BOCA RATON, Fla., Feb. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- FlexShopper,
Inc. (Nasdaq: FPAY, "FlexShopper"), a leading national online lease-to-own ("LTO") retailer and LTO payment solution provider,
anticipates the following preliminary financial results for the year ended December 31, 2016:
- Total revenues increased from $20.7 million in 2015 to approximately $48.0 million in 2016, a 130% increase.
- Lease originations increased from 39,565 in 2015 to approximately 75,000 in 2016, a 90% increase.
"We are very pleased with these results, as they signify our continued accelerated pace of growth, both in lease originations
and our ecommerce business," said Brad Bernstein, FlexShopper CEO. "Our unique lease-to-own
marketplace, with over 85,000 SKUs from top brands, continues to resonate strongly with consumers who don't have good credit or
cash and desire an online option to acquire durable goods versus the traditional store-based lease-to-own model. We are very
proud of all of our departments and our technology platform that met the holiday demand with efficiency and speed. In addition,
in 2016 we automated certain order management processes that made the Company less dependent on human capital. We continue to
execute on our strategy of scaling the business, increasing back-end efficiencies and maintaining lease portfolio vintage
performance."
Bernstein added, "We are very excited about 2017 for growth in all of our sales channels, including our lease-to-own (LTO)
payment method technology for other e-retailers. In connection with increasing e-retailers' adoption of our LTO payment method,
we are pleased to announce that Cornell Caldwell recently joined the FlexShopper team as Vice
President of Strategic Partnerships. Mr. Caldwell has extensive experience securing B2B partnerships, particularly with
e-retailers. Prior to FlexShopper, Mr. Caldwell had senior business development roles at ShopRunner, Paypal and HSBC."
FlexShopper cautions that its actual results for the year ended December 31, 2016 may differ
from the preliminary results shown above. Moreover, FlexShopper cautions that it has not finalized its financial statement
reporting process for the year ended December 31, 2016. The information in this press release is
preliminary and based upon information currently available to FlexShopper. During the course of FlexShopper's financial statement
reporting process, items may be identified that would require FlexShopper to make adjustments that may be material, and, as a
result, the preliminary unaudited financial results included in this press release are forward-looking information and are
subject to change. FlexShopper will release detailed financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2016 in March 2017.
About FlexShopper
FlexShopper, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of FlexShopper, Inc. (Nasdaq: FPAY), is a financial and technology company that provides brand name electronics, home
furnishings and other durable goods to consumers on a lease-to-own ("LTO") basis through its ecommerce marketplace (www.FlexShopper.com) and patent pending LTO payment method.
FlexShopper also provides LTO technology platforms to retailers and e-retailers to facilitate transactions with consumers that
want to acquire their products, but do not have sufficient cash or credit. FlexShopper approves consumers utilizing its
proprietary consumer screening model, collects from consumers under an LTO contract and funds the LTO transactions by paying
merchants for the goods. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter @FlexShopper.
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and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed
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