General and administrative expenses
General and administrative expenses were $21.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, an increase of $5.7 million, or 36%, compared to the prior-year period. The increase was driven by an increase of $4.1 million in compensation, benefits and other employee-related expenses mainly as a result of an increase in the employee headcount among human resources, information technology and corporate management, and an increase of $1.7 million in consultant expenses to support our growing business requirements.
General and administrative expenses were $60.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, an increase of $15.4 million, or 34%, compared to the prior-year period. The increase was driven by an increase of $12.4 million in compensation, benefits and other employee-related expenses mainly as a result of an increase in the employee headcount among human resources, information technology and corporate management, an increase of $2.4 million in consultant expenses to support business requirements, and an increase of $1.9 million in insurance expenses mainly as a result of incremental D&O insurance incurred as a public company. This was offset by transaction costs of $5.1 million incurred in 2021 related to the Reorganization.
Depreciation and amortization expenses
Depreciation and amortization was $5.9 million and $15.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, an increase of $1.5 million and $2.1 million, or 33% and 15% respectively, compared to the prior-year period primarily driven by an increase in impairment of internal use of software as well as an increase in depreciation of property and equipment costs.
Financial income and expense, net
Financial expense, net was $18.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, a decrease of $26.7 million, compared to the prior-year period primarily driven by change in fair value of warrants of $26.4 million.
Financial income, net was $17.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, an increase of $1.3 million, or 8%, compared to the prior-year period primarily driven by change in fair value of warrants of $5.5 million, an increase of $2.2 million in interest income on corporate cash balances, offset by a revaluation of foreign currency balances and bank fees.
Income tax
Income tax expense was $2.6 million and $6.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, an increase of $2.0 million and $0.4 million, compared to the prior-year period primarily driven by the result of taxes associated with our foreign subsidiaries.
Starting on January 1, 2022, Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) Section 174 eliminates the option to deduct certain research and development expenses and requires United States taxpayers to capitalize and amortize them over five years for activities performed in the United States and 15 years for activities performed outside the United States. Congress is considering legislation to repeal, replace, delay, or modify the provision in the current year or retroactively. If the requirement is not repealed or replaced, it could materially impact our U.S. federal and state taxable income in 2022 and future years utilizing our cumulative net operating losses.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The following discussion of our liquidity and capital resources is based on the financial information derived from our unaudited condensed 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, Payoneer Early Payments Inc. (“PEPI”), a wholly-owned second tier subsidiary of the Company and its subsidiary (the “Borrower”) entered into a multi-party Receivables Loan and Security Agreement (the “Warehouse Facility”) with, inter