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Exhibit 99.2

QIWI plc

Unaudited interim condensed consolidated

financial statements

June 30, 2021


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of Qiwi plc

Results of Review of Interim Financial Statements

We have reviewed the accompanying interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position of Qiwi plc and subsidiaries (“the Group”) as of June 30, 2021, the related interim condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, interim condensed consolidated statements of cash flows and changes in equity for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “interim condensed consolidated financial statements”). Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements for them to be in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) promulgated by the International Accounting Standards Board.

We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated statement of financial position of the Group as of December 31, 2020, the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, consolidated statements of cash flows and changes in equity for the year then ended, and the related notes (not presented herein); and in our report dated April 15, 2021, we expressed an unqualified audit opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of financial position as of December 31, 2020, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated statement of financial position from which it has been derived.

Basis for Review Results

These interim financial statements are the responsibility of the Group’s management. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Group in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the PCAOB. We conducted our review in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. A review of interim financial statements consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLC

Moscow, Russia

August 19, 2021

 

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QIWI plc

Interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position

June 30, 2021

(in millions of rubles)

 

     Notes      As of
December 31,
2020
     As of
June 30, 2021
(unaudited)
 

Assets

        

Non-current assets

        

Property and equipment

        1,893        1,681  

Goodwill and other intangible assets

        10,813        10,590  

Investments in associates

     13        1,635        —    

Long-term debt securities and deposits

     22        3,495        3,456  

Long-term loans

     6, 22        214        257  

Other non-current assets

        112        120  

Deferred tax assets

        209        178  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-current assets

        18,371        16,282  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Current assets

        

Trade and other receivables

     7        7,445        5,547  

Short-term loans

     6        5,799        5,615  

Short-term debt securities and deposits

     22        2,888        1,899  

Prepaid income tax

        197        207  

Other current assets

     9        1,202        875  

Cash and cash equivalents

     8        47,382        35,853  

Assets held for sale

     4        31        1,949  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current assets

        64,944        51,945  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

        83,315        68,227  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Equity and liabilities

        

Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent

        

Share capital

        1        1  

Additional paid-in capital

        1,876        1,876  

Share premium

        12,068        12,068  

Other reserves

        2,575        2,582  

Retained earnings

        14,602        16,730  

Translation reserve

        554        530  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total equity attributable to equity holders of the parent

        31,676        33,787  

Non-controlling interests

        96        64  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total equity

        31,772        33,851  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current liabilities

        

Long-term debt

     12        4,923        4,936  

Long-term lease liabilities

     14        762        737  

Long-term customer accounts

     11        36        —    

Other non-current liabilities

        44        49  

Deferred tax liabilities

        1,161        1,362  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-current liabilities

        6,926        7,084  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Current liabilities

        

Trade and other payables

     10        29,528        17,397  

Customer accounts and amounts due to banks

     11        12,301        8,047  

Short-term debt

     12        1,640        638  

Short-term lease liabilities

     14        354        357  

VAT and other taxes payable

        147        108  

Other current liabilities

     9        647        745  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

        44,617        27,292  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total equity and liabilities

        83,315        68,227  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

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QIWI plc

Interim condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income

June 30, 2021

(in millions of rubles)

 

            Unaudited  
            Three months
ended
    Six months
ended
    Three months
ended
    Six months
ended
 
     Notes      June 30, 2020 (restated)*     June 30, 2021  

Continuing operations

           

Revenue:

        9,426       18,830       10,813       20,047  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Payment processing fees

        7,796       15,731       9,162       16,777  

Interest revenue calculated using the effective interest rate

     15        655       1,211       694       1,343  

Fees from inactive accounts and unclaimed payments

        501       991       413       854  

Other revenue

     15        474       897       544       1,073  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating costs and expenses:

        (5,716     (11,920     (7,250     (13,968
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of revenue (exclusive of items shown separately below)

     16        (3,501     (7,354     (4,764     (8,837

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     17        (510     (1,204     (612     (1,161

Personnel expenses

        (1,400     (2,777     (1,525     (3,230

Depreciation and amortization

        (268     (528     (285     (571

Credit loss expense

     6, 7, 8        (5     (25     (64     (157

Impairment of non-current assets

        (32     (32     —         (12
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit from operations

        3,710       6,910       3,563       6,079  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Share of gain/(loss) of an associate and a joint venture

     13        107       239       141       306  

Foreign exchange gain/(loss), net

        (299     (239     (50     (42

Interest income and expenses, net

        (23     (44     (15     (27

Other income and expenses, net

        (7     (23     (65     (73
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit before tax from continuing operations

        3,488       6,843       3,574       6,243  

Income tax expense

     19        (678     (1,344     (941     (1,656
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net profit from continuing operations

        2,810       5,499       2,633       4,587  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Discontinued operations

           

Loss after tax from discontinued operations

     4        (973     (2,063     —         —    
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net profit

        1,837       3,436       2,633       4,587  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Attributable to:

           

Equity holders of the parent

        1,816       3,403       2,618       4,561  

Non-controlling interests

        21       33       15       26  

Other comprehensive income

           

Other comprehensive income to be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods:

           

Foreign currency translation:

           

Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations

 

     (33     153       (29     (24

Debt securities at fair value through other comprehensive income (FVOCI):

           

Net gains arising during the period, net of tax

        40       32       —         —    

Net gains recycled to profit or loss upon disposal

        (25     (47     —         —    

Total other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax

        (18     138       (29     (24
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income, net of tax

        1,819       3,574       2,604       4,563  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Attributable to:

           

Equity holders of the parent

        1,798       3,530       2,589       4,537  

Non-controlling interests

        21       44       15       26  

Earnings per share:

           

Basic, profit attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent

 

     29.24       54.78       41.94       73.07  

Diluted, profit attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent

 

     29.13       54.58       41.92       73.02  

Earnings per share for continuing operations

 

        

Basic, profit from continuing operations attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent

 

     44.88       87.97       41.94       73.07  

Diluted, profit from continuing operations attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent

 

     44.72       87.65       41.92       73.02  

 

*

Amounts do not correspond with the previously presented ones due to discontinued operations (please refer to Note 4) and foreign exchange gain/(loss) netting (please refer to Note 2.3)

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

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QIWI plc

Interim condensed consolidated statement of cash flows

June 30, 2021

(in millions of rubles)

 

            Six months ended (unaudited)  
     Notes      June 30, 2020     June 30, 2021  

Operating activities

       

Profit before tax from continuing operations

        6,843       6,243  

Loss before tax from discontinued operations

     4        (2,244     —    
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit before tax

        4,599       6,243  

Adjustments to reconcile profit before tax to net cash flows (used in) /generated from operating activities:

       

Depreciation and amortization

        650       571  

Foreign exchange loss, net

        255       42  

Interest income, net

     15        (1,595     (1,069

Credit loss expense

     4, 6, 7, 8        810       157  

Share of (gain) / loss of an associate and a joint venture

     13        (239     (306

Loss on forward contract to sell Sovest loans’ portfolio

     4        658       —    

Impairment of non-current assets

        134       12  

Other

        33       13  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

       

Decrease in trade and other receivables

        1,218       1,687  

(Increase)/decrease in other assets

        (37     311  

Decrease in customer accounts and amounts due to banks

        (12,441     (4,257

Decrease in accounts payable and accruals

        (3,391     (12,028

Decrease in loans issued from banking operations

        807       156  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash used in operations

        (8,539     (8,468

Interest received

        1,985       1,468  

Interest paid

        (332     (279

Income tax paid

        (805     (1,443
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flow used in operating activities

        (7,691     (8,722
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing activities

       

Cash paid for acquisitions

        (66     (10

Purchase of property and equipment

        (90     (90

Purchase of intangible assets

        (111     (37

Proceeds from sale of fixed and intangible assets

        54       12  

Loans issued

        (11     (20

Repayment of loans issued

        —         11  

Purchase of debt securities and deposits

        (2,358     —    

Proceeds from sale and redemption of debt instruments

        3,230       971  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flow received from investing activities

        648       837  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing activities

       

Repayment of borrowings

        (102     (1,004

Payment of principal portion of lease liabilities

        (46     (29

Dividends paid to owners of the Group

     18        (1,630     (2,446

Dividends paid to non-controlling shareholders

        (54     (54
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flow used in financing activities

        (1,832     (3,533

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

        403       (111
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

        (8,472     (11,529

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period

     8        42,101       47,382  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period

     8        33,629       35,853  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

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QIWI plc

Interim condensed consolidated statement of changes in equity

June 30, 2021

(in millions of rubles, except per share data)

 

    Notes     Attributable to equity holders of the parent     Non-controlling
interests
    Total
equity
 
  Share capital     Additional
paid-in
capital
    Share
premium
    Other
reserves
    Retained
earnings
    Translation
reserve
    Total  
  Number of
shares
issued and
outstanding
    Amount  

Balance as of December 31, 2020

      62,378,832       1       1,876       12,068       2,575       14,602       554       31,676       96       31,772  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit for the period

      —         —         —         —         —         4,561       —         4,561       26       4,587  

Other comprehensive income:

                     

Foreign currency translation

      —         —         —         —         —         —         (24     (24     —         (24
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income

      —         —         —         —         —         4,561       (24     4,537       26       4,563  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Share-based payments

      —         —         —         —         8       —         —         8       —         8  

Exercise of options

      52,002       —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Dividends

    18       —         —         —         —         —         (2,433       (2,433     —         (2,433

Dividends to non-controlling interests

      —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         (58     (58

Other

      —         —         —         —         (1     —         —         (1     —         (1
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of June 30, 2021 (unaudited)

      62,430,834       1       1,876       12,068       2,582       16,730       530       33,787       64       33,851  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

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QIWI plc

Interim condensed consolidated statement of changes in equity (continued)

June 30, 2021

(in millions of rubles, except per share data)

 

    Notes     Attributable to equity holders of the parent     Non-controlling
interests
    Total
equity
 
  Share capital     Additional
paid-in
capital
    Share
premium
    Other
reserves
    Retained
earnings
    Translation
reserve
    Total  
  Number of
shares
issued and
outstanding
    Amount  

Balance as of December 31, 2019

      62,092,835       1       1,876       12,068       2,576       10,557       289       27,367       70       27,437  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit for the period

      —         —         —         —         —         3,403       —         3,403       33       3,436  

Other comprehensive income:

                     

Foreign currency translation

      —         —         —         —         —         —         142       142       11       153  

Debt instruments at FVOCI

      —         —         —         —         (15     —         —         (15     —         (15
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income

      —         —         —         —         (15     3,403       142       3,530       44       3,574  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Share-based payments

      —         —         —         —         48       —         —         48       —         48  

Exercise of options

      79,938       —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Dividends

    18       —         —         —         —         —         (1,655       (1,655       (1,655

Dividends to non-controlling interests

      —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         (54     (54

Other

      —         —         —         —         (9     —         —         (9     —         (9
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

      62,172,773       1       1,876       12,068       2,600       12,305       431       29,281       60       29,341  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

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QIWI plc

Notes to interim condensed consolidated financial statements

 

1.

Corporate Information and description of business

The interim condensed consolidated financial statements of QIWI plc (hereinafter “the Company”) and its subsidiaries (collectively “the Group”) for the six months ended June 30, 2021 were authorized for issue on August 12, 2021.

The Company was registered on February 26, 2007 as a limited liability Company OE Investments in Cyprus under the Cyprus Companies Law, Cap. 113. The registered office of the Company is Kennedy 12, Kennedy Business Centre, 2nd Floor, P.C.1087, Nicosia, Cyprus. On September 13, 2010 the directors of the Company resolved to change the name of the Company from OE Investments Limited to QIWI Limited and later to QIWI plc.

Sergey Solonin is the ultimate controlling shareholder of the Group as of June 30, 2021.

Information on the Company’s principal subsidiaries is disclosed in Note 3.

 

2.

Basis of preparation and changes to the Group’s accounting policies

2.1. Basis of preparation

The interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2021 have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting.

The condensed consolidated financial statements are presented in Russian rubles (“RUB”) and all values are rounded to the nearest million (RUB (000,000)) except when otherwise indicated.

The interim condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all the information and disclosures required in the annual financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the Group’s annual financial statements as of December 31, 2020.

2.2. New standards, interpretations and amendments adopted by the Group

The accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the interim condensed consolidated financial

statements are consistent with those followed in the preparation of the Group’s annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020, except for the adoption of new standards effective as of January 1, 2021. The Group has not early adopted any other standard, interpretation or amendment that has been issued but is not yet effective.

The following amended standards and interpretations became effective for the Group from January 1, 2021, but did not have any material impact on the financial statements of the Group:

 

   

Phase 2 amendments to IFRS 9, IAS 39, IFRS 7, IFRS 4 and IFRS 16: Interest rate benchmark (IBOR) reform.

 

   

Amendments to IFRS 16: Covid-19 Related Rent Concessions beyond June 30, 2021.

 

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QIWI plc

Notes to interim condensed consolidated financial statements (continued)

 

2.

Basis of preparation and changes to the Group’s accounting policies (continued)

 

2.3. Changes in presentation

As at December 31, 2020, the Group started presenting foreign exchange gains and losses on a net basis. The change in presentation was made to make the financial statements more comparable with the industry peers and to provide fair presentation of these amounts.

The effects of the restatement on the previously reported amounts in the condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income are set out below:

 

     For the three months ended
June 30, 2020
    For the six months ended
June 30, 2020
 
   As previously
reported
    Restated     As previously
reported
    Restated  

Foreign exchange gain

     743       —         355       —    

Foreign exchange loss

     (1,042     —         (594     —    

Foreign exchange gain, net

     —         (299     —         (239
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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3.

Group structure

The interim condensed consolidated IFRS financial statements include the assets, liabilities and financial results of the Company and its subsidiaries. The subsidiaries are listed below:

 

          Ownership interest  

Subsidiary

  

Main activity

   As of
December 31,
2020
    As of
June 30,
2021
 

JSC QIWI (Russia)

   Operation of electronic payment kiosks      100     100

QIWI Bank JSC (Russia)

   Maintenance of electronic payment systems, money transfer, consumer and SME financial services      100     100

QIWI Payments Services Provider Ltd (UAE)

   Operation of on-line payments      100     100

QIWI International Payment System LLC (USA)

   Operation of electronic payment kiosks      100     100

Qiwi Kazakhstan LP (Kazakhstan)

   Operation of electronic payment kiosks      100     100

JLLC OSMP BEL (Belarus)

   Operation of electronic payment kiosks      51     51

QIWI - M S.R.L. (Moldova)

   Operation of electronic payment kiosks      51     51

Attenium LLC (Russia) 1

   Management services      100     —    

Postomatnye Tekhnologii LLC (Russia) 1

   Logistic      100     —    

Future Pay LLC (Russia) 1

   Operation of on-line payments      100     —    

Qiwi Blockchain Technologies LLC (Russia)

   Software development      100     100

Factoring PLUS LLC (Russia)

   Software development      51     51

ContactPay Solution (United Kingdom)

   Operation of on-line payments      100     100

Rocket Universe LLC (Russia)

   Software development      100     100

Billing Online Solutions LLC (Russia)

   Software development      100     100

Flocktory Ltd (Cyprus)

   Holding company      100     100

Flocktory Spain S.L. (Spain)

   SaaS platform for customer lifecycle management and personalization      100     100

FreeAtLast LLC (Russia)

   SaaS platform for customer lifecycle management and personalization      100     100

SETTE FZ-LLC (UAE)

   Payment Services Provider      100     100

LALIRA DMCC (UAE)

   Payment Services Provider      100     100

MFC «Polet Finance» LLC(Russia)2

   Retail financial services      —         100

QIWI Finance LLC (Russia)

   Financing management      100     100

QPCD LLC (RF)3

   Software development      —         51

Associate and Joint Venture

       

QIWI Platform LLC (Russia)

   Software development      60     60

JSC Tochka (Russia)

   Digital services for banks      40     40

Tochka Investitsii LLC (Russia)3

   Digital services for banks      —         40

 

1

The Entities were liquidated during 2021

2

The Entity was established during 2021

3

The Entities were acquired during 2021 for insignificant consideration

 

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4.

Acquisitions, disposals and discontinued operations

2021

Tochka sale

In June 2021, the Group decided to enter into an agreement with Otkritie Bank to sell its 40% stake (45% economic interest) in the capital of Tochka associate. By June 30, 2021, the carrying value of investment in associate in the amount of 1,949 had been reclassified to assets held for sale. From the date of classification into assets held for sale the Group discontinued the use of the equity method of accounting and started measuring it at the lower of it carrying amount and fair value less costs to sell. No impairment was recognized upon reclassification. The price the Group is due to receive consists of two elements: i) a fixed amount of 4,947, and; ii) an amount contingent on Tochka’s earnings for the year 2021.

The sale is expected to be completed in third quarter of the year 2021.

2020

Rocketbank wind down

In March 2020, the Board of Directors decided to wind down the Rocketbank project and had finished the process by the end of third quarter 2020. Since that date the Rocketbank’s operations are considered as discontinued.

Rocketbank represented the entire Group’s respective operating segment. Assets that remained after Rocketbank liquidation were transferred to Payment Services segment.

SOVEST disposal

In the second quarter of 2020 the Group made a decision to dispose its SOVEST project.

In June 2020, the Group entered into the framework agreement and several related binding agreements to sell certain specific SOVEST project assets to an unrelated party. As a part of the transaction, the Group assigned the portfolio of SOVEST instalment card loans as well as transferred respective brands and domains. Since then, SOVEST was classified as a disposal group held for sale and as a discontinued operation.

As a part of the transaction, the Group was to dismiss most SOVEST employees and the buyer extended job offers to certain SOVEST employees and reimbursed to the Group corresponding redundancy costs.

The sale of SOVEST assets was completed in July 2020, resulting in a pre-tax loss on disposal of 712.

SOVEST project represented the entire Group’s Consumer Financial Services operating segment.

 

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4.

Acquisitions, disposals and discontinued operations (continued)

 

The results of discontinued operations for the reporting periods are presented below:

 

     Three months ended June 30, 2020     Six months ended June 30, 2020  
     Rocketbank     SOVEST     Total     Rocketbank     SOVEST     Total  

Revenue:

     688       466       1,154       1,125       1,235       2,360  

Interest revenue calculated using the effective interest rate

     52       161       213       222       495       717  

Other revenue

     636       305       941       903       740       1,643  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating costs and expenses:

     (660     (733     (1,393     (1,865     (2,044     (3,909
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of revenue (exclusive of items shown separately below)

     (178     (62     (240     (592     (145     (737

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     (119     (66     (185     (318     (401     (719

Personnel expenses

     (309     (229     (538     (843     (601     (1,444

Depreciation and amortization

     (44     (19     (63     (84     (38     (122

Credit loss (expense)/income

     4       (289     (285     6       (791     (785

Impairment of non-current assets

     (14     (68     (82     (34     (68     (102
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) from operations

     28       (267     (239     (740     (809     (1,549
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss on forward contract to sell Sovest loans’ portfolio

     —         (658     (658     —         (658     (658

Foreign exchange gain and loss, net

     7       —         7       (16     —         (16

Interest income and expenses, net

     (8     (2     (10     (17     (4     (21
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) before tax from discontinued operations

     27       (927     (900     (773     (1,471     (2,244

Income tax benefit/(expense) (Note 19)

     (30     (43     (73     112       69       181  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss from discontinued operations

     (3     (970     (973     (661     (1,402     (2,063
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings per share for discontinued operations

            

Basic, loss from discontinued operations attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent

 

      (15.64         (33.19

Diluted, loss from discontinued operations attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent

 

      (15.59         (33.07

Impairment of non-current assets

Immediately before the classification of SOVEST as discontinued operations, the recoverable amount was estimated for certain items of Intangible assets and impairment loss was identified and recognized in June 2020 in the amount of 68 to reduce the carrying amount of the assets in the disposal group to their fair values less cost to sell. This impairment of non-current assets was recognized in discontinued operations in the statement of profit or loss.

The net cash flows incurred by the discontinued operations are, as follows:

 

     Six months ended June 30, 2020  
     Rocketbank      SOVEST      Total  

Operating

     (12,835      822        (12,013

Investing

     1,256        (7      1,249  

Financing

     (42      (14      (56
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net cash (outflow)/inflow

     (11,621      801        (10,820
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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5.

Operating segments

The Chief executive officer (CEO) of the Group is considered as the chief operating decision maker of the Group (CODM). In reviewing the operational performance of the Group and allocating resources, the CODM reviews selected items of each segment’s statement of comprehensive income.

In determining that the CODM was the CEO, the Group considered its responsibilities as well as the following factors:

 

 

The CEO determines compensation of other executive officers while the Group’s board of directors approves corporate key performance indicators (KPIs) and total bonus pool for those executive officers. In case of underperformance of corporate KPIs a right to make a final decision on bonus pool distribution is left with the Board of directors (BOD);

 

 

The CEO is actively involved in the operations of the Group and regularly chairs meetings on key projects of the Group; and

 

 

The CEO regularly reviews the financial and operational reports of the Group. These reports primarily include segment net revenue, segment profit before tax and segment net profit for the Group as well as certain operational data.

The financial data is presented on a combined basis for all key subsidiaries and associates representing the segment net revenue, segment profit before tax and segment net profit. The Group measures the performance of its operating segments by monitoring: segment net revenue, segment profit before tax and segment net profit. Segment net revenue is a measure of profitability defined as the segment revenues less segment direct costs. The Group does not monitor balances of assets and liabilities by segments as the CODM considers they have no impact on decision-making.

The Group has identified its operating segments based on the types of products and services the Group offers. The CODM reviews segment net revenue, segment profit before tax and segment net profit separately for each of the following reportable segments: Payment Services, Consumer Financial Services and Rocketbank:

 

 

Payment Services (PS), operating segment that generates revenue through operations of the payment processing system offered to the Group’s customers through a diverse range of channels and interfaces;

 

 

Consumer Financial Services (CFS), operating segment that generates revenue through financial services rendered to individuals, presented by SOVEST installment card project;

 

 

Rocketbank (RB), operating segment that generates revenue through offering digital banking service including debit cards and deposits to retail customers.

For the purpose of management reporting, expenses related to corporate back-office operations were not allocated to any operating segment and are presented separately to the CODM. Results of other operating segments and corporate expenses are included in Corporate and Other (CO) category for the purpose of segment reporting.

 

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Operating segments (continued)

 

Management reporting is different from IFRS, because it does not include certain IFRS adjustments, which are not analyzed by the CODM in assessing the operating performance of the business. The adjustments affect such major areas as share-based payments, offering expenses, the effect of disposal of subsidiaries and fair value adjustments, such as amortization and impairment, as well as non-recurring items that occur from time to time and are evaluated for adjustment as and when they occur. The tax effect of these adjustments is also excluded from management reporting.

The segments’ statement of comprehensive income for the six months ended June 30, 2021, as presented to the CODM are presented below:

 

     Six months ended June 30, 2021  
     PS      CO      Total  

Revenue

     18,692        1,355        20,047  

Cost of revenue

     (8,252      (585      (8,837
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Segment net revenue

     10,440        770        11,210  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Overheads

     (3,011      (1,372      (4,383

Credit loss expense

     (39      (118      (157

Depreciation, amortization and impairment

     (342      (61      (403

Share of gain of an associate and a joint venture

     —          306        306  

Other gains and losses

     (76      (66      (142
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Segment profit/(loss) before tax

     6,972        (541      6,431  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax

     (1,450      (216      (1,666
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Segment net profit/(loss)

     5 522        (757      4,765  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The segments’ statement of comprehensive income for the three months ended June 30, 2021, as presented to the CODM are presented below:

 

     Three months ended June 30, 2021  
     PS      CO      Total  

Revenue

     10,145        668        10,813  

Cost of revenue

     (4,467      (297      (4,764
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Segment net revenue

     5,678        371        6,049  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Overheads

     (1,500      (637      (2,137

Credit loss expense

     (47      (17      (64

Depreciation, amortization and impairment

     (170      (30      (200

Share of gain of an associate and a joint venture

     —          141        141  

Other gains and losses

     (88      (42      (130
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Segment profit/(loss) before tax

     3,873        (214      3,659  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax

     (831      (124      (955
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Segment net profit/(loss)

     3,042        (338      2,704  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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5.

Operating segments (continued)

 

The segments’ statement of comprehensive income for the six months ended June 30, 2020, as presented to the CODM are presented below:

 

     Six months ended June 30, 2020  
     PS     CFS     RB     CO     Total  

Revenue

     17,816       1,126       1,125       1,123       21,190  

Cost of revenue

     (7,098     (123     (593     (277     (8,091
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment net revenue

     10,718       1,003       532       846       13,099  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Overheads

     (2,596     (983     (1,136     (1,371     (6,086

Credit loss (expense)/recovery

     3       (792     6       (27     (810

Depreciation, amortization and impairment

     (314     (39     (83     (45     (481

Share of gain of an associate and a joint venture

     —         —         —         239       239  

Other gains and losses

     (286     (14     (36     (7     (343
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment profit/(loss) before tax

     7,525       (825     (717     (365     5,618  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income tax

     (1,231     169       101       (147     (1,108
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment net profit/(loss)

     6,294       (656     (616     (512     4,510  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The segments’ statement of comprehensive income for the three months ended June 30, 2020, as presented to the CODM are presented below:

 

     Three months ended June 30, 2020  
     PS     CFS     RB     CO     Total  

Revenue

     8,828       486       688       578       10,580  

Cost of revenue

     (3,431     (49     (179     (82     (3,741
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment net revenue

     5,397       437       509       496       6,839  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Overheads

     (1,250     (289     (381     (724     (2,644

Credit loss (expense)/recovery

     11       (290     3       (14     (290

Depreciation, amortization and impairment

     (158     (20     (43     (25     (246

Share of gain of an associate and a joint venture

     —         —         —         107       107  

Other gains and losses

     (199     (4     (2     (127     (332
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment profit/(loss) before tax

     3,801       (166     86       (287     3,434  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income tax

     (558     32       (42     (110     (678
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment net profit/(loss)

     3,243       (134     44       (397     2,756  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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5.

Operating segments (continued)

 

Segment net revenue, as presented to the CODM, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 is calculated by subtracting cost of revenue from revenue as presented in the table below:

 

     Three months
ended June 30,
2020
    Six months
ended June 30,
2020
    Three months
ended June 30,
2021
    Six months
ended June 30,
2021
 

Revenue from continuing operations under IFRS

     9,426       18,830       10,813       20,047  

Revenue from discontinuing operations under IFRS (Note 4)

     1,154       2,360       —         —    

Cost of revenue from continuing operations

     (3,501     (7,354     (4,764     (8,837

Cost of revenue from discontinuing operations (Note 4)

     (240     (737     —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total segments net revenue, as presented to CODM

     6,839       13,099       6,049       11,210  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

A reconciliation of segment profit before tax as presented to the CODM to IFRS consolidated profit before tax of the Group, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, is presented below:

 

     Three months
ended June 30,
2020
    Six months
ended June 30,
2020
    Three months
ended June 30,
2021
     Six months
ended June 30,
2021
 

Consolidated profit before tax from continuing operations under IFRS

     3,488       6,843       3,574        6,243  

Consolidated loss before tax from discontinuing operations under IFRS (Note 4)

     (900     (2,244     —          —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fair value adjustments recorded on business combinations and their amortization

     85       169       83        168  

Impairment of non-current assets

     114       134       —          12  

Share-based payments

     (11     48       2        8  

Offering expenses

     —         10       —          —    

Loss on forward contract to sell Sovest loans’ portfolio

     658       658       —          —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total segments profit before tax, as presented to CODM

     3,434       5,618       3,659        6,431  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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5.

Operating segments (continued)

 

A reconciliation of segment net profit as presented to the CODM to IFRS consolidated net profit of the Group, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, is presented below:

 

     Three months
ended June 30,
2020
    Six months
ended June 30,
2020
    Three months
ended June 30,
2021
    Six months
ended June 30,
2021
 

Consolidated net profit from continuing operations under IFRS

     2,810       5,499       2,633       4,587  

Consolidated net loss from discontinuing operations under IFRS (Note 4)

     (973     (2,063     —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair value adjustments recorded on business combinations and their amortization

     85       169       83       168  

Impairment of non-current assets

     114       134       —         12  

Share-based payments

     (11     48       2       8  

Offering expenses

     —         10       —         —    

Loss on forward contract to sell Sovest loans’ portfolio

     658       658       —         —    

Effect from taxation of the above items

     73       55       (14     (10
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total segments net profit, as presented to CODM

     2,756       4,510       2,704       4,765  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Geographic information

Revenues from external customers are presented below:

 

     Three months
ended June 30,
2020
     Six months
ended June 30,
2020
     Three months
ended June 30,
2021
     Six months
ended June 30,
2021
 

Russia

     8,140        16,286        9,918        18,247  

Other CIS

     365        762        473        938  

EU

     710        1,384        92        221  

Other

     1,365        2,758        330        641  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total revenue from continued and discontinued operations

     10,580        21,190        10,813        20,047  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Revenue is recognized according to merchants’ or consumers’ geographic place. The majority of the Group’s non-current assets are located in Russia.

The Group has only one external customer where revenue exceeded 10% of the Group’s total revenue and amounted to 21.4% for the six months ended June 30, 2021 (11.1% for the six months ended June 30, 2020), and 21.5% for the three months ended June 30, 2021 (has no such customers for the three months ended June 30, 2020). This revenue was generated within the PS segment.

 

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5.

Operating segments (continued)

 

Disaggregated revenue information

The types of Group’s revenue from contracts with customers is represented by those disclosed in tables below.

Disaggregation of revenues from contracts with customers under IFRS 15, including those from discontinued operations, for the six months ended June 30, 2021 are presented below:

 

     PS      CO      Total  

Payment processing fees

     16,777        —          16,777  

Cash and settlement service fees

     32        189        221  

Platform and marketing services related fees

     75        358        433  

Fees for guarantees issued

     10        265        275  

Other revenue

     141        3        144  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total revenue from contracts with customers

     17,035        815        17,850  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Disaggregation of revenues from contracts with customers, including those from discontinued operations, for the three months ended June 30, 2021 are presented below:

 

     PS      CO      Total  

Payment processing fees

     9,162        —          9,162  

Cash and settlement service fees

     13        95        108  

Platform and marketing services related fees

     40        176        216  

Fees for guarantees issued

     4        135        139  

Other revenue

     79        2        81  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total revenue from contracts with customers

     9,298        408        9,706  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Disaggregation of revenues from contracts with customers, including those from discontinued operations, for the six months ended June 30, 2020 are presented below:

 

     PS      CFS      RB      CO      Total  

Payment processing fees

     15,731        —          —          —          15,731  

Cash and settlement service fees

     24        —          797        259        1,080  

Installment cards related fees

     —          754        —          —          754  

Platform and marketing services related fees

     67        —          15        282        364  

Fees for guarantees issued

     12        —          —          156        168  

Other revenue

     63        —          91        20        174  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total revenue from contracts with customers

     15,897        754        903        717        18,271  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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5.

Operating segments (continued)

 

Disaggregation of revenues from contracts with customers, including those from discontinued operations, for the three months ended June 30, 2020 are presented below:

 

     PS      CFS      RB      CO      Total  

Payment processing fees

     7,796        –          –          –          7,796  

Cash and settlement service fees

     15        –          611        131        757  

Installment cards related fees

     –          305        –          –          305  

Platform and marketing services related fees

     32        –          –          159        191  

Fees for guarantees issued

     6        –          –          94        100  

Other revenue

     34        –          24        4        62  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total revenue from contracts with customers

     7,883        305        635        388        9,211  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

6. Long-term and short-term loans issued

As of June 30, 2021, long-term and short-term loans issued consisted of the following:

 

     Total as of
June 30, 2021
     Expected credit
loss allowance
     Net as of
June 30, 2021
 

Long-term loans

        

Loans to legal entities

     257        –          257  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total long-term loans

     257        –          257  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-term loans

        

Loans to legal entities

     5,660        (45      5,615  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total short-term loans

     5,660        (45      5,615  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2020, long-term and short-term loans consisted of the following:

 

     Total as of
December 31,
2020
     Expected credit
loss allowance
     Net as of
December 31,
2020
 

Long-term loans

        

Loans to legal entities

     214        –          214  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total long-term loans

     214        –          214  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-term loans

        

Loans to legal entities

     5,836        (37      5,799  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total short-term loans

     5,836        (37      5,799  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The amounts in the tables show the maximum exposure to credit risk regarding loans issued. The Group has no internal grading system of loans issued for credit risk rating grades analysis. The major part of loans issued are not collateralized.

 

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6.

Long-term and short-term loans issued (continued)

 

An analysis of the changes in the ECL allowances due to changes in corresponding gross carrying amounts for the six months ended June 30, 2021, was the following:

 

     Stage 1      Stage 2      Stage 3      Total  
     Collective      Collective  

ECL allowance as of January 1, 2021

     (5      (1      (31      (37
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Changes because of financial instruments (originated or acquired)/derecognized during the reporting period

     (4      –          (4      (8

Transfers between stages

     –          –          –          –    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

ECL allowance as of June 30, 2021

     (9      (1      (35      (45
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

An analysis of the changes in the ECL allowances due to changes in corresponding gross carrying amounts for the three months ended June 30, 2021, was the following:

 

     Stage 1      Stage 2      Stage 3      Total  
     Collective      Collective  

ECL allowance as of April 1, 2021

     (5      (1      (33      (39
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Changes because of financial instruments (originated or acquired)/derecognized during the reporting period

     (4      –          (2      (6

Transfers between stages

     –          –          –          –    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

ECL allowance as of June 30, 2021

     (9      (1      (35      (45
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

An analysis of the changes in the ECL allowances due to changes in corresponding gross carrying amounts for the six months ended June 30, 2020, was the following:

 

     Stage 1
Collective
     Stage 2
Collective
     Stage 3      Total  

ECL allowance as of January 1, 2020

     (229      (120      (494      (843
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Changes because of financial instruments (originated or acquired)/derecognized during the reporting period

     (123      (210      (488      (821

Transfers between stages

     140        (8      (132      –    

Reclassification to disposal group

     212        338        1,073        1,623  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

ECL allowance as of June 30, 2020

     –          –          (41      (41
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

An analysis of the changes in the ECL allowances due to changes in corresponding gross carrying amounts for the three months ended June 30, 2020, was the following:

 

     Stage 1
Collective
     Stage 2
Collective
     Stage 3      Total  

ECL allowance as of April 1, 2020

     (286      (391      (704      (1,381
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Changes because of financial instruments (originated or acquired)/derecognized during the reporting period

     65        44        (392      (283

Transfers between stages

     9        9        (18      –    

Reclassification to disposal group

     212        338        1,073        1,623  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

ECL allowance as of June 30, 2020

     –          –          (41      (41
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of June 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020, the Group had no overdue but not impaired loans.

 

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7.

Trade and other receivables

As of June 30, 2021, trade and other receivables consisted of the following:

 

           Total as of
June 30,
2021
     Expected credit loss
allowance/Provision
for impairment
             Net as of
June 30,
2021
 

Cash receivable from agents

     2,951        (187      2,764  

Deposits issued to merchants

     2,236        (16      2,220  

Commissions receivable

     158        (20      138  

Other receivables

     422        (199      223  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total financial assets

     5,767        (422      5,345  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Advances issued

     203        (1      202  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total trade and other receivables

     5,970        (423      5,547  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2020, trade and other receivables consisted of the following:

 

     Total as of
December 31,
2020
     Expected credit loss
allowance/Provision
for impairment
     Net as of
December 31,
2020
 

Cash receivable from agents

     2,358        (150      2,208  

Deposits issued to merchants

     4,639        (17      4,622  

Commissions receivable

     135        (19      116  

Other receivables

     343        (97      246  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total financial assets

     7,475        (283      7,192  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Advances issued

     254        (1      253  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total trade and other receivables

     7,729        (284      7,445  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The amounts in the tables show the maximum exposure to credit risk regarding Trade and other receivables. The Group has no internal grading system of Trade and other receivables for credit risk rating grades analysis. Receivables are non-interest bearing, except for agent receivables bearing, generally, interest rate of 20%-36% per annum and credit terms generally do not exceed 30 days. There is no requirement for collateral for customer to receive an overdraft.

 

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7.

Trade and other receivables (continued)

 

An analysis of changes in the ECL allowances due to changes in the corresponding gross carrying amounts for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2020, was the following:

 

     2020      2021  

ECL allowance as of January 1,

     (289      (284
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Changes because of financial instruments (originated or acquired)/ derecognized during the reporting period

     (18      (149

Amounts written off

     43        10  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

ECL allowance as of June 30,

     (264      (423
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

An analysis of the changes in the ECL allowances due to changes in the corresponding gross carrying amounts for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2020, was the following:

 

     2020      2021  

ECL allowance as of April 1,

     (269      (367
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Changes because of financial instruments (originated or acquired)/ derecognized during the reporting period

     (10      (58

Amounts written off

     15        2  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

ECL allowance as of June 30,

     (264      (423
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

8.

Cash and cash equivalents

As of June 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020, cash and cash equivalents consisted of the following:

 

     As of
December 31, 2020
     As of
June 30, 2021
 

Correspondent accounts with Central Bank of Russia (CBR)

     3,467        607  

Cash with banks and on hand

     9,089        3,261  

Short-term CBR deposits

     32,800        19,000  

Other short-term bank deposits

     2,028        12,987  

Less: Allowance for ECL

     (2      (2
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total cash and cash equivalents

     47,382        35,853  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The amounts in the table show the maximum exposure to credit risk regarding cash and cash equivalents. While the Group has no internal grading system of cash and cash equivalents for credit risk rating grades analysis all its cash is held in highly rated banks and financial institutions according to the external rating agencies. These banks have low credit risk and are approved by the Board of Directors of the Group on a regular basis.

The Group holds cash and cash equivalents in different currencies and therefor is exposed to foreign currency risk.

 

     As of
December 31, 2020
     As of
June 30, 2021
 

Russian ruble

     40,040        32,386  

Euro

     3,407        1,330  

US Dollar

     2,847        1,038  

Others

     1,088        1,099  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     47,382        35,853  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Since 2017 the Company has a bank guarantee and secured it by a cash deposit of U.S.$ 2.5 mln until July 31, 2021.

 

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9.

Other current assets and other current liabilities

9.1 Other current assets

As of June 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020, other current assets consisted of the following:

 

     As of
December 31, 2020
     As of
June 30, 2021
 

Reserves at CBR*

     736        520  

Total other financial assets

     736        520  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Prepaid expenses

     259        146  

Other

     207        209  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total other current assets

     1,202        875  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*

Banks are currently required to post mandatory reserves with the CBR to be held in non-interest bearing accounts. Starting from July 1, 2019, such mandatory reserves established by the CBR constitute 4.75% for liabilities in RUR and 8% for liabilities in foreign currency. The amount is excluded from cash and cash equivalents for the purposes of cash flow statement and does not have a repayment date.

The Group has no internal grading system of other current assets for credit risk rating grades analysis.

9.2 Other current liabilities

As of June 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020, other current liabilities consisted of the following:

 

     As of
December 31, 2020
     As of
June 30, 2021
 

Contract liability related to guarantees issued

     521        695  

Contract liability related to loyalty programs

     66        –    

Other

     60        50  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total other current liabilities

     647        745  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

10.

Trade and other payables

As of June 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020, the Group’s trade and other payables consisted of the following:

 

     As of
December 31, 2020
     As of
June 30, 2021
 

Payables to merchants

     12,801        5,442  

Money remittances and e-wallets accounts payable

     5,725        6,463  

Deposits received from agents

     8,357        3,301  

Commissions payable

     465        356  

Accrued personnel expenses and related taxes

     1,386        1,185  

Other payables

     794        650  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total trade and other payables

     29,528        17,397  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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11. Customer accounts and amounts due to banks

As of June 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020, customer accounts and amounts due to banks consisted of the following:

 

     As of
December 31, 2020
     As of
June 30, 2021
 

Individuals’ current/demand accounts

     1,539        112  

Legal entities’ current/demand accounts

     6,995        5,949  

Term deposits

     1,156        364  

Due to banks

     2,647        1,622  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total customer accounts and amounts due to banks

     12,337        8,047  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Including long-term deposits

     36        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Customer accounts and amounts due to banks bear interest of up to 2.65% (2020 – 4%).

12. Debt

As of June 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020, Group’s debt consisted of the following:

 

     Credit limit      Effective
interest rate
    Maturity      As of
December 31, 2020
     As of
June 30, 2021
 

Current interest-bearing debt

 

          

Bank’ revolving credit facility

     460        Up to 10     December 31, 2021        —          —    

Bank’ revolving credit facility

     500        Up to 15     April 20, 2026        —          —    
          

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current interest-bearing debt

 

          

Bank’ revolving credit facility

     1,000        8.5%       October 7, 2021        604        302  

Bank’ revolving credit facility

     1,000        8.5%       December 22, 2021        945        247  

Bonds issued

     5,000        9.3%       October 10, 2023        5,014        5,025  
          

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total debt

             6,563        5,574  
          

 

 

    

 

 

 

Including short-term portion

 

          1,640        638  
       

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Group is subject to different covenants regarding its bonds issued. As of June 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020, the Group was in compliance with all covenants stipulated by the public irrevocable offers.

Interest expense related to Group’s debt for the six months ended June 30, 2021 amounted to 257 (for the six months ended June 30, 2020 – 66). Bank’ revolving credit facilities in the amount of 2,000 are secured by a pledge of assets (see Note 20).

 

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13.

Investment in associates

The Group has a single associate: JSC Tochka.

QIWI Group assesses its share in the entity at 45% according to its share in dividends and potential capital gains. The Group’s interest in JSC Tochka was accounted for using the equity method until the reclassification to assets held for sale in June 2021 (Note 4).

The following table illustrates summarized financial information of the Group’s investment in JSC Tochka associate:

 

     As of
December 31, 2020
 

Associates’ statement of financial position:

  

Non-current assets

     1,437  

Current assets

     3,729  

including cash and cash equivalents

     2,631  

Non-current financial liabilities

     (263

Current liabilities

     (1,270

including financial liabilities

     (959
  

 

 

 

Net assets

     3,633  
  

 

 

 

Carrying amount of investment in associates (45%) of net assets

     1,635  
  

 

 

 

Associate’s revenue and net income for the three and six months ended June 30 was as follows:

 

     Three months
ended June 30,
2020
     Six months
ended June 30,
2020
     Three months
ended June 30,
2021*
     Six months
ended June 30,
2021*
 

Revenue

     1,625        3,380        2,135        4,296  

Cost of revenue

     (77      (162      (138      (333

Other income and expenses, net

     (1,311      (2,687      (1,677      (3,264

including personnel expenses

     (621      (1,370      (1,019      (1,853

including depreciation and amortization

     (73      (137      (84      (168
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net profit/(loss)

     237        531        320        699  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Group’s share (45%) of total net profit

     107        239        143        314  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

* up to the date of reclassification to assets held for sale

 

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14.

Leases

The Group has commercial lease agreements of office buildings. The leases have an average life up to nine years. The contracts for a term of less than a year fall under the recognition exemption for being short-term leases. Total lease expense for the six months ended June 30, 2021 recognized under such contracts is 20 (six months 2020 – 32). Future minimum lease rentals under non-cancellable lease commitments for office premises for a term less than one year as of June 30, 2021 are 8 (December 31, 2020 – 21).

For long-term contracts, right-of-use assets and lease liabilities were recognized. Right-of-use assets are included into property and equipment. The change in the balances of Right-of-use assets and Lease liabilities for the six months ended June 30, 2021 was as follows:

 

     Right-of-use assets
Office buildings
     Lease
liabilities
 

As of January 1, 2021

     1,087        1,116  

Additions

     25        25  

Derecognition

     (18      (18

Depreciation

     (144      —    

Interest expense

     —          44  

Payments

     —          (73
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of June 30, 2021

     950        1,094  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Including short-term portion

        357  

The change in the balances of Right-of-use assets and Lease liabilities for the six months ended June 30, 2020 was as follows:

 

     Right-of-use assets
Office buildings
     Lease
liabilities
 

As of January 1, 2020

     1,351        1,357  

Additions

     205        205  

Derecognition

     (28      (28

Depreciation

     (166      —    

Interest expense

     —          63  

Payments

     —          (107
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of June 30, 2020

     1,362        1,490  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Including short-term portion

        385  

For the amount of rent expense recognized from short-term leases and variable lease payments for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2020 see note 17.

 

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15.

Revenue

Other revenue for three and six months ended June 30 was as follows:

 

     Three months
ended June 30,
2020
     Six months
ended June 30,
2020
     Three months
ended June 30,
2021
     Six months
ended June 30,
2021
 

Cash and settlement service fees

     146        283        108        221  

Platform and marketing services related fees

     191        349        216        433  

Fees for guarantees issued

     100        168        139        275  

Other revenue

     37        97        81        144  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Other revenue

     474        897        544        1,073  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the purposes of consolidated condensed statement of cash flow, “Interest income, net” includes both continued and discontinued operations and consists of the following:

 

     Six months ended  
     June 30, 2020      June 30, 2021  

Interest revenue calculated using the effective interest rate

     (1,211      (1,343

Interest expense classified as part of cost of revenue

     89        247  

Interest income and expenses from non-banking loans, net, classified separately in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income

     44        27  

Interest income and expenses related to discontinued operations

     (517      –    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Interest income, net, for the purposes of consolidated cash flow statement

     (1,595      (1,069
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

16.

Cost of revenue

 

     Three months
ended June 30,
2020
     Six months
ended June 30,
2020
     Three months
ended June 30,
2021
     Six months
ended June 30,
2021
 

Transaction costs

     3,188        6,528        4,229        7,776  

Interest expense

     42        89        133        247  

Other expenses

     271        737        402        814  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total cost of revenue

     3,501        7,354        4,764        8,837  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

     Three months
ended June 30,
2020
     Six months
ended June 30,
2020
     Three months
ended June 30,
2021
     Six months
ended June 30,
2021
 

Advertising, client acquisition and related expenses

     30        135        65        120  

Tax expenses, except of income and payroll relates taxes

     49        129        78        150  

Advisory and audit services

     137        286        146        284  

Rent of premises

     24        49        26        54  

Expenses related to Tochka platform services

     75        186        82        135  

IT related services

     75        145        99        185  

Offering expenses

     –          10        –          –    

Other expenses

     120        264        116        233  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total selling, general and administrative expenses

     510        1,204        612        1,161  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

18.

Dividends paid and proposed

Dividends paid and proposed by the Group are presented below:

 

     Six months ended  
     June 30, 2020      June 30, 2021  

Proposed, declared and approved during the period:

Six months ended June 30, 2021: Final dividend for 2020: U.S.$ 19,347,534 or U.S.$ 0.31 per share, Interim dividend for 1Q 2021: U.S.$ 13,734,622 or U.S.$ 0.22 per share

        2,433  

(Six months ended June 30, 2020: Final dividend for 2019: U.S.$ 13,667,632 or U.S.$ 0.22 per share, Interim dividend for Q1 2020: U.S.$ 8,699,680 or U.S.$ 0.14 per share)

     1,655     

Paid during the period:

Six months ended June 30, 2021: Final dividend for 2020: U.S.$ 19,347,534 or U.S.$ 0.31 per share, Interim dividend for 1Q 2021: U.S.$ 13,734,622 or U.S.$ 0.22 per share

        2,446  

(Six months ended June 30, 2020: Final dividend for 2019: U.S.$ 13,667,632 or U.S.$ 0.22 per share, Interim dividend for Q1 2020: U.S.$ 8,699,680 or U.S.$ 0.14 per share)

     1,630     

Proposed for approval

(not recognized as a liability as of June 30):

Three months ended June 30, 2021: Interim dividend for 2021: U.S.$ 18,730,240 or U.S.$ 0.30 per share

        1,385  

(Three months ended June 30, 2020: Interim dividend for 2020: U.S.$ 20,517,015 or U.S.$ 0.33 per share)

     1,503     

Dividends payable as of June 30:

     —          —    

 

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19.

Income tax

The Company is incorporated in Cyprus under the Cyprus Companies Law, but the business activity of the Group and joint ventures is subject to taxation in multiple jurisdictions, the most significant of which include:

Cyprus

The Company is subject to 12.5% corporate income tax applied to its worldwide income.

The Company is exempt from the special contribution to the Defence Fund on dividends received from abroad.

In 2020 the Company obtained a written confirmation from the Cyprus tax authorities in the form of a tax ruling in which the Cyprus tax authorities accept in writing not to impose any deemed dividend distribution liability since the Company is a public entity and it is impossible to identify the final minor shareholders.

The Russian Federation

The Company’s subsidiaries incorporated in the Russian Federation are subject to corporate income tax at the standard rate of 15% applied to income received from Russia government bonds and 20% applied to their taxable income.

The new Protocol of September 8, 2020 effective from January 1, 2021 established withholding tax rates as 15% in respect of interest and dividend income paid to Cyprus (though it provides for a number of exceptions where the lower rates of 5% or 0% are envisaged). The Company believes that it fulfills the conditions for application of the reduced 5% tax rate under the amended Russia-Cyprus Double Tax Treaty in respect of dividend income.

Republic of Kazakhstan

The Company’s subsidiary incorporated in Kazakhstan is subject to corporate income tax at the standard rate of 20% applied to their taxable income.

The major components of income tax expense in the interim condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income are:

 

     Three months
ended June 30,
2020
     Six months
ended June 30,
2020
     Three months
ended June 30,
2021
     Six months
ended June 30,
2021
 

Current income tax expense

     (536      (997      (789      (1,424

Deferred tax expense

     (215      (166      (152      (232
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total income tax expense for the period

     (751      (1,163      (941      (1,656
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Including:

           

Continuing operations

     (678      (1,344      (941      (1,656

Discontinued operations

     (73      181        —          —    

The Group calculates the period income tax expense using the tax rate that would be applicable to the expected total annual earnings of its subsidiaries.

 

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20.

Commitments, contingencies and operating risks

Operating environment

Russia’s economy has been facing significant challenges for the past few years due to the combined effect of the ongoing crisis in Eastern Ukraine, the deterioration of Russia’s relationships with many Western countries, the economic and financial sanctions imposed in connection with these events on certain Russian companies and individuals, as well as against entire sectors of the Russian economy, by the US, the EU, Canada and other countries, a record weakening of the Russian ruble against the U.S. dollar, a lack of access to financing for Russian issuers, capital flight and a general climate of political and economic uncertainty, among other factors. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and related lockdown measures have also contributed to the deterioration of the Russian economy. Consumer spending had generally remained cautious even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, which upended the modest recovery that the Russian economy had experienced in the few preceding years. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated responses from various countries around the world, which began in early 2020 and continue to unfold to date, have negatively affected consumer demand across the globe and across industries. As a result, the Russian ruble has significantly and abruptly depreciated against the U.S. dollar and the Euro. This volatile exchange rate environment continues to prevail even though the oil prices have rebounded. The full scope of the negative impact that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures adopted in response thereto may have on the Russian economy remains unclear but is likely to be very significant. A prolonged economic slowdown in Russia could have a significant negative effect on consumer spending in Russia and, accordingly, on the Group’s business. The negative impact of the pandemic was mitigated by accelerating inflation, an overall increase in digitalization of payments and emerging opportunities around the growing gig-economy, which are supportive trends for payment and financial service providers like QIWI. The Group was able to grow payment volumes and improve margins by adapting to the rapidly changing environment and customer behaviour. Significant growth within the B2B and B2B2C streamlines was noted as the Group continuously enhance its customer value proposition. These transactions mostly represent use-cases connected to peer-to-peer transactions, light banking, collection of proceeds services the Group provides to self-employed customers, etc. Management believes that significant growth in revenue from peer-to-peer transaction may not be representative of revenue from such transactions in future periods. Any changes in the regulatory regime or in the interpretation of current regulations that affect the continuation of one or more types of transactions currently facilitated by the Group’s system may materially adversely affect its results of operations.

A substantial portion of the Russian population continues to rely on cash payments, rather than credit and debit card payments or electronic banking. The Group’s business has developed as a network of kiosks and terminals that allow consumers to use physical currency for online payments. While the Group has since largely outgrown that model, the network of kiosks and terminals remains a significant part of the Group’s infrastructure and serves as a reload and client acquisition channel for Qiwi Wallet. Over time, the prevalence of cash payments is declining as a greater percentage of the population in emerging markets adopts credit and debit card payments and electronic banking, and the number of kiosks and terminals in the QIWI network is decreasing as the market shifts towards a higher share of digital payments. Since the first quarter of 2020, the Group’s physical distribution network was and, to a certain extent, continues to be negatively affected by the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, corresponding lockdown measures, and other restrictions that limited users’ access to certain retail locations, as well as reducing the overall activity of the population. Other factors could also contribute to a decline in the use of kiosks and terminals, including regulatory changes, increases in consumer fees imposed by the agents and the development of alternative payment channels. All of these factors could have a material adverse effect on the Group’s business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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Regulatory environment

QIWI’s business is impacted by laws and regulations that affect its industry. The number of such regulations has increased significantly in recent years. The Group is subject to a variety of regulations, including those aimed at preventing money laundering and the financing of criminal activity and terrorism, financial services regulations, payment services regulations, consumer protection laws, currency control regulations, advertising laws, betting laws and privacy and data protection laws. As a result, the Group experiences periodic investigations by various regulatory authorities in connection with such laws and regulations, which may sometimes result in the imposition of monetary or other sanctions. Any changes in the regulatory regime or in the interpretation of current regulations that affect the continuation of one or more types of transactions currently facilitated by the Group’s system may materially adversely affect its results of operations.

In recent years the CBR has considerably increased the intensity of its supervision and regulation of the Russian banking sector. Qiwi Bank has been the subject of CBR investigations in the past that have uncovered various violations and deficiencies in relation to, among other things, reporting requirements, anti-money laundering, cybersecurity, compliance with applicable electronic payments thresholds requirements and other issues which management believes QIWI has generally rectified. In the second half of 2020, the CBR, acting in its supervisory capacity, performed another routine scheduled audit of Qiwi Bank. In the course of this audit the CBR identified certain violations and deficiencies with respect to compliance with applicable banking legislation and regulations and reporting requirements to the CBR. The monetary fine imposed on Qiwi Bank as a result of these findings was RUB 11 million. In addition, the CBR introduced certain restrictions with respect to Qiwi Bank’s operations, including, effective for a six-month period starting December 7, 2020, the suspension of, or limitation on, most types of payments to foreign merchants and money transfers to pre-paid cards from corporate accounts. During the first half of 2021, management has been working closely with the CBR to remediate the identified deficiencies and violations and to eliminate or limit the restrictions that have been imposed. As of the date of this report, the restrictions imposed by the CBR in December 2020 have expired. The recovery of the payment volumes and revenues lost in the wake of restrictions is highly dependent on changed customer behaviour and cannot be accurately estimated as well as may never be restored.

There can be no assurance that new laws and regulations adverse to the Group’s business will not come into force, that new sanctions will not be imposed on QIWI as a result of such or any past or future findings, that the Group will not come under greater CBR scrutiny in connection with any perceived deficiencies in its conduct, that any currently planned or future inspections will not result in discovery of any significant or minor additional violations of various banking regulations, or what sanctions the CBR may impose on QIWI in connection with such deficiencies or violations. Any such events could have a material adverse effect on the Group’s business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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Commitments, contingencies and operating risks (continued)

Regulatory environment (continued)

As part of its business operations, the Group provides payment processing services to a number of merchants in the betting industry. Processing payments to such merchants represents a significant portion of the Group’s revenue. Processing such payments generally carries higher margins than processing payments to merchants in most other categories. Moreover, the repayment of winnings by such merchants to customers also serves as an important and economically beneficial Qiwi Wallet reload channel and a new customer acquisition tool. The Group’s operating results will continue to depend on merchants in the betting industry and their use of the Group’s services for the foreseeable future. The betting industry is subject to extensive and actively developing regulation in Russia, as well as increasing government scrutiny. In 2016 Qiwi Bank established a TSUPIS together with one of the self-regulated associations of bookmakers in order to be able to accept such payments, and the Group thereby became one of the two payment services providers that are able to accept electronic bets on behalf of sports betting companies in Russia.

In December 2020, a new law was adopted, abolishing the mandatory participation of bookmakers in self-regulated organizations, establishing a Unified Gambling Regulator as a new governmental agency with broad authority to oversee the betting market, and creating the role of a single Unified Interactive Bets Accounting Centre. This role is required to be assigned to a credit institution specifically authorized by the President of Russia based on a proposal made by the Government. By the end of September 2021, such newly-appointed Unified Interactive Bets Accounting Centre will replace the existing TSUPIS. These developments are expected to negatively affect the payment volume, revenue and margins of QIWI Payment Services business due to discontinuation of operations of the TSUPIS established by Qiwi Bank. The Group will continue to generate volumes and income from betting in the form of winnings payouts to QIWI Wallets as those are not currently restricted by the new law. However, due to the rapidly changing legislation and operating environment in the betting industry, there is no guarantee that these operations will be sustainable.

For more detailed disclosure on the operating and regulatory environment and other key risks please refer to the most recent annual report on Form 20-F and Financial Statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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Taxation in Cyprus

As of today, there are no specific transfer pricing rules or any transfer pricing documentation requirements in the Cyprus tax laws with respect to any other related party transactions. However, Cyprus is in the late stages of adopting transfer pricing rules, covering all types of inter-company transactions and require the preparation of a Local and Master File as well as Summary Information Table in line with the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines (subject to the relevant thresholds). The Cyprus draft transfer pricing legislation is expected to be enacted within the coming months.

DAC6 was implemented in Cyprus on June 25, 2018 as part of the Administrative Cooperation in the Field of Taxation (Amendment) Law 2019 (AC19 Law). The Cypriot Tax Department launched a public consultation on the AC19 Law on October 22, 2019. The Directive requires intermediaries (including EU-based tax consultants, banks and lawyers) and in some situations, taxpayers, to report certain cross-border arrangements (reportable arrangements) to the relevant EU member state tax authority. Cross-border arrangements will be reportable if they contain certain features (known as hallmarks). The hallmarks cover a broad range of structures and transactions. Determining if there is a reportable cross-border arrangement raises complex technical and procedural issues for taxpayers and intermediaries. The Company would review its policies and strategies for logging and reporting tax arrangements to ensure its compliance with the abovesaid obligations.

Taxation in the Russian Federation

Russian and the CIS’s tax, currency and customs legislation is subject to varying interpretations, and changes, which can occur frequently. For instance, introduction of the concept of beneficial ownership may result in the inability of the foreign companies within the Group to claim benefits under a double tax treaty through structures which historically have benefited from double tax treaty protection in Russia. Recent court cases demonstrate that the Russian tax authorities actively challenge application of double tax treaty benefits retroactively (i.e. prior to concept of beneficial ownership was introduced in the Russian Tax Code) on the grounds that double tax treaties already include beneficial ownership requirement to allow application of reduced tax rates or exemptions. In these cases, the Russian tax authorities obtained relevant information by means of information exchange with the foreign tax authorities.

Withholding tax at the rate of 15% is applied to any dividends paid by the entities incorporated in Russia to the entities incorporated outside of Russia. The Group commonly seeks to claim treaty protection, as such withholding tax rate (hereinafter “WHT)” may be reduced to 5% under the available Double Tax Treaty (including Cyprus) if certain conditions stipulated thereto are met.

The new Protocol of September 8, 2020 came into effect from January 2021 increasing WHT rates in respect of interest and dividend income to 15% (though it provides for a number of exceptions where the lower rates of 5% or 0% are envisaged). The reduced 5% tax rate in respect of dividend and interest income is envisaged for certain categories of income recipients, including public companies whose shares are listed on a registered stock exchange provided that at least 15% of the voting shares of that company are in free float and which holds directly at least 15% of the capital of the company paying the dividends throughout a 365-day period that includes the day of payment of the dividends.

 

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Commitments, contingencies and operating risks (continued)

Taxation in the Russian Federation (continued)

The Company believes that it fulfils the conditions for application of the reduced 5% tax rate under the amended Russia-Cyprus Double Tax Treaty in respect of dividend income. However, there is no assurance that the Russian Ministry of Finance will not revise its position in the future or that the Russian tax authorities will not challenge the Company’s position in this respect. It is rather unlikely that the reduced WHT rate under the Russia-Cyprus Double Tax Treaty may be applied to interest income, thus 15% WHT rate will be applied to interest income. Starting from January 1, 2017, the Russian Tax Code requires the tax agent to obtain confirmation from the non-resident holder-legal entity that it is the beneficial owner of the relevant income. Russian tax law provides neither the form of such confirmation nor the precise list of documents which can demonstrate the beneficial owner status of the recipient with respect to the received income. Due to the introduction of these changes, there can be no assurance that treaty relief at source will be available in practice. According to the recent clarifications of the Russian tax authorities, a foreign company may not benefit from a double tax treaty if its activity does not have a real business purpose, if such company does not bear any risks that are normal for business activity, such company does not benefit from the use of such income and its employees actually do not control/ manage such company. If activities of the company are limited to investments and/or financing of a group of companies, it cannot be considered as an independent business activity and it is not enough to confirm the beneficial owner status of the recipient of income. As a result, there is a risk that application of the concept of beneficial ownership may result in the inability of the foreign companies within the Group to claim benefits under a double taxation treaty through structures which historically have benefited from double taxation treaty protection in Russia.

Company intends to use simplified approach for confirmation of the beneficial ownership status that has recently been adopted for public companies with shares and (or) depository receipts comprising more that 25% of their share capital admitted to trade on a qualifying stock exchange if the respective confirmation letter on its beneficial ownership status and documents confirming publicly traded company status are in place. Since this simplified approach is relatively new and untested there is no assurance that the Russian tax authorities will not challenge the Company’s beneficial ownership status.

On November 27, 2017 the Federal Law No. 340-FZ introducing country-by-country reporting (“CbCR”) requirements was published. In accordance with the CbCR requirements, if the Group reaches the reporting threshold in Russia (over RUB 50 billion), or alternatively in any other jurisdiction of presence (e.g. in Cyprus, where the Decree issued by the Cyprus Minister of Finance on December 30, 2016 introduced a mandatory CbCR for multinational enterprise groups generating consolidated annual turnover exceeding EUR 750 million) the Group may be liable to submit relevant CbCR.

In addition, on November 24, 2016, the OECD published the multilateral instrument (“MLI”) which introduces new provisions to existing double tax treaties limiting the use of tax benefits provided thereof, e.g. by means of introduction of the “business purpose” test. To date the MLI has been ratified by Russia with respect to more than 71 double tax treaties signed by Russia with potential effective date of January 1, 2021. Starting from 2021, MLI came into effect in respect of withholding taxes covered by tax treaties concluded by the Russian Federation with 34 countries (including tax treaty with Cyprus). Application of MLI could potentially limit tax benefits granted by double tax treaties of Russian Federation and Cyprus.

 

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Commitments, contingencies and operating risks (continued)

Taxation in the Russian Federation (continued)

The existing Russian transfer pricing rules became effective from January 1, 2012. Under these rules the Russian tax authorities are allowed to make transfer-pricing adjustments and impose additional tax liabilities in respect of certain types of transactions. It is therefore possible that the Group entities established in Russia may become subject to transfer pricing tax audits by tax authorities in the foreseeable future.

There can be no assurance that the Russian Tax Code will not be changed in the future in a manner adverse to the stability and predictability of the Russian tax system. These factors, together with the potential for state budget deficits, raise the risk of the imposition of additional taxes on the Group. The introduction of new taxes or amendments to current taxation rules may have a substantial impact on the overall amount of the Group’s tax liabilities. There is no assurance that it would not be required to make substantially larger tax payments in the future, which may adversely affect the Group’s business, financial condition and results of operations.

On July 19, 2017, new anti-avoidance provisions were introduced into the Russian Tax Code and the Article 54.1 of the Russian Tax Code was adopted, which replaced the previously existing concept of “unjustified tax benefit”. These anti-avoidance provisions establish two specific criteria that should be met simultaneously to entitle a taxpayer to reduce the tax base or the amount of tax: (i) the main purpose of the transaction (operation) is not a non-payment (incomplete payment) and (or) offset (refund) of the amount of tax; and (ii) the obligation under the transaction (operation) is executed by a person who is a party to a contract entered into with the taxpayer and / or a person to whom the obligation to execute a transaction (operation) was transferred under a contract or law. The Russian Tax Code specifically indicates that signing of primary documents by an unidentified or unauthorized person, violation by the counterparty of tax legislation, the possibility to obtain the same result by a taxpayer by entering into other transactions not prohibited by law cannot be considered in itself as a basis for recognizing the reduction of the tax base or the amount of tax unlawful. However, application of these criteria is still under consideration of the tax authorities, therefore, no assurance can be given that positions of taxpayers will not be challenged by the Russian tax authorities

The Russian Ministry of Finance issued clarifications that the concepts expressed in Resolution No. 53 and evolved in the relevant court practice should not be applied by the enactment of new anti-avoidance rules. However, it cannot be excluded that this new concept could be applied by the tax authorities in a broader sense. There were some recent publications in mass media with reference to the Head of Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation stating that more than 85% of tax disputes based on Article 54.1 of the Russian Tax Code are ruled out in favour of the tax authorities. In view of this trend and taking into the account the uncertainties with application of anti-avoidance concept, this could possibly expose the Group to significant fines, penalties and    enforcement measures, despite the best efforts at compliance, and could result in a greater than expected tax burden.

For more detailed disclosure on taxation please refer to the most recent annual report on Form 20-F and Financial Statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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Risk assessment

The Group’s management believes that its interpretation of the relevant legislation is appropriate and is in accordance with the current industry practice and that the Group’s currency, customs, tax and other regulatory positions will be sustained. However, it is possible that a taxation authority will accept an uncertain tax treatment and the maximum effect of additional losses, if the authorities were successful in enforcing their different interpretations, could be significant, and amount up to RUB 2.6 billion rubles that was assessed by the Group as of June 30, 2021 (RUB 2.4 billion rubles as of December 31, 2020).

Insurance policies

The Group holds no insurance policies in relation to its assets, operations, or in respect of public liability or other insurable risks. There are no significant physical assets to insure. Management has considered the possibility of insurance of business interruption in Russia, but the cost of it outweighs the benefits in management’s view.

Legal proceedings

In the ordinary course of business, the Group is subject to legal actions and complaints. Management believes that the ultimate liability, if any, arising from such actions or complaints will not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or the results of future operations of the Group.

Following the disclosure of the restrictions imposed by the CBR on us in December 2020 QIWI plc and certain of its current and former executive officers have been named as defendants in the putative class action filed in the United States. These lawsuits allege that the defendants made certain false or misleading statements that were supposedly revealed when the CBR audit results and restrictions were disclosed in December 2020, which the plaintiffs perceive as a violation of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act, and seek damages and other relief based upon such allegations. Management believes that these lawsuits are without merit and intend to defend against them vigorously, and expects to incur certain costs associated with defending against these actions. At this early stage of the litigations, the ultimate outcomes are uncertain and management cannot reasonably predict the timing or outcomes, or estimate the amount of loss, if any, or their effect, if any, on the Group’s financial statements. Any negative outcome could result in payments of substantial monetary damages and accordingly Group’s business could be seriously harmed.

Pledge of assets

As of June 30, 2021, the Group pledged debt securities (government bonds) with the carrying amount of 1,756 (December 31, 2020 – 4,339) as collateral for bank guarantees issued on Group’s behalf to its major partners and for credit facilities received.

Guarantees issued

The Group issues financial and performance guarantees to non-related parties for the term up to five years at market rate. The amount of guarantees issued as of June 30, 2021 is 25,930 (as of December 31, 2020 – 22,036).

 

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21.

Balances and transactions with related parties

The following table provides the total amount of transactions that have been entered into with related parties during the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, as well as balances with related parties as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:

 

     For the six months ended
June 30, 2021
        As of June 30, 2021      
     Sales to/
income from
related parties
     Purchases/
expenses

from related
parties
    Amounts
owed by
related
parties
     Amounts
owed to
related
parties
 

Associates

     3        (133     170        (33

Key management personnel

     —          (174     —          (89

Other related parties

     5        (9     5        (3
     For the six months ended
June 30, 2020
    As of December 31, 2020  
     Sales to/
income from
related parties
     Purchases/
expenses

from related
parties
    Amounts
owed by
related
parties
     Amounts
owed to
related
parties
 

Associates

     1        (256     170        (116

Key management personnel

     —          (194     —          (142

Other related parties

     1        (8     8        (9

Benefits of key management and Board of Directors generally comprise of short-term benefits amounted to 174 during the six months ended June 30, 2021 (199—during the six months ended June 30, 2020) and share-based payments amounted to nil during the six months ended June 30, 2021 (5 loss—during the six months ended June 30, 2020).

 

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Financial instruments

The Group’s principal financial instruments consisted of loans receivable, trade and other receivables, customer accounts and amounts due to banks, trade and other payables, cash and cash equivalents, long and short-term debt instruments and reserves at CBR. The Group has various financial assets and liabilities which arise directly from its operations. During the reporting period, the Group did not undertake trading in financial instruments.

The fair value of the Group’s financial instruments as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 is presented by type of the financial instrument in the table below:

 

            As of December 31, 2020      As of June 30, 2021  
            Carrying
amount
     Fair
value
     Carrying
amount
     Fair
value
 

Financial assets

              

Debt securities and deposits

     AC        6,383        6,476        5,355        5,320  

Long-term loans

     AC        196        196        228        228  

Long-term loans

     FVPL        18        18        29        29  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total financial assets

        6,597        6,690        5,612        5,577  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Financial liabilities

              

Bonds issued

     AC        5,014        5,134        5,025        5,070  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Financial instruments used by the Group are included in one of the following categories:

 

   

AC – accounted at amortized cost;

 

   

FVPL – accounted at fair value through profit or loss.

Carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, short-term loans issued, short-term deposits placed, debt, accounts receivable and payable, reserves at CBR, lease liabilities, customer accounts and amounts due to banks approximate their fair values largely due to short-term maturities of these instruments.

Debt instruments of the Group mostly consist of RUB nominated government and high-quality corporate bonds with interest rate 7.0%—7.6% and maturity up to January 2023. Some of debt securities are pledged (Note 20).

Long-term loans generally represent RUB nominated loans to Russian legal entities and have a maturity up to six years. For the purpose of fair value measurement of these loans the Group uses comparable marketable interest rate which is in range of 7-35%.

 

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Financial instruments (continued)

 

The following table provides the fair value measurement hierarchy of the Group’s financial instruments to be accounted or disclosed at fair value:

 

                   Fair value measurement using  
                   Quoted prices
in active
markets
     Significant
observable
inputs
     Significant
unobservable
inputs
 
     Date of valuation      Total      (Level 1)      (Level 2)      (Level 3)  

Assets accounted at fair value through profit or loss

              

Long-term loans

     June 30, 2021        29        –          –          29  

Assets for which fair values are disclosed

              

Debt securities and deposits

     June 30, 2021        5,320        5,320        –          –    

Long-term loans

     June 30, 2021        228        –          –          228  

Liabilities for which fair values are disclosed

              

Bonds issued

     June 30, 2021        5,070        5,070        –          –    

Assets accounted at fair value through profit or loss

              

Long-term loans

     December 31, 2020        18        –          –          18  

Assets for which fair values are disclosed

              

Debt instruments and deposits

     December 31, 2020        6,476        6,476        –          –    

Long-term loans

     December 31, 2020        196        –          –          196  

Liabilities for which fair values are disclosed

              

Bonds issued

     December 31, 2020        5,134        5,134        –          –    

There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and no transfers into or out of Level 3 fair value measurements during the six months ended June 30, 2021.

The Group uses the following IFRS hierarchy for determining and disclosing the fair value of financial instruments by valuation technique:

 

   

Level 1: Quoted (unadjusted) prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

   

Level 2: Other techniques for which all inputs that have a significant effect on the recorded fair value are observable, either directly or indirectly;

 

   

Level 3: Techniques that use inputs that have a significant effect on the recorded fair value that are not based on observable market data.

With regard to the level 3 assessment of fair value, management believes that no reasonably possible change in any of the unobservable inputs would be sensitive for financial assets accounted at fair value.

 

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22.

Financial instruments (continued)

Valuation methods and assumptions

The fair value of the financial assets and liabilities are evaluated at the amount the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a forced or liquidation sale.

Long-term fixed-rate loans issued are evaluated by the Group based on parameters such as interest rates, terms of maturity, specific country and industry risk factors and individual creditworthiness of the customer.

 

23.

Events after the reporting date

Tochka sale

In July 2021, the Group has entered into an agreement with Otkritie Bank to sell all its stake in the capital of JSC Tochka. Closing is expected to take place in third quarter of 2021. The final deal price adjustment will be performed on the basis of Tochka’s audited results for the year 2021, once available, and is expected to be settled in second quarter of 2022.

Dividends distribution

On August 12, 2021 the Board of Directors of the Company approved dividends of U.S.$ 18,730,240 (equivalent of 1,385).

 

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