revenues

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

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Revenues

Summary of Revenue Recognition Accounting Policy

The Company's revenue recognition policy follows ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which provides guidance on the recognition, presentation, and disclosure of revenue from contracts with customers in consolidated financial statements.

Revenue is measured based on the consideration specified in a contract with a customer. Once the Company determines a contract's performance obligations and the transaction price, including an estimate of any variable consideration, the Company allocates the transaction price to each performance obligation in the contract using a standalone selling price ("SSP"). The Company recognizes revenue when it satisfies a performance obligation by transferring control of a product or service to a

customer. Revenue is recognized net of any taxes collected from customers, which are subsequently remitted to governmental authorities.

Nature of performance obligations

At contract inception, the Company assesses the goods and services promised in the contract with a customer and identifies a performance obligation for each promise to transfer to the customer a good or service (or bundle of goods or services) that is distinct. To identify the performance obligations, the Company considers all the goods or services promised in the contract regardless of whether they are explicitly stated or implied. Payment for the Company’s contracts with customers are typically due in full within 30 days of invoice date.

The following is a description of the Company's principal revenue generating activities, including the separate performance obligations by operating segment.

The Payment Services - Puerto Rico & Caribbean segment provides financial institutions, government entities and other issuers services to process credit, debit and prepaid cards; automated teller machines and electronic benefit transfer (“EBT”) card programs (which principally consist of services to the government of Puerto Rico for the delivery of benefits to participants). Revenue is principally derived from fixed fees per transaction and time and material basis billing for professional services provided to enhance the existing hosted platforms. Professional services in these contracts are primarily considered non-distinct from the transactional services and accounted for as a single performance obligation. Revenue for these contracts is recognized over time for the amount which the Company has right to consideration.

The Payment Services - Latin America segment provides financial institutions, government entities and other issuers services to process credit, debit and prepaid cards, for which revenue is recognized in the same manner as described above, as well as licensed software solutions for risk and fraud management and card payment processing. Licensed software solutions are provided mainly as Software as a Service ("SaaS") and on-premise perpetual licenses. Set-up fees related to SaaS are considered non-distinct from the license and accounted for as a single performance obligation. SaaS revenues are recognized over time while the customer benefits from the software. On-premises perpetual licenses require significant customization and development. Professional services provided for significant customizations and development are non-distinct from the license and accounted for as a single performance obligation, recognized over time during the development of the license. Revenue is recognized based on the Company's efforts or inputs, measured in labor hours expended, relative to the total expected inputs to satisfy the performance obligation. Maintenance or support services are considered distinct and recognized over time in the amount in which the Company has right to consideration.

The Merchant Acquiring segment provides customers with the ability to accept and process debit and credit cards. Revenue is derived from fixed or identifiable fees charged to individual merchants per transaction, set-up fees, monthly membership fees and rental of point-of-sale ("POS") terminals. Set-up fees are considered non-distinct from the transaction processing services and accounted for as a single performance obligation. Revenue for these contracts is recognized over time in the amount in which the Company has right to consideration.

The Business Solutions segment consists of revenues from a full suite of business process management solutions. Revenue derived from core bank processing and other processing and transaction-based services are generally recognized over time in the amount in which the Company has right to consideration. Hosting services generally represent a series of distinct monthly increments that are substantially the same and has the same pattern of transfer. Professional services to enhance EVERTEC's platforms are generally considered non-distinct from the hosting service and accounted for as a single performance obligation. Hosting services are generally recognized over time once in production during the remaining term of the contract. Maintenance or support services are usually considered distinct and recognized over time in the amount in which the Company has right to consideration. Hardware and software sales are recognized at a point in time when the control of the asset is transferred to the customer. Indicators of transfer of control include the Company's right to payment, or as the customer has legal title or physical possession of the asset. The Company may also provide professional services to enhance customer's platforms or as IT consulting services by arranging for other parties to transfer the services (i.e., acting as an agent). For these contracts, revenue is recognized on a net basis.

The Company’s service contracts may include service level arrangements (“SLA”) generally allowing the customer to receive a credit for part of the service fee when the Company has not provided the agreed level of services. If triggered, the SLA is deemed a consideration payable that may impact the transaction price of the contract, thus SLA performance is monitored and

assessed for compliance with arrangements on a monthly basis, including determination and accounting for its economic impact, if any.

The Company enters into collaborative arrangements aimed at growing the Company’s merchant relationships. These arrangements are accounted for under ASC 606 as required by ASC 808 Collaborative Arrangements and are included as part of the Company’s Merchant Acquiring segment and Payment Processing – Latin America segment. For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized revenue amounting to $23.9 million, $9.9 million, and $9.8 million, respectively, for these arrangements.

Refer to Note 24 - Segment Information for further information, including revenue by products and services the Company provides and the geographic regions in which the Company operates.

Significant Judgments

Determining a measure of progress for performance obligations satisfied over time requires management to make judgments that affect the timing of revenue to be recognized. The Company exercises judgment in identifying a suitable method that depicts the entity’s performance in transferring control of these performance obligations, on a contract-by-contract basis. The principal criteria used for determining the measure of progress is the availability of reliable information that can be obtained without incurring undue cost, which generally results in the application of an input method since, in most cases, the outputs used to reasonably measure progress are not directly observable. Usually, the input method based on labor hours incurred, with respect to total expected labor hours to satisfy the performance obligation is applied. For performance obligations satisfied at a point in time, the Company determines that the customer is able to direct the use of, and obtain substantially all of the benefits from, the products at the time the products are delivered, the customer has legal title of the products or the Company’s has the right to payment.

The Company mainly uses the expected cost-plus margin approach to allocate the transaction price in contracts with multiple performance obligations. To determine the SSP, the Company periodically performs an assessment to determine the margin of goods or services with the assistance of the different business areas. This assessment is performed considering past transactions and/or reasonably available information, including market conditions, trends or other company or customer specific factors, among others.

Disaggregation of revenue

The Company disaggregates revenue from contract with customers into the primary geographical markets, nature of products and services, and timing of transfer of goods and services. The Company's operating segments are determined by the nature of the products and services that the Company provides and the primary geographical markets in which the Company operates. Revenue disaggregated by segment is discussed in Note 24, Segment Information.

In the following table, revenue for each segment, excluding intersegment revenues, is disaggregated by timing of revenue recognition for the periods indicated.

	Year ended on December 31, 2021
(In thousands)	Payment Services - Puerto Rico & Caribbean		Payment Services - Latin America		Merchant Acquiring, net		Business Solutions		Total
Timing of revenue recognition
Products and services transferred at a point in time	$	168	$	2,045	$	—	$	8,882	$	11,095
Products and services transferred over time	104,624		95,187		143,965		234,925		578,701
	$	104,792	$	97,232	$	143,965	$	243,807	$	589,796

	Year ended on December 31, 2020
(In thousands)	Payment Services - Puerto Rico & Caribbean		Payment Services - Latin America		Merchant Acquiring, net		Business Solutions		Total
Timing of revenue recognition
Products and services transferred at a point in time	$	134	$	1,448	$	—	$	9,482	$	11,064
Products and services transferred over time	88,138		76,115		109,788		225,483		499,524
	$	88,272	$	77,563	$	109,788	$	234,965	$	510,588

	Year ended on December 31, 2019
(In thousands)	Payment Services - Puerto Rico & Caribbean		Payment Services - Latin America		Merchant Acquiring, net		Business Solutions		Total
Timing of revenue recognition
Products and services transferred at a point in time	$	3,041	$	3,811	$	—	$	10,421	$	17,273
Products and services transferred over time	82,487		74,985		106,388		206,241		470,101
	$	85,528	$	78,796	$	106,388	$	216,662	$	487,374

Contract balances

The following table provides information about contract assets from contracts with customers.

	December 31,
(In thousands)	2021		2020
Balance at beginning of period	$	2,796	$	1,191
Services transferred to customers	5,374		3,934
Transfers to accounts receivable	(6,455)		(2,329)
Balance at end of period	$	1,715	$	2,796

Contract assets of the Company arise when the Company has a contract with a customer for which revenue has been recognized (i.e., goods or services have been transferred), but the customer payment is subject to a future event (i.e., satisfaction of additional performance obligations). Contract assets are considered a receivable when the rights to consideration of the Company become unconditional (i.e., the Company has a present right to payment). The current portion of contract assets is recorded as part of prepaid expenses and other assets, and the long-term portion is included in other long-term assets in the consolidated balance sheets.

Accounts receivable, net at December 31, 2021 and 2020 amounted to $113.3 million and $95.7 million, respectively. Contract liability and Contract liability- Long term, at December 31, 2021 amounted to $17.4 million and $36.3 million, respectively. Contract liability and Contract liability- Long term amounted to $25.0 million and $31.3 million at December 31, 2020, respectively. Contract liability is mainly comprised of upfront fees for implementation or set up activities, including fees charged in pre-production periods in connection with hosting services. Contract liability may also arise when consideration is received or due in advance from costumers prior to performance. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company recognized revenue of $25.7 million that was included in contract liability, at December 31, 2020. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recognized revenue of $16.3 million that was included in unearned income at December 31, 2019.

Transaction price allocated to the remaining performance obligations

Revenues from recurring transaction-based and processing services represent the majority of the Company's total revenue. The Company recognizes revenues from recurring transaction-based and processing services over time at the amounts in which the Company has right to invoice, which corresponds directly to the value to the customer of the Company’s performance completed to date. Therefore, the Company has elected to apply the practical expedient in paragraph 606-10-50-14. Under this practical expedient, the Company is not required to disclose information about remaining performance obligations if the performance obligation is part of a contract with an original expected duration of one year or less or if the Company recognizes revenue at the amount to which it has a right to invoice.

The Company also applies the practical expedient in paragraph 606-10-50-14A and does not disclose the information about remaining performance obligations for variable consideration when the variable consideration is allocated entirely to a wholly unsatisfied performance obligation or to a wholly unsatisfied promise to transfer a distinct good or service that forms part of a single performance obligation in accordance with paragraph 606-10-25-14(b).

For contracts excluded from the application of the practical expedients noted above, the estimated aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied or partially satisfied at December 31, 2021 is $254.5 million. This amount primarily consists of professional service fees for implementation or set up activities related to managed services and maintenance services, typically recognized over the life of the contract, which varies from 2 to 5 years. It also includes professional service fees for customizations or development of on-premise licensing agreements, which are recognized over time based on inputs relative to the total expected inputs to satisfy a performance obligation.