- Strong top-line growth with revenue increasing 15% year-over-year to
US$16.5 million , driven by higher-margin Wealth and Insurance revenue which growing 31% year-over-year to account for over 28% of revenue compared with 25% in the prior year period - Structural cost discipline delivering sustained operating efficiency, with combined technology costs, employee benefits expenses, and advertising and marketing expenses decreasing 13% year-over-year to
US$8.5 million through ongoing technology stack simplification, AI-driven automation and streamlined headcount - Continued progress toward sustainable profitability, with our net loss at
US$(6.7) million , primarily driven by non-cash and currency adjustments, while our Adjusted EBITDA1 loss narrowed significantly by 68% year-over-year toUS$(1.1) million
Management Commentary:
“Our first-quarter performance reflects continued progress toward sustainable, profitable scaling. While we delivered encouraging revenue growth and improved operating efficiency during the quarter, we remain fully focused on executing against our broader full year 2026 objectives and navigating a dynamic operating environment. We delivered revenue of
Geographically, our performance was anchored by our two core markets, which together accounted for over 85% of revenue. Revenue in
Revenue mix optimization continued to accelerate our margin expansion trajectory. Combined revenue from our higher-margin Wealth and Insurance verticals grew 31% year-over-year to
We continued to make strong progress on our AI transformation initiative this quarter. We expanded AI capabilities across product development and engineering, and began extending AI adoption group-wide. AI has fundamentally changed how we design and build products. Our teams increasingly spend their time directing and refining what AI produces, rather than coding manually, and AI now drives the majority of what we build. This structural operational change underpins our ability to scale output while maintaining a lean technology and employee cost base — a key reason technology costs and employee benefit expenses continue to decline year-over-year. Building on the service-automation milestones we achieved in 2025, we are now extending AI adoption into core processes across the organization to identify further cost-saving and business synergies opportunities, break down silos, and drive cross-functional collaboration. This group-wide expansion is still in the early stages, and we will measure success by tangible operational and financial outcomes.
More importantly, this AI transformation initiative continues to decouple revenue growth from cost base and drive efficiency. As we indicated last quarter, we have now begun leveraging AI to drive revenue growth. AI remains a core pillar of margin expansion and our path toward sustainable profitability.
Operationally, our efficiency gains are structural and enduring. Through disciplined scaling of our AI-integrated architecture, we have structurally optimized our cost base. Our combined technology costs, employee benefit expenses, and advertising and marketing expenses fell 13% year-over-year to
Our net loss of
We ended the quarter with a healthy, debt-free balance sheet with
First Quarter 2026 Financial Highlights
- Revenue was
US$16.5 million , a 15% year-over-year increase fromUS$14.3 million in the same period last year, with double-digit growth across all of our core verticals (Credit Cards, Personal Loans and Mortgages, Wealth and Insurance), driven by strong performance in our core markets:Hong Kong grew by 33% year-over-year toUS$8.5 million andSingapore by 11% year-over-year toUS$5.6 million , reflecting our deliberate focus on expanding product offerings and market share within our largest markets- Combined revenue from higher-margin Wealth and Insurance products increased 31% year-over-year to
US$4.7 million , accounting for over 28% of revenue, compared with 25% in the same period last year
- Combined revenue from higher-margin Wealth and Insurance products increased 31% year-over-year to
- Net loss was
US$(6.7) million in the first quarter of 2026, compared to a net loss ofUS$(2.4) million in the prior year period. This was driven by macroeconomic and non-cash accounting factors, including aUS$1.1 million change in the fair value of warrant liabilities andUS$2.4 million in net unrealized foreign exchange losses resulting from regional currency depreciation against the US dollar - Adjusted EBITDA loss improved significantly by 68% year-over-year to
US$(1.1) million in the first quarter of 2026, fromUS$(3.3) million in the same period last year, predominantly driven by revenue growth across our core verticals, and structural cost reductions across advertising and marketing expenses, employee benefit expenses and technology costs - Technology costs, employee benefit expenses and advertising and marketing expenses combined decreased 13% year-over-year to
US$8.5 million , down fromUS$9.8 million during the same period last year. This reduction was attributable to technology stack simplification, enhanced platform efficiency, streamlined headcount, and data-driven targeted marketing campaigns
First Quarter 2026 Operational Highlights
- Monthly Unique Users totaled 3.9 million for the three months ended
March 31, 2026 - MoneyHero Group Members grew by 24% year-over-year to 9.8 million as of
March 31, 2026 , creating a deep foundation of registered users to power personalized product matching and targeted financial recommendations - MoneyHero’s approval rate expanded significantly year-over-year from 36% to 48%, with 156,000 approved applications out of 329,000 applications. This improvement underscores optimized customer acquisition and a shift of applications and approved applications towards higher-conversion products, such as Insurance.
Summary of financial / KPI performance
| For the Three Months Ended | ||
| (US$ in thousands, unless otherwise noted) | 2026 | 2025 |
| (unaudited) | ||
| Revenue | 16,517 | 14,314 |
| Adjusted EBITDA | (1,064) | (3,309) |
| Clicks (in thousands) | 1,394 | 2,081 |
| Applications (in thousands)2,3 | 329 | 434 |
| Approved Applications (in thousands)2,3 | 156 | 155 |
Revenue breakdown
| For the Three Months Ended | ||||||
| (US$ in thousands, except for percentages) | 2026 | 2025 | ||||
| US$ | % | US$ | % | |||
| (unaudited) | ||||||
| By Geographical Market: | ||||||
| 8,478 | 51.3 | 6,397 | 44.7 | |||
| 5,642 | 34.2 | 5,084 | 35.5 | |||
| 1,472 | 8.9 | 1,779 | 12.4 | |||
| 925 | 5.6 | 1,054 | 7.4 | |||
| Total Revenue | 16,517 | 100.0 | 14,314 | 100.0 | ||
| By Source: | |||||||
| Online financial comparison platforms | 14,970 | 90.6 | 12,638 | 88.3 | |||
| Creatory | 1,547 | 9.4 | 1,676 | 11.7 | |||
| Total Revenue | 16,517 | 100.0 | 14,314 | 100.0 | |||
| By Vertical: | |||||||
| Credit cards | 8,992 | 54.4 | 8,173 | 57.1 | |||
| Personal loans and mortgages | 2,828 | 17.1 | 2,495 | 17.5 | |||
| Wealth | 2,542 | 15.4 | 1,663 | 11.6 | |||
| Insurance | 2,113 | 12.8 | 1,892 | 13.2 | |||
| Other verticals | 42 | 0.3 | 91 | 0.6 | |||
| Total Revenue | 16,517 | 100.0 | 14,314 | 100.0 | |||
Key Metrics
| For the Three Months Ended | ||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||
| (in millions, except for percentages) | ||||||
| Monthly Unique Users | ||||||
| 0.8 | 20.7 | % | 1.3 | 22.6 | % | |
| 1.2 | 30.1 | % | 1.0 | 17.3 | % | |
| 1.1 | 28.0 | % | 1.8 | 31.2 | % | |
| 0.8 | 21.2 | % | 1.6 | 28.9 | % | |
| Total | 3.9 | 100.0 | % | 5.7 | 100.0 | % |
| Total Traffic | ||||||
| 2.3 | 18.1 | % | 3.1 | 17.6 | % | |
| 4.0 | 32.0 | % | 3.3 | 18.8 | % | |
| 3.5 | 28.7 | % | 5.8 | 33.5 | % | |
| 2.6 | 21.2 | % | 5.3 | 30.1 | % | |
| Total | 12.4 | 100.0 | % | 17.5 | 100.0 | % |
| As of | ||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||
| (in millions, except for percentages) | ||||||
| MoneyHero Group Members4 | ||||||
| 1.5 | 15.2 | % | 1.3 | 16.3 | % | |
| 1.0 | 10.5 | % | 0.9 | 10.9 | % | |
| 0.4 | 4.1 | % | 0.4 | 4.6 | % | |
| 6.9 | 70.2 | % | 5.4 | 68.2 | % | |
| Total | 9.8 | 100.0 | % | 8.0 | 100.0 | % |
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Key Performance Metrics and Non-IFRS Financial Measures
“Monthly Unique User” means as a unique user with at least one session in a given month as determined by a unique device identifier from GA4. A session begins when a user opens an app in the foreground or views a page or screen while no other session is currently active (e.g., the prior session has ended). A session concludes after 30 minutes of user inactivity. To measure Monthly Unique Users over a period longer than one month, we calculate the average of the Monthly Unique Users for each month within that period. If an individual accesses a website or app from different devices within a given month, each device is counted as a separate unique user. However, if an individual logs in and accesses a website or app using the same login across different devices, they will only be counted as one unique user. This metric provides investors with insight into our market penetration and the breadth of our audience. Management uses this data to refine our content and product discovery tools, with the goal of increasing user loyalty and driving higher conversion rates from unique visitors into active product applicants.
“Traffic” means the total number of unique sessions in GA4. A unique session is a group of user interactions recorded when a user accesses a website or app within a 30-minute window. The current session concludes when there is 30 minutes of inactivity or users have a change in traffic source. Traffic is a key indicator for investors of the overall engagement volume and frequency of use of our platforms. Management utilizes this metric to analyze the efficiency of our acquisition funnel and to optimize our marketing spend toward high-ROI organic and paid channels that deliver users with the highest intent to transact.
“MoneyHero Group Members” means (i) users who have login IDs with us in
“Clicks” means the sum of unique clicks by product item on a tagged “Apply Now”, “Express Buy”, “Buy” or similar button on our website, including product result pages and blogs. We track Clicks to understand how our users engage with our platforms prior to application submission or purchase, which enables us to further optimize conversion rates.
“Applications” means the total number of product applications submitted by users and confirmed by our commercial partners. Management uses this metric to assess the conversion efficiency of our platforms and the effectiveness of our marketing strategies in driving users toward the final stages of the transaction funnel.
“Approved Applications” means the number of applications that have been approved and confirmed by our commercial partners. Management utilizes this data to evaluate the quality and success rate of applications facilitated through our platforms, which is critical to our success-based fee model and our ability to align user demand with our commercial partners’ underwriting standards.
“Approval Rates” means the total number of Approved Applications divided by the total number of Applications during the respective periods presented. Management uses this metric to track our overall conversion success ratio.
In addition to MoneyHero Group’s results determined in accordance with IFRS,
Adjusted EBITDA is a non-IFRS financial measure defined as loss for the period plus income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, interest income, finance costs, changes in fair value of financial instruments, impairment of other assets, equity-settled share-based payment expenses, unrealized foreign exchange loss/(gain) and non-recurring legal and professional fees and other expenses. For further details on the components of these adjustments and why management believes this non-IFRS measure provides useful supplemental information to investors, please see our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended
EBITDA is a non-IFRS financial measure defined as loss for the period plus income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, interest income and finance costs.
A reconciliation is provided for each non-IFRS measure to the most directly comparable financial measure stated in accordance with IFRS. Investors are encouraged to review the related IFRS financial measures and the reconciliations of these non-IFRS measures to their most directly comparable IFRS financial measures. IFRS differs from
| For the Three Months Ended | ||||
| (US$ in thousands) | 2026 | 2025 | ||
| (unaudited) | ||||
| Loss for the period | (6,744 | ) | (2,449 | ) |
| Income tax expense | 6 | - | ||
| Depreciation and amortization | 333 | 302 | ||
| Interest income | (98 | ) | (132 | ) |
| Finance costs | 12 | 14 | ||
| EBITDA | (6,491 | ) | (2,265 | ) |
| Non-cash items: | ||||
| Changes in fair value of financial instruments | 1,104 | (473 | ) | |
| Impairment of other assets | 4 | - | ||
| Equity-settled share-based payment arising from employee share incentive scheme | 327 | 441 | ||
| Unrealized foreign exchange loss/(gain), net | 2,396 | (1,012 | ) | |
| Other non-recurring items: | ||||
| Non-recurring legal and professional fees and other expenses | 1,596 | - | ||
| Adjusted EBITDA | (1,064 | ) | (3,309 | ) |
Forward Looking Statements
This document includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of
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Investor Relations:
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Consolidated Statements of Loss and Other Comprehensive Loss or Income
| For the Three Months Ended | ||
| (US$ in thousands, except for loss per share) | 2026 | 2025 |
| (unaudited) | ||
| Revenue | 16,517 | 14,314 |
| Cost and expenses: | ||
| Cost of revenue | (7,866) | (6,364) |
| Advertising and marketing expenses | (3,920) | (4,584) |
| Technology costs | (539) | (816) |
| Employee benefit expenses | (3,998) | (4,354) |
| General, administrative and other operating expenses | (3,512) | (2,190) |
| Foreign exchange differences, net | (2,404) | 954 |
| Operating loss | (5,722) | (3,040) |
| Other income/(expenses): | ||
| Other income | 101 | 131 |
| Finance costs | (12) | (13) |
| Changes in fair value of financial instruments | (1,104) | 473 |
| Loss before tax | (6,737) | (2,449) |
| Income tax expense | (7) | - |
| Loss for the period | (6,744) | (2,449) |
| Other comprehensive income/(loss) | ||
| Other comprehensive income/(loss) that may be classified to profit or loss in subsequent periods (net of tax): | ||
| Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations | 1,864 | (1,378) |
| Other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods (net of tax): | ||
| Remeasurement loss on defined benefit plan | (1) | - |
| Fair value loss on non-current financial asset | (71) | - |
| Other comprehensive income/(loss) for the period, net of tax | 1,792 | (1,378) |
| Total comprehensive loss for the period, net of tax | (4,952) | (3,827) |
| Loss per share attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent | ||
| Basic and diluted | (0.2) | (0.1) |
Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
| As of | As of | |
| (US$ in thousands) | 2026 | 2025 |
| (unaudited) | (audited) | |
| NON-CURRENT ASSETS | ||
| Non-current financial asset | 473 | 544 |
| Intangible assets | 665 | 626 |
| Property and equipment | 402 | 171 |
| Right-of-use assets | 732 | 935 |
| Deposits | 57 | 58 |
| Total non-current assets | 2,329 | 2,334 |
| CURRENT ASSETS | ||
| Accounts receivable | 15,992 | 18,745 |
| Contract assets | 19,059 | 17,898 |
| Prepayments and other assets | 5,983 | 6,255 |
| Tax recoverable | 43 | 43 |
| Pledged bank deposits | 183 | 185 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 27,984 | 31,185 |
| Total current assets | 69,244 | 74,311 |
| CURRENT LIABILITIES | ||
| Accounts and other payables | 33,561 | 34,935 |
| Warrant liabilities | 2,234 | 1,130 |
| Lease liabilities | 566 | 702 |
| Tax payable | 2 | 2 |
| Provisions | 44 | 45 |
| Total current liabilities | 36,407 | 36,814 |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS | 32,837 | 37,497 |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES | 35,166 | 39,831 |
| NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES | ||
| Lease liabilities | 190 | 240 |
| Deferred tax liabilities | 38 | 39 |
| Defined benefit liabilities | 151 | 141 |
| Total non-current liabilities | 379 | 420 |
| Net assets | 34,787 | 39,411 |
| EQUITY | ||
| Issued capital | 5 | 5 |
| Reserves | 34,782 | 39,406 |
| Total equity | 34,787 | 39,411 |
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1 Adjusted EBITDA is a non-IFRS financial measure. See “Key Performance Metrics and Non-IFRS Financial Measures” section herein for an explanation and reconciliations of non-IFRS measures used throughout this release.
2 Due to the nature of our business, there is often a delay in receiving confirmation of the number of Applications and Approved Applications by our commercial partners. As a result, the disclosed figures may utilize estimations if data is unavailable.
3 Historical MoneyHero Group Members, Applications and Approved Applications as of and for comparative periods prior to
4 Historical MoneyHero Group Members, Applications and Approved Applications as of and for comparative periods prior to
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