Segment Reporting | Note 18 — Segment Reporting ASC 280, Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise which engage in business activities from which they may earn revenues and incur expenses, and about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision-maker, or decision-making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. Reportable segments are defined as an operating segment that either (a) exceeds 10% of revenue, or (b) reported profit or loss in absolute amount exceeds 10% of profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or (c) exceeds 10% of the combined assets of all operating segments. The Group has three primary operating segments (1) futures and securities brokerage services, (2) insurance brokerage services and (3) market making (CFD) trading and other business. The Group’s futures and securities brokerage segment generates commissions income by enabling customers to trade in futures and securities markets throughout the world. The Group’s insurance brokerage segment generates commissions by providing insurance brokerage services to high-net-worth individuals. The Group engages in market making (CFD trading) activities where it serves as the counterparty to its customers in derivative transactions. The Group experiences trading gains and losses from such market making (CFD trading) activities. The Group also generated income in an aggregate of approximately $211,000 from TRS trading business in 2020 including the commission income from the securities trading and interest income from the loan to customers, which was included in market making (CFD) trading and other business in 2020. The other segment houses the Group’s proprietary trading activities in investment securities, futures and derivatives, manages the deployment of capital throughout the group, and also includes executive management functions and corporate overhead. Futures and securities Insurance Market making brokerage brokerage (CFD) trading services services and other Other Total Year ended December 31, 2020 Revenue $ 2,029,669 $ 959,299 $ 7,034,447 $ 206,720 $ 10,230,135 Commissions and fees 1,316,800 413,351 115,843 — 1,845,994 Compensation and benefits 1,110,192 256,529 — 2,436,072 3,802,793 Occupancy — 277,414 6,600 399,146 683,160 Communication and technology 455,323 5,160 643,630 349,937 1,454,050 General and administrative 55,028 48,210 243,172 1,917,908 2,264,318 Professional fees 26,690 16,813 278,719 1,243,612 1,565,834 Service fees — — 314,342 519,522 833,864 Interest — — 52,240 130,917 183,157 Depreciation 13,000 4,128 — 23,428 40,556 Marketing 222 222 166,013 484,867 651,324 Payment service charge — — 245,030 — 245,030 Other operating expenses — — — 11,464 11,464 2,977,255 1,021,827 2,065,589 7,516,873 13,581,544 Income (loss) from operations $ (947,586 ) $ (62,528 ) $ 4,968,858 $ (7,310,153 ) $ (3,351,409 ) Total segment assets $ 4,624,325 $ 213,495 $ 14,636,139 $ 3,432,110 $ 22,906,069 Futures and securities Insurance Market making brokerage brokerage (CFD) trading services services and other Other Total Year ended December 31, 2019 Revenue $ 2,215,867 $ 2,648,141 $ 12,843,574 $ 819,268 $ 18,526,850 Commissions and fees 1,526,852 1,506,223 322,130 — 3,355,205 Compensation and benefits 1,154,378 334,964 — 941,294 2,430,636 Occupancy 202,467 198,637 1,200 189,632 591,936 Depreciation 26,845 4,087 — 21,920 52,852 Interest — — — 731,812 731,812 Communication and technology 469,818 7,269 343,556 2,790 823,433 General and administrative 72,403 69,765 140,598 409,882 692,648 Professional fees 7,369 702 118,929 634,238 761,238 Marketing 2,608 — 51,714 1,056 55,378 Service fees — — 119,711 265,129 384,840 Payment service charge — — 355,585 — 355,585 Other operating expenses 5,739 — — 4,724 10,463 3,468,479 2,121,647 1,453,423 3,202,477 10,246,026 Income (loss) from operations $ (1,252,612 ) $ 526,494 $ 11,390,151 $ (2,383,209 ) $ 8,280,824 Total segment assets $ 4,823,056 $ 352,377 $ 5,307,525 $ 2,935,390 $ 13,418,348 Futures and Market securities Insurance making(CFD) brokerage brokerage trading services services and other Other Total Year ended December 31, 2018 Revenue $ 2,066,354 $ 5,378,679 $ — $ (876,770 ) $ 6,568,263 Commissions and fees 1,293,577 4,157,668 — 20,357 5,471,602 Compensation and benefits 882,887 363,523 — 392,878 1,639,288 Occupancy 420,732 1,021 — 126,578 548,331 Depreciation 26,487 4,086 — 2,170 32,743 Interest — — — 118 118 Communication and technology 505,152 4,596 — 78,605 588,353 General and administrative 85,208 93,880 — 360,685 539,773 Professional fees 21,081 28,710 — 178,207 227,998 Marketing 8,736 185,019 — 2,178 195,933 Service fees — — — 53,592 53,592 Other operating expenses 3,063 1,359 — 10,984 15,406 3,246,923 4,839,862 — 1,226,352 9,313,137 Income (loss) from operations $ (1,180,569 ) $ 538,817 $ — $ (2,103,122 ) $ (2,744,874 ) Total segment assets $ 12,243,072 $ 370,114 $ — $ 3,059,575 $ 15,672,761 |