Sales and marketing expenses
Sales and marketing expenses were $34.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, an increase of $11.3 million, or 49%, compared to the prior-year period. The increase was driven by an increase of $6.3 million in employee compensation, benefits and other employee-related expenses mainly as a result of an increase in the employee headcount in our sales and marketing groups, an increase of $3.1 million in third-party commissions which corresponds to our revenue growth, an increase of $0.6 million in third-party contractor expenses incurred by sales and marketing to support our growing volume and business requirements and higher spending on marketing programs.
General and administrative expenses
General and administrative expenses were $18.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, an increase of $7.6 million, or 72%, compared to the prior-year period. The increase was driven by an increase of $5.6 million in compensation, benefits and other employee-related expenses mainly as a result of an increase in the employee headcount among corporate management and an increase of $1.0 million in insurance expenses mainly as a result of D&O insurance.
Depreciation and amortization expenses
Depreciation and amortization were $4.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, a decrease of $0.2 million, or 5%, compared to the prior-year period primarily driven by a decrease in amortization of internal use software costs.
Financial income and expense, net
Financial income, net was $28.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, an increase of $29.1 million, compared to the prior-year period primarily driven by change in fair value of warrants of $31.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, offset by a revaluation of foreign currency balances.
Income tax
Income tax expense was $2.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, a decrease of $0.2 million, or 14%, compared to the prior-year period primarily driven by the result of taxes associated with our foreign subsidiaries.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The following discussion of our liquidity and capital resources is based on the financial information derived from our unaudited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.
Sources of Liquidity
As a result of the Reorganization, we raised gross proceeds of $874.5 million including the contribution of $574.5 million of cash held in FTOC’s trust account from its initial public offering, which is net of redemptions of FTOC’s Common Stock held by FTOC’s public stockholders prior to the Reorganization, and $300.0 million of private investment in public equity (“PIPE”) at $10.00 per share of Payoneer Global Inc.’s Common Stock.
As of the end of 2020, we had a Loan and Security Agreement, whereby we can request advances under a revolving line of credit. On September 14, 2021, we paid off the term loan and terminated the Loan and Security Agreement.
On October 28, 2021, we entered into a multi-party Receivables Loan and Security Agreement (the “Warehouse Facility”) with affiliates of Viola Ventures for the purpose of external financing of capital advance activity. See Note 14 to our unaudited interim financial statement included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
The Warehouse Facility bears interest of the greater of 0.25% or LIBOR, plus 9% annual and has a revolving maturity of 36 months from the commencement date with a payback period of an additional 6 months after the revolving maturity date. The initial borrowing commitment is $25 million subject to increases at our request and the lender’s discretion up to $100 million. Additional commitments will carry interest rates ranging from 7% to 7.75%. When the LIBOR rate has either permanently or indefinitely ceased to be provided by the ICE Benchmark Administration or is announced by the Financial Conduct Authority pursuant to public statement or publication of information to be no longer representative, an alternative Benchmark Replacement (as defined in the Receivables Loan and Security Agreement) will be selected.