Conferencia de resultados del T2 de 2026 de Paysafe (PSFE): los ingresos aumentan un 4%, foco en el desapalancamiento
Los ingresos del Q2 de 2026 de Paysafe aumentaron un 4% interanual hasta los 447,4 millones de dólares, mientras que el EBITDA ajustado disminuyó un 2% hasta los 102,8 millones de dólares debido a mayores inversiones en marketing y tecnología. El apalancamiento neto se situó en 5,3x, y la dirección prevé reducirlo al cierre del ejercicio hasta el rango de 5,1x–5,2x, reafirmando sus previsiones anuales de ingresos y EBITDA ajustado. La empresa completó la refinanciación de su deuda y resolvió un litigio heredado, factores clave para impulsar el crecimiento sostenible y la reducción de apalancamiento a medio plazo.
Conclusiones clave
- Los ingresos del Q2 de 2026 aumentaron un 4% interanual, tanto en términos publicados como orgánicos, hasta los 447,4 millones de dólares. Los ingresos del primer semestre subieron un 7% en términos publicados y un 6% en términos orgánicos.
- El EBITDA ajustado disminuyó un 2% hasta los 102,8 millones de dólares, mientras que el margen se contrajo 150 puntos básicos hasta el 23,0%, lo que incluye 7 millones de dólares en inversiones adicionales de marketing y TI.
- Los ingresos de Merchant Solutions crecieron un 6% hasta los 246,1 millones de dólares y el EBITDA ajustado aumentó un 28%, impulsados por el iGaming en Norteamérica, la concesión de licencias de datos y una liberación de provisiones de aproximadamente 6 millones de dólares.
- Los ingresos de Digital Wallets aumentaron un 3% hasta los 206,6 millones de dólares, pero el EBITDA ajustado cayó un 9% debido al mayor gasto en marketing, un ajuste en las provisiones por IVA de aproximadamente 4 millones de dólares y la mezcla de productos.
- Paysafe cerró el Q2 con 2.500 millones de dólares en deuda y un apalancamiento neto de 5,3x. La dirección prevé un apalancamiento neto al cierre del ejercicio del 5,1x–5,2% y mantiene su objetivo a medio plazo de 3,5x.
- La empresa reafirmó sus previsiones de ingresos y EBITDA ajustado para el ejercicio fiscal 2026. La dirección prevé que el Q4 sea el trimestre más sólido, respaldado por la aceleración de clientes, lanzamientos de productos, la actividad deportiva de temporada y las inversiones previas en marketing para el consumidor.
Datos financieros clave
| Métrica | Q2 de 2026 | Variación interanual | Contexto clave |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingresos | 447,4 millones de dólares | +4% | El crecimiento fue del 4% en términos orgánicos |
| EBITDA ajustado | 102,8 millones de dólares | -2% | Incluyó 7 millones de dólares de inversión incremental en marketing y TI |
| Margen EBITDA ajustado | 23,0% | -150 pb | Frente al 24,5% del mismo periodo del año anterior |
| Beneficio neto ajustado | 23,1 millones de dólares | — | El menor EBITDA y otros ingresos pesaron sobre los resultados |
| BPA ajustado | 0,43 dólares | -7% | La reducción del número de acciones compensó parcialmente la presión sobre los beneficios |
| Flujo de caja libre no apalancado | 45 millones de dólares | — | Conversión del 44% del EBITDA ajustado |
| Flujo de caja libre no apalancado LTM | 298 millones de dólares | +10% | Conversión del 69% |
| Deuda total | 2.500 millones de dólares | Unos 106 millones de dólares menos que en el Q4 | Incluyó 79 millones de dólares en reembolsos netos y una reducción por tipo de cambio de 34 millones de dólares |
| Apalancamiento neto | 5,3x | Frente al 5,5x del Q4 | La dirección prevé un 5,1x–5,2x a cierre de ejercicio |
Rendimiento operativo y del negocio
Digital Wallets
El volumen de Digital Wallets se mantuvo prácticamente estable en 6.600 millones de dólares. Los ingresos aumentaron un 3% hasta los 206,6 millones de dólares, con un crecimiento orgánico del 1% tras ajustar por variaciones de tipo de cambio e ingresos por intereses.
Los usuarios activos de tres meses aumentaron un 8% hasta los 7,8 millones, lo que supone el quinto trimestre consecutivo de crecimiento. Latinoamérica y PaysafeWallet en Europa lideraron el incremento, manteniéndose el crecimiento de usuarios en Latinoamérica en doble dígito y con el negocio regional creciendo más del 30%.
Las transacciones por usuario activo se mantuvieron estables, mientras que el ingreso medio por usuario cayó un 5% debido a la mezcla regional y de productos. El EBITDA ajustado del segmento disminuyó un 9% hasta los 74,9 millones de dólares y el margen descendió al 36,2%. Excluyendo el ajuste del IVA y 3 millones de dólares de inversión adicional en marketing, la dirección señaló que el margen habría rondado el 40%.
PaysafeWallet ya está disponible en 19 países europeos, incluida Polonia. Los primeros resultados del aumento de las inversiones de marketing en mercados europeos prioritarios mostraron un crecimiento de doble dígito en la adquisición de clientes.
Merchant Solutions
El volumen de Merchant Solutions aumentó un 5% hasta los 37.300 millones de dólares. Los ingresos subieron un 6% hasta los 246,1 millones de dólares, impulsados por los volúmenes de iGaming en Norteamérica y acuerdos adicionales de licencias de datos, mientras que el negocio de pymes se mantuvo estable.
El EBITDA ajustado aumentó un 28% hasta los 50,6 millones de dólares, con una expansión del margen de 350 puntos básicos hasta el 20,6%. Excluyendo la liberación de provisiones de aproximadamente 6 millones de dólares, la dirección estimó que el margen del segmento se situó en torno al 18%.
La concesión de licencias de datos aportó 12,5 millones de dólares a los ingresos del Q2. La dirección considera la monetización de datos como una oportunidad de producto recurrente y señaló que con el tiempo podría superar una tasa de ejecución anual de 50 millones de dólares.
Los ingresos de Clover aumentaron a doble dígito. La dirección indicó que no hay presiones en los precios y destacó la tracción adicional de los servicios de valor añadido, especialmente la concesión de préstamos.
Orientaciones de la dirección
Paysafe reafirmó sus previsiones de ingresos y EBITDA ajustado para el ejercicio fiscal 2026, al tiempo que actualizó sus expectativas de BPA ajustado para reflejar el aumento de los gastos por intereses tras la refinanciación.
La dirección prevé que el crecimiento de los ingresos en la segunda mitad del año proceda de tres fuentes principales: lanzamientos de productos programados y aceleración de clientes, ejecución del nuevo pipeline comercial y tendencias operativas actuales como la solidez en Latinoamérica y el crecimiento de los usuarios activos.
La empresa prevé que los gastos operativos de la segunda mitad del año disminuyan entre 25 y 30 millones de dólares aproximadamente respecto al primer semestre. Esto refleja la ausencia de las elevadas pérdidas crediticias del Q1, la concentración inicial del gasto en marketing y TI, y mayores eficiencias operativas. Se espera que el Q4 sea el trimestre más beneficiado.
La dirección prevé que el Q4 sea el trimestre con mayores ingresos de 2026. Los primeros indicadores de julio incluyeron un mayor crecimiento del iGaming en Merchant Solutions, un impulso continuado en Latinoamérica y un crecimiento de doble dígito en los usuarios activos de tres meses.
Riesgos y aspectos a vigilar
- El apalancamiento neto se mantuvo elevado en un 5,3x al cierre del trimestre. La dirección identificó el desapalancamiento como el principal catalizador a corto plazo del valor de las acciones y fijó un objetivo a medio plazo de 3,5x.
- Paysafe prevé un pago en efectivo de 39 millones de dólares en el segundo semestre relacionado con el acuerdo judicial preliminar.
- Se prevé que la refinanciación aumente los gastos anuales por intereses entre 30 y 35 millones de dólares aproximadamente, incluida la amortización de los costes iniciales. La dirección indicó que el coste incremental de intereses en efectivo es de aproximadamente 25 millones de dólares.
- La rentabilidad de Digital Wallet sigue viéndose afectada por las inversiones en marketing, la mezcla regional y el ajuste de la provisión por IVA.
- El crecimiento de Wallet se vio parcialmente contrarrestado por los descensos en mercados donde Paysafe está menos activa y por comparativas difíciles en sorteos y negociación de criptomonedas.
- El rendimiento del segundo semestre depende en parte de los lanzamientos programados, la aceleración de clientes, la conversión del pipeline y las reducciones de costes previstas.
Puntos destacados de las preguntas y respuestas con analistas
La dirección señaló que la mejora prevista del EBITDA ajustado en el segundo semestre se sustenta en la ejecución de ingresos y menores costes. La contribución de los ingresos se divide a grandes rasgos entre lanzamientos programados y aceleración de clientes, conversión del pipeline y tendencias de crecimiento actuales. En cuanto a costes, la empresa prevé que la reversión de las pérdidas por fraude del Q1 y las inversiones iniciales impulsen la mejora planificada de entre 25 y 30 millones de dólares en gastos generales, de venta y administrativos (SG&A) en el segundo semestre.
Latinoamérica se está convirtiendo en un contribuyente significativo al crecimiento de Digital Wallet, pero sigue siendo relativamente pequeña en comparación con el conjunto del segmento. La dirección describió su perfil de margen bruto entre los negocios de eCash y monedero principal, con potencial para acercarse a la rentabilidad de este último a medida que escala PaysafeWallet.
La dirección mantuvo su objetivo de apalancamiento neto a medio plazo de 3,5x. La empresa tiene previsto destinar la gran mayoría del flujo de caja libre a la reducción de deuda, al tiempo que sigue financiando iniciativas de crecimiento y producto de mayor rentabilidad.
Respecto a Merchant Solutions, la dirección citó una tasa de pérdida de clientes ligeramente mejor en pymes, ventas en tiendas comparables más débiles y la solidez continuada de las nuevas ventas e iniciativas de nuevos productos. La actividad de la Copa del Mundo superó las expectativas, pero no tuvo un impacto significativo en los ingresos trimestrales totales.
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Comentarios de la dirección
Operator
Greetings. Welcome to the Paysafe Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to Kirsten Nielsen, Head of Investor Relations. Thank you, Kirsten. You may begin.
Kirsten Nielsen
Thank you, and welcome to Paysafe's Earnings Conference Call for the second quarter of 2026. Joining me today are Bruce Lowthers, Chief Executive Officer; and John Crawford, Chief Financial Officer. Before we begin, a reminder that this call will contain forward-looking statements and should be considered in conjunction with cautionary statements contained in our earnings release and the company's most recent SEC reports. These statements reflect management's current assumptions and expectations and are subject to factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on these statements.
Forward-looking statements during this call speak only as of the date of this call, and we undertake no obligation to update them. Today's presentation also contains non-GAAP financial measures. You can find additional information about these measures and reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures in today's press release and in the appendix of this presentation, which are available on the Investor Relations section of our website.
With that, I'll turn the call over to Bruce.
Bruce Lowthers
Thank you, and good morning, everyone. If you're following the webcast, let's start on Slide 3. The second quarter and first half of 2026 marked an important inflection point for Paysafe. We delivered strong first half revenue growth of 7%, while adjusted EBITDA was essentially flat year-over-year, even as we deliberately increased marketing and IT investment to support the next phase of growth. Just as important, we have now resolved the major inherited matters that have weighed on the company for some time. This summer, we resolved the final legacy overhang from the SPAC through a settlement in principle with the Farzad litigation which involved legal claims brought by pre-SPAC shareholders.
John will take you through the financial implications, but this resolution addresses a significant restructuring expense tied to our indemnification obligations related to this case. We also successfully refinanced a significant portion of our debt. We believe the trajectory of our net leverage ratio is the most important near-term driver of equity value, and we remain focused on reducing leverage as a meaningful value creation opportunity over the next 24 months. Together, these actions put us in a much stronger position to focus on what matters most from here, consistent execution, sustainable growth and disciplined deleveraging.
In our view, the SPAC area is now behind us. We have returned the company to consistent growth, completed the portfolio rationalization and made major rebuilds across talent, technology, sales and product delivery. This is evident through our product vitality index, which is tracking towards 20% for 2026 compared to less than 2% just 3 years ago.
Finally, I want to welcome Naj Atkinson, our new Chief People Officer. Naj brings nearly 30 years of global HR experience, including leadership roles at Hasbro and Dell. She joins Paysafe at an important time as we continue to strengthen our culture, develop future leaders and build on our recognition as one of the 2026 Top 100 Inspiring Workplaces in North America.
Turning to Slide 4. I'll share a few additional highlights on our recent progress. We had another strong quarter with 3-month actives at 7.8 million, reflecting 5 quarters of growth, and we continue to see double-digit user growth in Latin America. While it's still early, the initial results of our incremental marketing spend across priority countries in Europe have shown double-digit growth in consumer acquisitions, which has translated into active user growth in those markets. Across these markets, our World Cup marketing initiatives helped drive customer engagement, acquisition growth and brand awareness. Through brand campaigns, strategic partnerships, influencer activations and targeted consumer offers, we expanded our reach to new audiences and strengthened our acquisition engine. These investments are delivering results today while creating a stronger foundation to drive long-term customer value.
Our PaysafeWallet solution also continued to gain traction in Europe, where we are now live in 19 countries. The recent launch in Poland demonstrates how we can build on the strong consumer trust and adoption of PaysafeCard while extending that relationship into broader wallet experience. By bringing everyday money movement into a single familiar platform, PaysafeWallet increases consumer engagement and expands our opportunity to deepen customer relationships over time.
Finally, as a forward-looking highlight, we're pleased to preview our new partnership with Envision Racing, one of Formula E's most successful and innovative teams. This investment reflects our strategy of building brand awareness, reaching new audiences and fueling long-term customer growth across our priority markets. Formula E is one of the fastest-growing global motorsport platforms with an audience of over 550 million. They attract highly engaged digital native fan base at the intersection of sport, gaming and digital commerce, closely aligning with Paysafe's target audience and existing customer base. Through fan engagement, gaming, rewards and digital commerce experiences, we see an opportunity to introduce millions of consumers to our brands, strengthen customer acquisition and deepen engagement across our portfolio.
More broadly, the partnership demonstrates how we are bringing our marketing and product strategies closer together to create differentiated customer experiences and support sustainable growth. With that, I will turn it over to John to discuss the financial results and outlook.
John Crawford
Thank you, Bruce. Let's move to Slide 6 for a summary of our second quarter results. Revenue for Q2 was $447.4 million, an increase of 4% on both a reported and organic basis. As the FX tailwind in the second quarter was relatively small and last year's business disposal is no longer relevant to the comparisons since we lapped that in Q1. Our Q2 results also benefited from additional licensing data deals, which contributed $12.5 million as we continue to advance our strategy to commercialize data assets. This brings our first half growth rate to 7% on a reported basis and 6% on an organic basis with continued traction across our priority markets and products. This is consistent with the 6-K we issued 2 weeks ago in connection with our refinancing and in line with the expectations we communicated on our last earnings call.
Adjusted EBITDA decreased 2% to $102.8 million in the second quarter and adjusted EBITDA margin declined to 23% compared to 24.5% in the prior period. As we previewed with you on our last call, this included an increase in marketing and IT investment of $7 million in Q2 and an incremental $16 million for the first half of 2026. Turning to cash flow. We generated $45 million of unlevered free cash flow with a 44% conversion of adjusted EBITDA. Q2 is typically a lighter cash flow quarter seasonally, coupled with some timing effects on receivables and capital expenditures. On an LTM basis, unlevered free cash flow was $298 million, an increase of 10% compared to the prior year and reflecting 69% conversion.
I do want to point out that we expect to have a cash payment in the second half of $39 million related to the preliminary legal settlement. As a reminder, on an LTM basis, we had cash outflow of nearly $19 million and significant restructuring expenses of $57 million on the P&L related to our indemnification agreement and the associated legal costs for this case. So, this removes a significant drain on cash flow and the GAAP P&L. Adjusted net income for the second quarter was $23.1 million and adjusted EPS was $0.43, a decrease of 7% as the benefit of our reduced share count was offset by the decline in adjusted EBITDA and other income as well as a modest increase in interest expense.
Turning to the segment results on Slide 7. Starting with Digital Wallets. Volume in Q2 was $6.6 billion, roughly flat year-on-year. Revenue from Digital Wallets increased 3% to $206.6 million with organic growth of 1% when normalizing for currency movement and interest revenue. Growth for the segment was driven by continued momentum and active user growth from both Latin America and PaysafeWallet in Europe. As we expected for Q2, the strong double-digit growth in these areas was partly offset by a decline from rest of world markets in which we're largely not active, coupled with short-term grow-over effects in certain subverticals such as sweepstakes and cryptocurrency trading, which were relatively strong in Q2 of last year. 3-month actives increased 8% year-over-year, again, led by strong growth in Latin America and PaysafeWallet in Europe.
Transactions per active user was stable year-on-year and average revenue per user decreased 5%, with both metrics influenced by the regional and product mix, including the strong growth from LatAm. Adjusted EBITDA for Digital Wallets was $74.9 million, down 9% year-over-year, and adjusted EBITDA margin for the segment was 36.2%, reflecting higher investments in consumer marketing, a VAT accrual adjustment related to distributor commissions and product mix. Without the VAT adjustment, which was approximately $4 million and the increased marketing investment of $3 million, adjusted EBITDA margin for the segment would have been about 40%.
Turning to the Merchant segment results. Volume increased 5% to $37.3 billion, resulting in revenue of $246.1 million, an increase of 6%, driven by iGaming volumes in North America and the benefit of additional data licensing deals, while the SMB business line was flat for the quarter. Adjusted EBITDA for the segment was $50.6 million, an increase of 28% and adjusted EBITDA margin for the segment increased 350 basis points to 20.6%, reflecting favorable mix as a result of the licensing deal and the release of a previously recorded accrual that was resolved during the quarter. Normalizing for the accrual release of approximately $6 million, the segment margin would have been around 18% for the quarter.
Turning to Slide 8 for a summary of debt and leverage. At the end of the quarter, total debt was $2.5 billion, down $106 million versus Q4, mainly reflecting net repayments of $79 million as well as FX fluctuations which reduced total debt by $34 million. Our net leverage ratio was 5.3x at quarter end compared to 5.5x at Q4. And now factoring in the preliminary legal settlement and the debt refinancing fees, we expect to end the year with net leverage in the range of 5.1x to 5.2x.
Lastly, on the right-hand side of this slide, we've included a supplemental cash walk in response to investor interest in better understanding our own cash balance. This separates Paysafe's own cash from customer accounts and other restricted cash, which is not available for general corporate use, making own cash the relevant measure for tracking net debt and leverage. Additional details for this walk are included in the appendix.
Let's turn to Slide 9 to cover the refinancing. We are very pleased to have completed this transaction, which underscores our prudent approach to managing the balance sheet and liquidity. The refinancing extends our debt maturity profile, refinances a significant portion of our capital structure and upsizes our revolver while supporting our priorities to invest in the business and reduce leverage over time. We were also pleased with the reception in the market. Beyond the strong support from our existing lenders, we attracted a number of new bank and lender relationships as part of this transaction, pointing to confidence in the business from the debt community.
Turning now to our full year outlook on Slide 10. We are reaffirming 2026 guidance for revenue and adjusted EBITDA while updating adjusted EPS to account for the refinancing. including the incremental interest expense in the second half. I will also note that next year, on a cash basis, the incremental interest expense is largely offset by the removal of the lawsuit indemnification costs I spoke about earlier. As for cadence in the second half, we expect revenue growth to be supported by continued traction across our priority markets, growth from recent client wins and continued delivery on our product priorities. We expect Q4 to be our strongest quarter of the year, consistent with the seasonality of the business and key sporting events, coupled with the benefit of the targeted marketing investments we have made on the consumer side.
The business trends over the course of June and our early read on July's data support this outlook, including higher growth in iGaming from Merchant Solutions, continued strength in Latin America on the consumer side and double-digit growth in 3-month active users in July. Turning to SG&A. We expect roughly $25 million to $30 million of reduction in operating expenses in the second half compared to the first half. This reflects the elevated credit losses in Q1, the front-loaded marketing and IT investments as well as some additional operational efficiencies. Putting that together, our full year outlook is intact, and we're focused on strong execution in the second half to build momentum for 2027.
Now I'll turn the call back to Bruce for closing remarks.
Bruce Lowthers
Thank you, John. To wrap up on Slide 11, the message is straightforward. With the refinancing complete and the significant litigation matters resolved, we are entering the next phase of Paysafe's evolution from a stronger position. Sustainable growth and continued operating excellence remain essential. They generate the free cash flow that funds deleveraging, which should ultimately support a higher valuation multiple. A simple illustration, we believe every $200 million reduction in net debt, holding all else equal, equals to roughly $3 to $4 per share without multiple expansion. But for shareholders today, we believe the pace of deleverage is the primary value driver. Our capital allocation priority is therefore clear, generate strong free cash flow and direct the substantial majority of it to debt reduction while continuing to invest in the high-return initiatives that support growth and product vitality. With that, John and I are happy to take your questions.
Operator
[Operator Instructions] Our first question is from Matthew Inglis with RBC Capital Markets.
Preguntas y respuestas
Matthew Nakajima-Inglis
This is Matthew Inglis on for Dan Perlin at RBC. Can you just walk us through some of the factors that give you confidence in the second half adjusted EBITDA ramp? In the past, you've talked about a portion of that second half ramp coming from new products being rolled out in the back half of the year. So I'm just curious if that's still on track.
Bruce Lowthers
Yes, Matthew. I'll let John walk you through -- the walk for the back half of the year. But yes, we remain confident in our NPI, our vitality index is tracking as we expected, but I'll let John walk you through the mechanics.
John Crawford
Yes. I think of it as 2 components. The second component is cost. I'll do that second. On the revenue side, think of it as roughly 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 between scheduled launches and ramps. So products that are on launch schedules, customers that are signed and active and ramping. And then 1/3 of pipeline, which is new sales, new execution forward ramp and then 1/3 of current trends, which is the things we're seeing that we highlighted from July, continued strength in LatAm, continued robust consumer active growth and so forth that are ahead of what we expected. And then the other piece is on the cost side.
So, we had some substantial fraud losses in Q1 and front-loaded marketing and IT investments. Those combined to about $26 million, and that's roughly how we get to our $25 million to $30 million of SG&A-related improvement in the back half of the year. Q4 should be the largest beneficiary if you're thinking about the shape of that SG&A, where we'll be coming out of the year in Q4 at a run rate that's substantially below the full year SG&A number and probably below 2025's SG&A number on a run rate basis.
Matthew Nakajima-Inglis
And just as a follow-up, on the Digital Wallet side, how much of Digital Wallet growth is now actually coming from LatAm at this point? And as that LatAm portion of the Digital Wallet business increases, what does that mix do to the margin profile?
John Crawford
It's a meaningful piece, but LatAm is still -- remember, it's still relatively small. So even with LatAm growing north of 30%, you're talking about a P&L that's north of $100 million against a multi-hundred million dollar overall P&L. So it's impacting, but it's not the only source. The second comment is the gross profit profile in LatAm is very much in line with the -- I'd say, the overall segment margin. It's lower than the core wallet solutions and much more in line with kind of in between the 2. Some of it looks a little more like eCash, some of it looks, obviously, the PaysafeWallet solution as it ramps and gets to scale, ought to look and feel more like the core wallet businesses. But I'd say today, it's in between the eCash and core wallet business from a gross margin standpoint.
Operator
Our next question is from Jamie Friedman with Susquehanna International Group.
James Friedman
I appreciate the incremental disclosures and these slides are really helpful. Like this cash walk on Slide 8. But John, if you could just walk us through what the interest expense obligations look like going forward versus what they were previously. Am I reading this right that there's a $30 million to $35 million step-up in interest expense going forward? Or am I oversimplifying it?
John Crawford
You are reading it correctly. Thank you. And that number, probably obvious, but that number includes some amortization of upfront costs and that sort of thing. And so that's why we also, on Slide 9, tried to clarify the -- roughly the cash increase in interest costs. So in simplest math, if we did all of the term loans without a stub with a plus or minus a 200-basis point increase in spread, we would have been looking at about $30 million all in. We've got a stub that's going to continue to run here at the lower rates. And so that's how we get to the roughly $25 million of incremental.
James Friedman
And then your math, Bruce, is interesting on the equity -- the value that accrues to equity from the debt reduction. So do you have long-term objectives in terms of that 5.1 ratio -- net leverage ratio that you're targeting for year-end?
Bruce Lowthers
Thank you for asking that. So it was a question that came up often during the lender process. Our midterm goal is 3.5x net leverage.
James Friedman
And is there anything that's changed in that relative to -- I know the Analyst Day is a long time ago, but relative to -- I mean, is that up or down from any other previous message that you might have articulated? Or is this the same?
John Crawford
I think I would think of it as about the same. I think the difference, Jamie, is we're really focused on a few other things now than that. And I think that's the messaging we're trying to make clear. I think with Bruce's algorithm at the end of the call, we think -- and certainly at today's stock price, there's a lot of value we can drive without multiple expansion, just paying down debt and growing EBITDA by about the same amount that we're trying to grow EBITDA this year and without doing anything fancy. So that's -- I think that's why we're trying to get that messaging really clear externally as well as internally.
Operator
[Operator Instructions] Our next question is from Timothy Chiodo with UBS.
Timothy Chiodo
I was hoping we could take a little bit of a deeper dive into the 5% Merchant Solutions volume growth and break down some of the components broadly speaking. So the contribution coming from newer customer additions of the new cohort, particularly with some of the sales efforts, there would be a same-store sales component and then, of course, a churn component. And then for this quarter in particular, particularly at the latter part of the quarter, there was the iGaming bump from the World Cup. And I was hoping you could just quantify what that might have contributed to the 5% alongside those components.
Bruce Lowthers
Thank you, Tim. So we have a -- I don't know if we put a walk in the slides, but we have that general walk Tim that we've used before. So you saw on the SMB side, a slight improvement in attrition. You see a little bit of a slowdown in the existing customer same-store sales category. And then you're still seeing strong growth in the new sales and NPI initiatives. So really kind of in line generally with what we had forecasted previously and consistent with what our expectations have been in that space. So no real changes there.
I think in regard to the World Cup, World Cup was successful, exceeded what we had from an expectation perspective in Q2 and candidly into Q3. I think for us, that is just a small piece of our total revenue stream. When you look at sports betting as a whole, it's just a small component of what we do. So while it exceeded our expectations, I don't -- it doesn't drive a material impact in the quarter.
Timothy Chiodo
No problem. And just we didn't talk about Clover too much, but is there any just broader update you could give on your Clover trends or if there's anything changing there from either a pricing or competitive aspect or potentially any comments around Clover capital traction? Any kind of a broader update around the Clover portion of your business would be appreciated.
Bruce Lowthers
Yes. For us, Clover is still doing exceptionally well. It's a great product, does very well in the marketplace. We're not seeing any pricing pressure candidly. Our Clover revenue is really up double digits. So we feel very strongly about the continued success of Clover leaning into that. I think one of the questions that did come up in the lending process was just pressure around pricing of the point of sale. We don't see that. As Tim, you know, we buy in bulk. So that kind of offsets probably any current pricing narratives. But right now, we feel very good about Clover and what it's doing. We also see some nice lift from the value-added services. So especially the lending product has done exceptionally well. So I feel very good about Clover and our relationship with Fiserv.
Operator
[Operator Instructions] Our next question is from Leah Rosenstein with Susquehanna.
Unknown Analyst
So my question is, could you guys maybe quantify the licensing revenue I discussed and by that I mean, like what was that from? And do you expect these to recur?
Bruce Lowthers
Yes. So I think we've covered that. So in the past, we have started a variety of new product initiatives, which we categorize under a vitality index. Data is one of them. We have access to a tremendous amount of data, both on the merchant and consumer side. And we began about 18 months to almost 2 years now ago, building out a data foundation layer that allows us to monetize the data in a variety of ways. One, internally, we use it for algorithms on attrition and fraud, customer engagement. And so, we drive a lot of value out of the data infrastructure that we've built. And then about a year ago, we get to the point where we could start monetizing it as a product.
As I've said before, we anticipate this is going to be a revenue stream for us going forward. And over time, as we build this new product, we think it will be north of a $50 million kind of annual run rate product for us, is probably our initial thoughts on it, maybe a little bit more as we get into it and really start uncovering what the true values are around the consumer side of the data. Hopefully, that helps you.
Operator
[Operator Instructions] We have reached the end of the question-and-answer session. I would like to turn the floor back over to Bruce Lowthers for closing comments.
Bruce Lowthers
Thank you. Look, to summarize, we delivered second quarter results in line with expectations and first half growth of 7% continues to reflect solid progress across our priority markets and products. We've also taken important steps to strengthen the balance sheet. The refinancing of our term loans and revolving credit facility extends our maturity profile to 2030 and increases the financial flexibility while preliminary resolution of our major legacy litigation removes significant overhang. These actions leave us with a more resilient capital structure and clear strategic foundation. We remain focused on disciplined execution, continued deleveraging and durable growth opportunities as we look ahead.
I want to thank the team for their work with the refinancing and also with the litigation resolution. It's been a really busy second quarter to say the least, and truly appreciate everyone here at Paysafe and the work that they put in to get us to this point, closing out our SPAC era. So, thank you very much for joining the call today.
Operator
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