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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

 

[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2020

 

[   ] TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from __________ to __________

 

Commission file number: 000-53537

 

Value Exchange International, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada

 

26-3767331

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

Unit 602, Block B, 6 Floor,

Shatin Industrial Centre, 5-7 Yuen Shun Circuit,

Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(852) 29504288

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

None

 

 

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [   ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes [X] No [   ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, Emerging Growth Company or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer

[   ]

Accelerated filer

[   ]

Non-accelerated filer

[   ]

Smaller reporting company

[X]

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

 

 

Emerging Growth Company [   ]


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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes [   ] No [X]

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

None

N/A

N/A

 

As of September 30, 2020, there were 29,656,130 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. The registrant’s common stock is quoted on the OTCQB Venture Market of The OTC Markets Group, Inc. under the trading symbol “VEII.”

 

 


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FORM 10-Q

Value Exchange International, Inc.

INDEX

 

 

Page

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

4

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation

23

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

35

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

35

 

 

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

36

Item 1A. Risk Factors

36

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

36

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

36

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

36

Item 5. Other Information

37

Item 6. Exhibits

37

Signatures

38

 

 


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Item 1 Financial Statements

 

VALUE EXCHANGE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

 

Financial Statements

 

 

Page

Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)

5

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (unaudited)

6

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)

7

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

8


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VALUE EXCHANGE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

2020

 

2019

 

US$

 

US$

 

(unaudited)

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS

 

 

 

Cash

808,668

 

234,089

Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts

842,865

 

773,560

Amounts due from a related party

1,211,836

 

534,806

Other receivables and prepayments

523,289

 

257,173

Inventories

229,170

 

219,592

Total current assets

3,615,828

 

2,019,220

 

 

 

 

NON-CURRENT ASSETS

 

 

 

Plant and equipment, net

383,582

 

353,826

Deferred tax assets

53,870

 

56,045

Goodwill

206,812

 

206,812

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net

214,768

 

824,230

Total non-current assets

859,032

 

1,440,913

 

 

 

 

Total assets

4,474,860

 

3,460,133

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT LIABILITIES

 

 

 

Accounts payable

1,139,484

 

685,150

Other payables and accrued liabilities

650,823

 

553,259

Deferred income

895,491

 

255,749

Amounts due to related parties

40,409

 

32,909

Operating lease liabilities, current

163,534

 

356,960

Current portion of long term bank loan and short term bank loan

40,438

 

13,686

Total current liabilities

2,930,179

 

1,897,713

 

 

 

 

NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES

 

 

 

Long term bank loan

71,660

 

 

Operating lease liabilities, non-current

56,016

 

478,641

Total non-current liabilities

127,676

 

478,641

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

3,057,855

 

2,376,354

 

 

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

Preferred stock, 100,000,000 shares authorized, $0.00001 par value;

   no shares issued and outstanding

-

 

-

Common stock, 100,000,000 shares authorized, $0.00001 par value;

   29,656,130 and 29,656,130 shares issued and outstanding, respectively

297

 

297

Additional paid-in capital

690,589

 

690,589

Statutory reserves

11,667

 

11,925

Retained earnings

617,412

 

308,813

Accumulated other comprehensive losses

67,512

 

60,742

Total shareholders’ equity

1,387,477

 

1,072,366

Non-controlling interest

29,528

 

11,413

 

1,417,005

 

1,083,779

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

4,474,860

 

3,460,133

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


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VALUE EXCHANGE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

 

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Ended September 30,

 

Ended September 30,

 

2020

 

2019

 

2020

 

2019

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

NET REVENUES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service income

4,641,036

 

2,065,642

 

17,077,710

 

6,392,362

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COST OF SERVICES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of service income

(4,005,748)

 

(1,606,083)

 

(15,714,650)

 

(4,784,561)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GROSS PROFIT

635,288

 

459,559

 

1,363,060

 

1,607,801

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATING EXPENSES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General and administrative expenses

(437,258)

 

(376,830)

 

(1,295,399)

 

(1,144,774)

Foreign exchange (loss) gain

(24,030)

 

35,982

 

(20,654)

 

34,233

INCOME FROM OPERATIONS

174,000

 

118,711

 

47,007

 

497,260

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

207

 

113

 

546

 

374

Interest expense

(7,703)

 

(8,159)

 

(9,670)

 

(10,410)

Finance cost

(2,666)

 

-

 

(8,943)

 

-

VAT refund

38,198

 

12,068

 

110,742

 

12,068

Management fee income

37,856

 

26,671

 

116,302

 

107,083

Others

10,295

 

6,023

 

44,785

 

12,367

Total other income (expenses), net

76,187

 

36,716

 

253,762

 

121,482

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INCOME BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES

250,187

 

155,427

 

300,769

 

618,742

INCOME TAXES (EXPENSES) CREDIT

(1,738)

 

5,552

 

4,400

 

16,654

NET INCOME

248,449

 

160,979

 

305,169

 

635,396

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation adjustments

29,440

 

77,854

 

6,770

 

73,633

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

277,889

 

238,833

 

311,939

 

709,029

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATTRIBUTABLE TO:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity holders of the Company

271,736

 

241,121

 

315,369

 

726,539

Non-controlling interests

6,153

 

(2,288)

 

(3,430)

 

(17,510)

 

277,889

 

238,833

 

311,939

 

709,029

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income per share, basic and diluted

0.01

 

0.01

 

0.01

 

0.02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average number of shares outstanding

29,656,130

 

29,656,130

 

29,656,130

 

29,656,130

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


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VALUE EXCHANGE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

 

Nine Months

Ended

September 30,

2020

 

Nine Months

Ended

September 30,

2019

 

US$

 

US$

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

Net profit

305,169

 

635,396

Adjustments to reconcile net profit to cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

 

 

 

Depreciation

113,820

 

115,778

Amortization

289,492

 

50,160

Interest income

(546)

 

(374)

Interest expenses

9,788

 

10,410

Finance costs on Right-of-use assets

8,825

 

-

Loss on disposal of plant and equipment

3,213

 

-

Deferred income taxes

2,175

 

(42,373)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

(69,305)

 

(210,459)

Other receivables and prepayments

(266,116)

 

(75,845)

Amounts due from related parties

(677,030)

 

(385,664)

Inventories

(9,578)

 

(3,353)

Accounts payable

454,334

 

(163,642)

Other payables and accrued liabilities

97,564

 

(228,425)

Deferred income

639,742

 

(242,479)

Amounts due to related parties

7,500

 

(24,232)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

909,047

 

(565,102)

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

Purchase of plant and equipment

(139,725)

 

(78,861)

Interest received

546

 

374

Net cash used in investing activities

(139,179)

 

(78,487)

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

Proceeds from non-controlling interests

7,012

 

34,851

Interest paid

(9,788)

 

(8,039)

Principal payments on leases

(314,020)

 

-

Proceeds from bank loan

120,238

 

-

Repayment of bank loan

(22,172)

 

(1,926)

Repayment of loan from a director

-

 

(32,051)

Net cash used in financing activities

(218,730)

 

(7,165)

 

 

 

 

EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE ON CASH

23,441

 

86,303

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH

574,579

 

(564,451)

CASH, beginning of period

234,089

 

729,069

CASH, end of period

808,668

 

164,618

 

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION

 

 

 

Cash paid for income taxes

4,400

 

-

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements


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VALUE EXCHANGE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1. Nature of Operations and Continuance of Business 

 

Value Exchange International, Inc. (“VEII”, “Company”, “we” or “us”) was incorporated in the State of Nevada on June 26, 2007 under the name “China Soaring, Inc.” The Company’s principal business, conducted through its operating subsidiaries, is to provide customer-centric solutions for the retail industry in China, Hong Kong SAR and Manila, Philippines. By integrating market-leading Point-of-Sale/Point-of-Interaction (“POS/POI”), Merchandising, Customer Relations Management or “CRM” and related rewards, Locational Based (Global Positing System (“GPS”) and Indoor Positioning System (“IPS”)) Marketing, Customer Analytics and Business Intelligence solutions, VEII provides retailers with the capability to offer a consistent shopping experience across all marketing and sales channels, enabling them to easily and effectively manage the customer lifecycle on a one-to-one basis. VEII promotes itself as a single information technology (“IT”) source for retailers who want to extend existing traditional transaction processing to multiple points of interaction, including the Internet, kiosks and wireless devices. VEII services are focused on helping retailers realize the full benefits of Customer Chain Management with its suite of solutions that focus on the customer, on employees, and the infrastructure that supports the selling channel. VEII’s retail solutions are installed in an estimated 30%-40% of POS/POI-suitable retailers in Hong Kong and Manila, Philippines, processing tens of millions of transactions a year. Company is headquartered in Hong Kong and with offices in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, China; Manila, Philippines, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 

On January 1, 2014, VEII received 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of in Value Exchange Int’l (China) Limited (“VEI CHN”) in exchange for i) newly issued 12,000,000 shares of VEII’s common stock to the majority stockholder of VEI CHN; and ii) 166,667 shares of our common stock held by VEI CHN to be transferred to the majority stockholder of VEI CHN (“Share Exchange”). This transaction resulted in the owners of VEI CHN obtaining a majority voting interest in VEII. The merger of VEI CHN into VEII, which had nominal net assets, resulted in VEI CHN having control of the combined entities.

 

For financial reporting purposes, the transaction represents a "reverse merger" rather than a business combination and VEII is deemed to be the accounting acquiree in the transaction. The transaction was accounted for as a reverse merger and recapitalization. VEII is the legal acquirer but accounting acquiree for financial reporting purposes and VEI CHN is the acquired company but accounting acquirer. Consequently, the assets and liabilities and the operations that will be reflected in the historical financial statements prior to the transaction will be those of VEI CHN and will be recorded at the historical cost basis of VEI CHN, and no goodwill was recognized in this transaction. The consolidated financial statements after completion of the transaction includes the assets and liabilities of VEI CHN and VEII, and the historical operations of VEII and the combined operations of VEI CHN from the initial closing date of the transaction.

 

The Company provides IT Business’ services and solutions to the retail sector through three operating subsidiaries located in Hong Kong SAR or People’s Republic of China (“PRC”). The Company acts as a subcontractor from time to time.

 

On September 2, 2008, VEI CHN established its first operating subsidiary, Value Exchange Int’l (Shanghai) Limited (“VEI SHG”) in Shanghai, PRC, under the laws of the PRC. VEI SHG engages in software development and trading and servicing of computer hardware and software activities.

 

On September 25, 2008, VEI CHN acquired its second operating subsidiary, TAP Services (HK) Limited in Hong Kong which subsequently changed its name to Value Exchange Int’l (Hong Kong) Limited (“VEI HKG”) on May 14, 2013. VEI HKG engages in software development, trading and servicing of computer hardware and software activities.

 

On May 14, 2013, VEI CHN further established another operating subsidiary, Ke Dao Solutions Limited in Hong Kong, which subsequently changed its name to Cumberbuy.com Limited (“CUMBERBUY”) on May 26, 2017. CUMBERBUY conducts consultancy services for IT Services and Solutions activities.

 

In January 2017, VEI CHN acquired 100% of the capital stock of TapServices, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of the Philippines (“TSI”). TSI engages in software development, trading and servicing of computer hardware and software activities in Philippines. TSI is operated as a subsidiary of VEI CHN. Prior to and continuing after the acquisition, TSI relied on VEI CHN for provision of IT services.

 

In January 2019, VEI SHG established an operating subsidiary, Value Exchange Int’l (Hunan) Limited (“VEI HN”) in Hunan, PRC, under the laws of the PRC. VEI HN engages in IT service call-center activities.


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VALUE EXCHANGE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1. Nature of Operations and Continuance of Business (Continued) 

 

In January 2019, Koinon Technology Services, Inc. (“KTSI”) was formed under the laws of the U.S. Virgin Islands as a joint venture to develop a new point of sale, internet based service. VEII holds 51% of the issued common stock of KTSI. KTSI has conducted no operations as of the date of the filing of this Form 10-Q report and has raised no working capital for its proposed business. The Company will review the feasibility of launching a new effort to develop an e-payment system in fiscal year 2021 and whether to continue KTSI. With the resignation of Matthew Mecke as a director of the Company, who was heading efforts to obtain working capital for KTSI, any future continuation of KTSI would require appointing a new executive and renewed working capital raise efforts, which efforts may fail to attract any or sufficient working capital to commence business operations. The Company may elect to focus on its IT Business rather than devoting resources and working capital to a new e-pay system development effort. The Company would have to raise working capital for any e-pay system development effort from investors or lenders as existing Company cash flow and cash reserves is dedicated to the IT Business. KTSI is a dormant business as of the date of the filing of this Form 10-Q.

 

In February 2020, VEI SHG established an operating subsidiary, Shanghai Zhaonan Hengan Information Technology Co., Limited (“SZH”) in Shanghai, PRC, under the laws of the PRC. SZH engages in IT services.

 

As of September 30, 2020, the Company held four wholly-owned subsidiaries, and three subsidiaries with 51% ownership.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies 

 

a)Basis of Presentation 

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), and include the financial statements of the Company and all its wholly-owned subsidiaries that require consolidation. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in the consolidation. The Company’s fiscal year end is December 31st. The following entities were consolidated as of September 30, 2020:

 

 

 

Place of incorporation

 

Ownership percentage

Value Exchange International, Inc.

 

USA

 

Parent Company

Value Exchange Int’l (China) Limited

 

Hong Kong

 

100%

Value Exchange Int’l (Shanghai) Limited

 

PRC

 

100%

Value Exchange Int’l (Hong Kong) Limited

 

Hong Kong

 

100%

TapServices, Inc.

 

Philippines

 

100%

Koinon Technology Services, Inc.

 

U.S. Virgin Islands, USA

 

51%

Value Exchange Int’l (Hunan) Limited

 

PRC

 

51%

Shanghai Zhaonan Hengan Information Technology Co., Ltd

 

PRC

 

51%

 

b)Use of Estimates 

 

Preparing consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions affecting the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The more significant areas requiring using management’s estimates and assumptions relate to the collectability of its receivables, the fair value and accounting treatment of financial instruments, the valuation of long-lived assets and valuation of deferred tax liabilities. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Accordingly, actual results may differ significantly from these estimates. In addition, different assumptions or circumstances could reasonably be expected to yield different results.

 

c)Cash and Cash Equivalents 

 

For purposes of the cash flow statements, the Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of nine months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. Cash includes cash on hand and demand deposits in accounts maintained with financial institutions or state-owned banks within the PRC and Hong Kong.


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VALUE EXCHANGE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued) 

 

d)Interim Financial Statements 

 

These interim unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the annual financial statements and in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown. The results of operations for such periods are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for a full year or for any future period.

 

e)Accounts receivable and other receivables 

 

Receivables include trade accounts due from customers and other receivables such as cash advances to employees, utility deposits paid and advances to suppliers. Management reviews the composition of accounts receivable and analyzes historical bad debts, customer concentration, customer credit worthiness, current economic trends and changes in customer payment patterns to determine if the allowance for doubtful accounts is adequate. An estimate for doubtful accounts is made when collection of the full amount is no longer probable. Delinquent account balances are written-off after management has determined that the likelihood of collection is not probable and known bad debts are written off against the allowance for doubtful accounts when identified. During the period/year ended September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there was no allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable. Management believes that the remaining accounts receivable are collectable.

 

f)Inventories  

 

Inventories are valued at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Cost for inventories is determined using the “first-in, first-out” method.

 

Management reviews inventories for obsolescence or cost in excess of net realizable value periodically. The obsolescence, if any, is recorded as a provision against the inventory. The cost in excess of market value is written off and recorded as additional cost of sales.

 

g)Plant and equipment 

 

Plant and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses, if any. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to earnings as incurred. Major additions are capitalized. When assets are retired or otherwise disposed of, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts, and any gain or loss is included in operations. Depreciation of plant and equipment is provided using the straight-line method for substantially all assets with estimated lives as follows:

 

 

Estimated Useful Life

Leasehold improvements

Lesser of lease term or the estimated useful lives of

 

5 years

Computer equipment

5 years

Computer software

5 years

Office furniture and equipment

5 years

Motor Vehicle

3 years

Building

5 years

 

 


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VALUE EXCHANGE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued) 

 

 

h)Goodwill and intangibles 

 

Intangibles with a definite life, including customer relationships and goodwill were recorded in connection with the acquisition of TSI. Intangible assets are amortized based on their estimated economic lives using the straight-line method with estimated lives as follows:

 

 

 

Estimated Economic Life

Customer relationship

 

3 years

 

Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of acquisition over the fair value of net assets acquired. Goodwill is not amortized, but is instead tested for impairment annually.

 

i)Impairment of long-lived assets 

 

Property, Plant, and Equipment

 

The Company evaluates long-lived assets, including equipment, for impairment at least once per year and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable from its estimated future cash flows. Based on the existence of one or more indicators of impairment, the Company measures any impairment of long-lived assets by comparing the asset's estimated fair value with its carrying value, based on cash flow methodology. If the net book value of the asset exceeds the related undiscounted cash flows, the asset is considered impaired and an impairment loss equal to an amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value of the asset is recognized.

 

Impairment of Goodwill

 

The carrying value of goodwill is evaluated annually or more frequently if events or circumstances indicate that an impairment loss may have occurred. Such circumstances could include, but are not limited to, a significant adverse change in business climate, increased competition or other economic conditions. Under FASB Accounting Standard Codification (ASC) Topic 350 “Intangibles - Goodwill and Other”, goodwill is tested at a reporting unit level. The impairment test involves a two-step process. The first step involves comparing the fair value of the reporting unit to which the goodwill is assigned to its carrying amount. If this comparison indicates that a reporting unit’s estimated fair value is less than its carrying value, a second step is required. If applicable, the second step requires us to allocate the estimated fair value of the reporting unit to the estimated fair value of the reporting unit’s net assets, with any fair value in excess of amounts allocated to such net assets representing the implied fair value of goodwill for that reporting unit. If the carrying value of the goodwill exceeds its fair value, the carrying value is written down by an amount equal to such excess.

 

The goodwill impairment testing process involves the use of significant assumptions, estimates and judgments, and is subject to inherent uncertainties and subjectivity. Estimating a reporting unit’s discounted cash flows involves the use of significant assumptions, estimates and judgments with respect to a variety of factors, including sales, gross margin and selling, general and administrative rates, capital expenditures, cash flows and the selection of an appropriate discount rate. Projected sales, gross margin and selling, general and administrative expense rate assumptions and capital expenditures are based on our annual business plans and other forecasted results. Discount rates reflect market-based estimates of the risks associated with the projected cash flows of the reporting unit directly resulting from the use of its assets in its operations. These estimates are based on the best information available to us as of the date of the impairment assessment.


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VALUE EXCHANGE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued) 

 

j)Fair value of financial instruments 

 

The Company values its financial instruments as required by FASB ASC 320-12-65. The estimated fair value amounts have been determined by the Company, using available market information or other appropriate valuation methodologies. However, considerable judgment is required in interpreting market data to develop estimates of fair value. Consequently, the estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that could be realized or would be paid in a current market exchange.

 

ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement and Disclosures, defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. This topic also establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires classification based on observable and unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The fair value hierarchy distinguishes between assumptions based on market data (observable inputs) and an entity’s own assumptions (unobservable inputs). The hierarchy consists of three levels:

 

Level one -Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; 

 

Level two -Inputs other than level one inputs that are either directly or indirectly observable; and 

 

Level three -Unobservable inputs developed using estimates and assumptions, which are developed by the reporting entity and reflect those assumptions that a market participant would use. 

 

Determining which category an asset or liability falls within the hierarchy requires significant judgment. The Company evaluates its hierarchy disclosures each quarter. The carrying values of the Company’s financial instruments; consisting of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, other receivables and prepayments, other payables and accrued liabilities, balances with a related party, balances with related companies and amounts due to director approximate their fair values due to the short maturities of these instruments.

 

There was no asset or liability measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

 

k)Comprehensive income 

 

U.S. GAAP generally requires that recognized revenue, expenses, gains and losses be included in net income or loss. Although certain changes in assets and liabilities are reported as separate components of the equity section of the consolidated balance sheet, such items, along with net income, are components of comprehensive income or loss. The components of other comprehensive income or loss consist of foreign currency translation adjustments.

 

l)Earnings per share 

 

The Company reports earnings per share in accordance with ASC 260, Earnings per Share. ASC 260 requires presentation of both basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) on the face of the income statement. Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income available to common shareholders (numerator) by the weighted average number of shares outstanding (denominator) during the period. Diluted EPS gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method and convertible preferred stock using the if-converted method. In computing diluted EPS, the average stock price for the period is used in determining the number of shares assumed to be purchased from the exercise of stock options or warrants. Diluted EPS excludes all dilutive potential shares if their effect is anti-dilutive.


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2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued) 

 

m)Revenue recognition 

 

Sales revenue is recognized when all of the following have occurred: (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (ii) delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, (iii) the price is fixed or determinable, and (iv) the ability to collect is reasonably assured.

 

The Company’s revenue is derived from three primary sources: (i) professional services for systems development and integration, including procurement of related hardware and software licenses on behalf of customers, if required; (ii) professional services for system maintenance normally for a period of one year; and (iii) sale of hardware and consumables during the service performed as stated above.

 

Multiple-deliverable arrangements

 

The Company derives revenue from fixed-price sale contracts with customers that may provide for the Company to procure hardware and software licenses with varied performance specifications specific to each customer and provide the technical services for systems development and integration of the hardware and software licenses. In instances where the contract price is inclusive of the technical services, the sale contracts include multiple deliverables. A multiple-element arrangement is separated into more than one unit of accounting if all of the following criteria are met:

 

·The delivered item(s) has value to the customer on a stand-alone basis; 

 

·There is objective and reliable evidence of the fair value of the undelivered item(s); and 

 

·If the arrangement includes a general right of return relative to the delivered item(s), delivery or performance of the undelivered item(s) is considered probable and substantially in the control of the Company. 

 

The Company’s multiple-element contracts generally include customer-acceptance provisions which provide for the Company to carry out installation, test runs and performance tests at the Company’s cost until the systems as a whole can meet the performance specifications stated in the contracts. The delivered equipment and software licenses have no standalone value to the customer until they are installed, integrated and tested at the customer’s site by the Company in accordance with the performance specifications specific to each customer. In addition, under these multiple-element contracts, the Company has not sold the equipment and software licenses separately from the installation, integration and testing services, and hence there is no objective and reliable evidence of the fair value for each deliverable included in the arrangement. As a result, the equipment and the technical services for installation, integration and testing of the equipment are considered a single unit of accounting pursuant to ASC Subtopic 605-25, Revenue Recognition — Multiple-Element Arrangements. In addition, the arrangement generally includes customer acceptance criteria that cannot be tested before installation and integration at the customer’s site. Accordingly, revenue recognition is deferred until customer acceptance, indicated by an acceptance certificate signed off by the customer.

 

Revenues of maintenance services are recognized when the services are performed in accordance with the contract term.

 

Revenues of sale of software, if not bundled with other arrangements, are recognized when shipped and customer acceptance obtained, if all other revenue recognition criteria are met. Costs associated with revenues are recognized when incurred.

 

Revenues are recorded net of value-added taxes, sales discounts and returns. There were no sales returns during the nine months period ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.


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2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued) 

 

 

Three Months

 

Nine months

 

Ended September 30,

 

Ended September 30,

 

2020

 

2019

 

2020

 

2019

 

US$

 

US$

 

US$

 

US$

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

NET REVENUES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- systems development and integration

2,260,182

 

23,426

 

10,646,265

 

52,646

- systems maintenance

2,128,324

 

1,519,903

 

5,505,283

 

4,459,710

- sales of hardware and consumables

252,530

 

522,313

 

926,162

 

1,880,006

 

4,641,036

 

2,065,642

 

17,077,710

 

6,392,362

 

Billings in excess of revenues recognized are recorded as deferred revenue.

 

n)Income taxes 

 

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with the accounting standard issued by the Financial Accounting Standard Board (“FASB”) for income taxes. Under the asset and liability method as required by this accounting standard, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences of temporary differences by applying enacted statutory tax rates applicable to future years to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of existing assets and liabilities. The charge for taxation is based on the results for the reporting period as adjusted for items which are non-assessable or disallowed. It is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. The effect on deferred income taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is recognized if it is more likely than not that some portion, or all of, a deferred tax asset will not be realized.

 

Under the accounting standard regarding accounting for uncertainty in income taxes, a tax position is recognized as a benefit only if it is “more likely than not” that the tax position would be sustained in a tax examination, with a tax examination being presumed to occur. The amount recognized is the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized on examination. For tax positions not meeting the “more likely than not” test, no tax benefit is recorded. Penalties and interest incurred related to underpayment of income tax are classified as income tax expense in the period incurred.

 

o)Operating leases 

 

Leases where substantially all the rewards and risks of ownership of assets remain with the leasing company are accounted for as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to the statements of income on a straight-line basis over the lease periods.

 

p)Advertising costs 

 

The Company expenses the cost of advertising as incurred in the period in which the advertisements and marketing activities are first run or over the life of the endorsement contract. Advertising and marketing expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were insignificant.

 

q)Shipping and handling 

 

Shipping and handling cost incurred to ship computer products to customers are included in selling expenses. Shipping and handling expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were insignificant.

 

r)Research and development costs 

 

Research and development costs are expensed as incurred and are included in general and administrative expenses. Research and development costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were insignificant.


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2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued) 

 

s)Foreign currency translation 

 

The functional currency and reporting currency of the Company is the U.S. Dollar. (“US$” or “$”). The functional currency of the Hong Kong subsidiaries is the Hong Kong Dollar. The functional currency of the PRC subsidiary is RMB. Results of operations and cash flow are translated at average exchange rates during the period, and assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rate as quoted by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (“HKMA”) at the end of the period. Capital accounts are translated at their historical exchange rates when the capital transaction occurred. Translation adjustments resulting from this process are included in accumulated other comprehensive income. Transaction gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in the results of operations as incurred.

 

Quarter ended

 

September 30, 2020

 

September 30, 2019

RMB : USD exchange rate

 

6.9599

 

6.9962

three months average period ended

 

 

 

 

HKD : USD exchange rate

 

7.800

 

7.800

three months average period ended

 

 

 

 

PESO : USD exchange rate

 

50.1608

 

50.2405

three months average period ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quarter ended

 

September 30, 2020

 

September 30, 2019

RMB : USD exchange rate

 

7.0351

 

6.8386

nine months average period ended

 

 

 

 

HKD : USD exchange rate

 

7.800

 

7.800

nine months average period ended

 

 

 

 

PESO : USD exchange rate

 

50.2129

 

51.0068

nine months average period ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quarter ended

 

September 30, 2020

 

December 31, 2019

RMB : USD exchange rate

 

6.859

 

6.9799

HKD : USD exchange rate

 

7.800

 

7.800

PESO : USD exchange rate

 

50.1608

 

51.1475

 

t)Stock-based Compensation 

 

The Company records stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation using the fair value method. All transactions in which goods or services are the consideration received for the issuance of equity instruments are accounted for based on the fair value of the consideration received or the fair value of the equity instrument issued, whichever is more reliably measurable. Equity instruments issued to employees and the cost of the services received as consideration are measured and recognized based on the fair value of the equity instruments issued.

 

u)Commitments and contingencies 

 

The Company follows FASB ASC Subtopic 450-20, “Loss Contingencies” in determining its accruals and disclosures with respect to loss contingencies. Accordingly, estimated losses from loss contingencies are accrued by a charge to income when information available prior to issuance of the financial statements indicates that it is probable that a liability could be incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. Legal expenses associated with the contingency are expensed as incurred. If a loss contingency is not probable or reasonably estimable, disclosure of the loss contingency is made in the financial statements when it is at least reasonably possible that a material loss could be incurred.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued) 

 

v)Segment Reporting 

 

The Company uses the “management approach” in determining reportable operating segments. The management approach considers the internal organization and reporting used by the Company’s chief operating decision maker for making operating decisions and assessing performance as the source for determining the Company’s reportable segments. Management, including the chief operating decision maker, reviews operating results solely by monthly revenue from software development and maintenance services (but not by sub-services/product type or geographic area) and operating results of the Company and, as such, the Company has determined that the Company has one operating segment as defined by ASC Topic 280 “Segment Reporting”.

 

w)Recent accounting pronouncements 

 

In June 2016, FASB amended guidance related to impairment of financial instruments as part of ASU 2016-13 Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which will be effective on January 1, 2020. The guidance replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology with an expected credit loss model for which a group is required to recognize an allowance based on its estimate of expected credit loss. We are currently evaluating the impact of this new guidance on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. The guidance removes Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test, which requires a hypothetical purchase price allocation. A goodwill impairment will now be the amount by which a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value, not to exceed the carrying amount of goodwill. The guidance should be adopted on a prospective basis for the annual or any interim goodwill impairment tests beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. The Company currently intends to adopt this guidance for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2020, and does not anticipate that the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on its financial statements or disclosures because the Company does not currently have any recorded goodwill.

 

In December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (ASU 2019-12), which simplifies the accounting for income taxes. This guidance will be effective for us in the first quarter of 2021 on a prospective basis, with early adoption permitted. We do not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In January 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2020-01, Investments—Equity Securities (Topic 321), Investments—Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323), and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) (ASU 2020-01), which clarifies the interaction of the accounting for equity securities under Topic 321, the accounting for equity method investments in Topic 323, and the accounting for certain forward contracts and purchased options in Topic 815. This guidance will be effective for us in the first quarter of 2021 on a prospective basis, with early adoption permitted. We do not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

Other accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by the FASB or other standards-setting bodies that do not require adoption until a future date are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements upon adoption.


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VALUE EXCHANGE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

3. Accounts receivable 

 

Accounts receivable consisted of the following as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019: 

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

2020

 

2019

 

US$

 

US$

 

(unaudited)

 

 

Accounts receivable

846,728

 

777,348

Allowance for doubtful accounts

(3,863)

 

(3,788)

 

842,865

 

773,560

 

 

 

 

All of the Company’s customers are located in the PRC, Hong Kong and Manila, Philippines. The Company provides credit in the normal course of business. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and maintains allowances for doubtful accounts based on factors surrounding the credit risk of specific customers, historical trends, and other information. 

 

4. Other receivables and prepayments 

 

Other receivables and prepayments consisted of the following as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

2020

 

2019

 

US$

 

US$

 

(unaudited)

 

 

Deposits and prepaid expense

165,484

 

215,141

Others

357,805

 

42,032

 

523,289

 

257,173

 

5. Inventories 

 

Inventories as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 consisted of the following:

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

2020

 

2019

 

US$

 

US$

 

(unaudited)

 

 

Finished goods

229,170

 

219,592


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VALUE EXCHANGE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

6. Plant and equipment, net 

 

Plant and equipment consisted of the following as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

2020

 

2019

 

US$

 

US$

 

(unaudited)

 

 

Leasehold improvements

74,622

 

73,322

Office furniture and equipment

241,490

 

145,002

Computer equipment

323,279

 

315,332

Computer software

41,331

 

39,548

Motor Vehicle

148,256

 

154,434

Building

65,827

 

64,673

Total

894,805

 

792,311

Less: accumulated depreciation

(511,223)

 

(438,485)

Plant and equipment, net

383,582

 

353,826

 

Depreciation expense for the nine months period ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 amounted to $113,820 and $115,778, respectively. For the nine months period ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, no interest expense was capitalized into plant and equipment.

 

 

7. Goodwill 

 

Goodwill consisted of the following as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

2020

 

2019

 

US$

 

US$

 

(unaudited)

 

 

Goodwill arising from acquisition of TSI

206,812

 

206,812

 

8. Leases 

 

We have entered into various non-cancelable operating lease agreements for certain of our offices. Our leases have original lease periods expiring between the remainder of 2020 and 2024. Many leases include option to renew. We do not assume renewals in our determination of the lease term unless the renewals are deemed to be reasonably assured. Our lease agreements generally do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

2020

 

2019

 

US$

 

US$

 

(unaudited)

 

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net

214,768

 

824,230


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VALUE EXCHANGE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

8. Leases (Continued) 

 

The components of lease liabilities are as follows:

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

2020

 

2019

 

US$

 

US$

 

(unaudited)

 

 

Lease liabilities, current

163,534

 

356,960

Lease liabilities, non-current

56,016

 

478,641

Present value of lease liabilities

219,550

 

835,601

 

 

 

 

 

Total lease cost for the nine months period ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 amounted to $8,825 and $0, respectively. Weighted-average remaining lease term is 1.2 years, and weighted-average discount rate is 3%.

 

The following is a schedule, by years, of maturities of lease liabilities as of September 30, 2020:

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

2020

 

2019

 

US$

 

US$

 

(unaudited)

 

 

Year one

167,494

 

367,669

Year two

56,576

 

344,461

Year three

-

 

137,839

Year four

-

 

31,302

Thereafter

-

 

-

Total undiscounted cash flows

224,070

 

881,271

Less: Imputed interest

(4,520)

 

(45,670)

Present value of lease liabilities

219,550

 

835,601

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. Bank loan 

 

Bank loan and accruals consisted of the following as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

2020

 

2019

 

US$

 

US$

 

(unaudited)

 

 

Long term bank loan

112,098

 

-

Less: Current portion of long term bank loan

(40,438)

 

-

 

71,660

 

-

 

Short term bank loan

-

 

13,686

Current portion of long term bank loan

40,438

 

-

 

40,438

 

13,686

 

As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company's bank loan secured by plant and equipment with net carrying amount of $126,963 and nil respectively.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

10. Other payables and accrued liabilities 

 

Other payables and accruals consisted of the following as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

2020

 

2019

 

US$

 

US$

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrual

576,435

 

519,853

Income taxes payable

74,388

 

33,406

 

650,823

 

553,259

 

Accrual mainly represents salary payables and fringe and social security accruals. According to the prevailing laws and regulations of the PRC, all eligible employees of the Company’s subsidiaries are entitled to staff welfare benefits including medical care, welfare subsidies, unemployment insurance and pension benefits through a PRC government-mandated multi-employer defined contribution plan. The Company’s subsidiaries are required to accrue for these benefits based on certain percentages of the qualified employees’ salaries. The Company’s subsidiary is required to make contributions to the plans out of the amounts accrued.

 

The Company’s subsidiaries incorporated in Hong Kong manage a defined contribution Mandatory Provident Fund (the “MPF Scheme”) under the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance, for all of its employees in Hong Kong. The Company is required to contribute 5% of the monthly salaries for all Hong Kong based employees to the MPF Scheme up to a maximum statutory limit.

 

11. Deferred income 

 

Deferred income consisted of the following as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

2020

 

2019

 

US$

 

US$

 

(unaudited)

 

 

Service fees received in advance

895,491

 

255,749

 

12. Statutory reserves 

 

Statutory reserves

 

The laws and regulations of the PRC require that before an enterprise distributes profits to its owners, it must first satisfy all tax liabilities, provide for losses in previous years, and make allocations in proportions determined at the discretion of the Board of Directors after the statutory reserves.

 

As stipulated by the Company Law of the PRC, as applicable to Chinese companies with foreign ownership, net income after taxation can only be distributed as dividends after appropriation has been made for the following:

 

1.Making up cumulative prior years’ losses, if any; 

 

2.Allocations to the “Statutory surplus reserve” of at least 10% of income after tax, as determined under PRC accounting rules and regulations, until the fund amounts to 50% of the company’s registered capital; and; 

 

3.Allocations to the discretionary surplus reserve, if approved in the shareholders’ general meeting. 

 

The statutory reserve fund is non-distributable other than during liquidation and can be used to fund previous years’ losses, if any. It may be utilized for business expansion or converted into share capital by issuing new shares to existing shareholders in proportion to their shareholding or by increasing the par value of the shares currently held by them, provided that the remaining reserve balance after such issue is not less than 25% of the registered capital.


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13. Related party and shareholder transactions 

 

Other than disclosed elsewhere in these financial statements, the Company also had the following related party balances and transactions:

 

Related party balances

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

2020

 

2019

 

US$

 

US$

 

(unaudited)

 

 

Due from a related party

 

 

 

Value Exchange International Limited (i)

1,211,836

 

534,806

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

2020

 

2019

 

US$

 

US$

 

(unaudited)

 

 

Due to related parties

32,909

 

32,909

Mr. Edmund Yeung (ii)

7,500

 

-

Mr. Johan Pehrson (iii)

40,409

 

32,909

 

 

 

 

 

Related party transactions

 

 

Three Months

 

Nine months

 

Ended September 30,

 

Ended September 30,

 

2020

 

2019

 

2020

 

2019

 

US$

 

US$

 

US$

 

US$

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

Interest expenses payable to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Edmund Yeung (ii)

-

 

(1,423)

 

-

 

(2,371)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service income received from

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Value Exchange International Limited (i)

-

 

123,716

 

-

 

370,410

Value E Consultant International (M) Sdn. Bhd (iv)

14,054

 

39,000

 

18,069

 

76,359

TAP Technology (HK) Limited (v)

82,051

 

-

 

180,769

 

-

SmartMyWays Co., Limited (vi)

-

 

-

 

23,249

 

-

ValueX International Pte. Ltd. (vii)

-

 

-

 

159,581

 

-

AppMyWays Co., Limited (viii)

382,043

 

-

 

382,043

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subcontracting fees payable to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Value Exchange International Limited (i)

-

 

(5,056)

 

-

 

(16,910)

AppMyWays Co., Limited (viii)

(257,949)

 

-

 

(514,359)

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management fees received from

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Value Exchange International Limited (i)

11,702

 

74,102

 

37,840

 

107,083

TAP Technology (HK) Limited (v)

7,692

 

-

 

23,077

 

-

SmartMyWays Co., Limited (vi)

7,692

 

-

 

23,077

 

-

Cucumbuy.com Limited (ix)

7,692

 

-

 

23,077

 

-

Retail Intelligent Unit Limited (x)

3,077

 

-

 

9,230

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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13. Related party and shareholder transactions (Continued) 

 

Related party transactions (Continued)

 

(i)Ms. Bella Tsang, a director of the Company, is a shareholder and a director of Value Exchange International Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong. The balance is unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand. 

 

(ii)Mr. Edmund Yeung, a director of the Company. The balance included a loan from a director is unsecured, interest bearing at 12% per annum, and repayable on February 7, 2016 amount to US$32,909 as of September 30, 2020. As of the day of this report, no repayment has been made since September 30, 2020. 

 

The remaining balance is unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand.

 

(iii)Mr. Johan Pehrson, a director of the Company. The balance is unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand. 

 

(iv)Ms. Bella Tsang, a director of the Company, is a shareholder and a director of Value E Consultant International (M) Sdn. Bhd, a company incorporated in Malaysia. The balance is unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand. 

 

(v)Ms. Bella Tsang, a director of the Company, is a shareholder and a director of TAP Technology (HK) Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong. The balance is unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand. 

 

(vi)Ms. Bella Tsang, a director of the Company, is a shareholder and a director of SmartMyWays Co., Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong; and Mr. Kenneth Tan, a director of the Company, is a director of Smartmyways Co., Limited. The balance is unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand. 

 

(vii)Ms. Bella Tsang, a director of the Company, is a shareholder and a director of ValueX International Pte. Ltd., a company incorporated in Singapore. The balance is unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand. 

 

(viii)Ms. Bella Tsang, a director of the Company, is a shareholder and a director of AppMyWays Co., Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong. The balance is unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand. 

 

(ix)Ms. Bella Tsang, a director of the Company, is a shareholder and a director of Cucumbuy.com Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong; and Mr. Kenneth Tan, a director of the Company, is a director of Cucumbuy.com Limited. The balance is unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand. 

 

(x)Ms. Bella Tsang, a director of the Company, is a shareholder and a director of Retail Intelligent Unit Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong; and Mr. Kenneth Tan, a director of the Company, is a director of Retail Intelligent Unit Limited. The balance is unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand. 


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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

 

This report contains “forward-looking statements”. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements containing the words “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “projects,” “will,” “should,” “may,” “hopes” and other words of similar import or the negative of those terms or expressions. Forward-looking statements in this report include, but are not limited to, expectations of future levels of business development spending, general and administrative spending, levels of capital expenditures and operating results, sufficiency of our capital resources, our intention to pursue and consummate strategic opportunities available to us and effects as well as our ability to fund, and integrate and grow acquired business lines. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to those described in “Risk Factors” contained in the Company’s reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

 

Certain Terms

 

Except as otherwise indicated by the context, references in this report to:

 

·“Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” are to the combined business of Value Exchange International, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries;  

 

·“China,” “Chinese” and “PRC,” refer to the People’s Republic of China;  

 

·“Renminbi” and “RMB” refer to the legal currency of China;  

 

·“U.S. dollars,” “dollars” and “$” refer to the legal currency of the United States;  

 

·“SEC” or “Commission” refers to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;  

 

·“Securities Act” refers to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; and 

 

·“Exchange Act” refers to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  

 

CORPORATE OVERVIEW

 

History of Value Exchange International, Inc.

 

Organization.

 

We were incorporated in the State of Nevada on June 26, 2007 under the name “China Soaring Inc.” We changed the Company's name to “Sino Payments, Inc.” on November 26, 2008 and then further changed to the current name as “Value Exchange International, Inc.” in October 2016. Our Common Stock’s trading symbol changed at the same time from “SNPY” to “VEII.” Our common stock is quoted on the OTCQB Venture Market.

 

On January 1, 2014, we received 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of in VEI CHN in exchange for i) newly issued 12,000,000 shares of our Common Stock to the majority stockholder of VEI CHN; and ii) 166,667 shares of our Common Stock held by VEI CHN to be transferred to the majority stockholder of VEI CHN (“Share Exchange”). This transaction resulted in the owners of VEI CHN obtaining a majority voting interest in the Company. The merger of VEI CHN into the Company, which had nominal net assets, results in VEI CHN having control of the combined entity.


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Current Business Focus.

 

We are a provider of customer-centric solutions for the retail industry in China, Hong Kong SAR and Philippines. We intend to seek expansion of that territory to other parts of Southeast Asia. By integrating market-leading Point-of-Sale/Point-of-Interaction (“POS/POI”), Merchandising, Customer Relations Management or “CRM” and related rewards, Locational Based (Global Positioning System (“GPS”) and Indoor Positioning System (“IPS”)) Marketing, Customer Analytics, Business Intelligence solutions, our products and services are intended to provide retailers with the capability to offer a consistent shopping experience across all channels, enabling them to easily and effectively manage the customer lifecycle on a one-to-one basis. We promote ourselves as a single information technology (“IT”) source for retailers who wanted to extend existing traditional transaction processing to multiple points of interaction, including the Internet, kiosks and wireless devices. Our products and services are focused on helping retailers realize the full benefits of Customer Chain Management with its suite of solutions that focus on the customer, on employees, and the infrastructure that supports the selling channel. Our retail solutions are installed in an estimated 30%-40% of POS/POI-suitable retailers in Hong Kong and Manila, Philippines, processing tens of millions of transactions a year. Company is headquartered in Hong Kong and with offices in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, China; Manila, Manila, Philippines; and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 

We intend to seek expansion of our current geographical markets to other parts of Southeast Asia by seeking new businesses and by possible acquisitions of existing businesses. However, seeking new business and expanding our markets will require adequate and affordable funding or working capital and beating competition for the new business. Acquisitions will require finding suitable acquisitions that will agree to terms and conditions acceptable to us and the successful integration of new businesses into our operations. We may be unable to win new business or acquire any new businesses and, consequently, we may be unable to expand our geographical markets. We have not expanded into any new markets by acquisition or otherwise during the fiscal quarter ended, September 30, 2020 and we have not arranged for funding for any acquisitions or expansion of business during the quarter ended September 30, 2020.

 

The Company, through its operating subsidiaries, is focusing and will focus on its IT Business, and seek to expand its IT Business services to commercial customers in PRC and Asia Pacific Region. This strategy is based upon our subjective business judgment that the IT Business presents more opportunities for potential customer order in our core markets of Hong Kong SAR and China than the “IP Business” (as defined below) and presents an industry segment that better suits our current technical capabilities, marketing capabilities and financial resources.

 

Initial Business Focus.

 

Our initial intended, primary business was to operate a credit card processing and merchant-acquiring services company that provided credit card clearing services to merchants and financial institutions in PRC. Since inception, we strived to implement our business plan, including the key step of creating our Global Processing Platform (“SinoPay GPP”). Specifically, the Company’s proposed IP business was to be a provider of Internet Protocol (“IP”) processing services in Asia to bank card-accepting merchants (“IP Business”). We marketed our services to local merchants with regional retail locations across Asia Pacific as potential customers of their IP and related credit card and debit card processing systems. We offered interoperability through what is envisioned as a highly efficient infrastructure and perceived exceptional knowledge of the IP processing market through our SinoPay GPP platform concept. The SinoPay GPP system facilitates the processing of all major credit card types (Visa/MC/AMEX/Diners/Discover/JCB) and was intended to be integrated with China UnionPay to provide processing of UnionPay Debit cards in China. VEII intended to deploy the SinoPay GPP platform throughout Asia with a focus on China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Manila, Philippines, Malaysia, Korea, and Japan.

 

As of the date of filing of this report, we still have not implemented any IP Business services to any customer. We have yet to sell any SinoPay GPP system concept to a customer as of the date of this report. We may decide in the future to promote the SinoPay GPP system concept, but our primary focus is and has been on growing our IT Business because of our strategic decision that IT Business presents greater growth and profit potential than IP Business in the short term. Further, we believe that the SinoGPP system will require ongoing and potentially expensive marketing and sales effort as well as upgrades in hardware and software due to the highly competitive market for Point Of Sale (“POS”) systems and longer sales cycle for POS systems than IT Business project and consulting sales. The development of online IP systems and enhancements in IP technologies has made SinoPay GPP a dated concept in functionality as of 2020.

 

Business Developments: SinoPay GPP and related IP Business. As previously reported, and since the Company has been unable to develop a revenue generating business for the IP Business, and the Company is focusing its resources on the more lucrative IT Business. The Company has decided to from time to time explore an alternative approach to the past effort to develop a revenue generating IP Business. The Company believes that the emphasis on the IT Business and Company’s limited cash flow and funding resources requires any future promotion and development of the IP Business must be conducted as a joint venture with a third party willing to raise the capital necessary to produce a commercially viable e-commerce system for the IP Business.  The Company lacks the strategic focus and current, available capital (as well as funding sources) to engage in the internal development of a viable modern e-commerce system for a commercially viable IP Business. 


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As previously disclosed in filings with the Commission, Matthew Mecke, a director of the Company, proposed forming a joint venture with the Company to be operated as a majority owned subsidiary of the Company and to be funded by yet-to-be-identified third party investors to be located by Mr. Mecke. Mr. Mecke formed a new company, named Koinon Technology Services, Inc. (“KTSI”) and incorporated in the U.S. Virgin Islands, as part of his proposal to operate the e-payment concept of SinoPay GPP as a subsidiary of the Company. KTSI’s incorporation and formation was completed as of January 24, 2019 by Mr. Mecke. The formation of KTSI was a condition to the Company considering Mr. Mecke’s proposal to commercially exploit the SinoPay GPP concept as a joint venture between the Company and KTSI.

 

Mr. Mecke proposed a joint venture effort based on KTSI operating as majority owned subsidiary of the Company, the Company transferring its rights to the SinoPay GPP concept and know-how to KTSI in exchange, and Mr. Mecke undertaking the responsibility for funding KTSI’s effort to develop a updated, modern e-commerce system based on the SinoPay GPP concept or a derivative IP Business platform. As of the filing date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, neither KTSI nor Mr. Mecke has raised any funds or received any funding commitments for KTSI or any development effort for a new e-commerce system. With the resignation of Mr. Mecke as a director of the Company on February 18, 2020, the pursuit of KTSI as a new launch of the IP Business was suspended and is unlikely to be restarted as a business development initiative of VEII in 2020, but the idea of developing a new IP Business will be re-evaluated from time to time by the Company. With the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 in global economic conditions and inability of KTSI to locate adequate working capital funding for KTSI’s proposed IP business, KTSI is a dormant business development project as of the date of the filing of this Form 10- Q report.

 

The IP Business industry is very competitive and marked by rapid changes in technology and advances in functionality of e-payment and e-commerce systems, especially smart device based applications. The Company may pursue alternatives to KTSI for development of a viable IP Business.

 

Smart Tag. Through a cooperative effort with another company, Company has the ability to market a smart baggage tag that allows consumers to track the location of their baggage through a smart phone or device using the smart baggage tag and related application. In December 2019 and January 2019, Company made an in-person presentation to the airport authority for the Washington, D.C. region to sell the smart baggage tag in the airport authority’s airports, but did not receive an offer or approval to sell at the airports. The smart baggage tag has not yet produced any significant revenues.

 

The prospects of the Smart Tag business as of the date of this Form 10-Q report are uncertain. The Company will have to determine if an expanded or sustained marketing effort for the Smart Tag is possible based on available resources and business priorities.

 

Industry Trends and Economic Conditions.

 

The IT Business in Hong Kong and China is large and fragmented, comprised of thousands of competitors as well as being a highly competitive industry. The IT Business in Manila also faces the same competitive challengers. A general trend affecting our IT Business is the trend of increasing competition for skilled labor. With a global economy and foreign competitors seeking to penetrate Hong Kong and China as markets as well as to tap into new pools of skilled workers in IT Business, we will undoubtedly face increasing competition for skilled workers in IT Business in the Hong Kong and China markets and possibly in Manila. We may be unable to afford or effectively compete for necessary skilled workers in Hong Kong, Philippines and China and, if we are unable to afford or effectively compete for necessary skilled workers, our growth and ability to attain and sustain profit operations in the IT Business may fail or be significantly affected. We have not experienced any significant problems in recruiting necessary skilled workers in fiscal years 2019 or 2020 to date. Any surge in COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong may adversely impact our retention and recruitment of personnel. Until there is an effective, widely available vaccine for COVID-19, the uncertainty as to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on our companies will continue.

 

A common problem in the IT Business is retaining skilled workers throughout the duration of a project. Due to the global nature of the IT Business and the growing demand for skilled IT Business workers, a skilled IT business worker can often readily find higher paying positions with competitors, whether local or foreign. While we have not experienced retention problems due primarily to our focus on smaller, shorter term IT business projects, we may experience retention of skilled worker problems if we grow our IT Business and undertake longer term, more complex IT business projects for customers.


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IT Business is often affected by general economic conditions in our markets and any decline in those conditions could adversely impact our business and financial performance. During periods of economic growth, customers general spend more for IT Business products and services. During periods of economic contraction or uncertainty, such spending generally decreases or is deferred. As such, the prospective business for our IT Business is generally greater during periods of economic growth or stability in Hong Kong or China or Manila, Philippines, respectively, and decreases during periods of economic decline or uncertainty in Hong Kong, China or Manila, Philippines. In our global economy, and with PRC being still a principal export economy, adverse economic conditions globally or in other regions can adversely impact economic conditions in Hong Kong, Philippines or China. China has experienced a less dynamic growth in gross national product in the past year and this may reduce the willingness of customers to spend on IT Business or IP Business.

 

The IT Business is global and, with the growth of cloud computing, there is a growing capability and infrastructure for companies in a foreign nation to provide IT Business to customers around the globe as a complement to cloud computing. We have not seen any significant impact of cloud computing on our IT Business in fiscal years 2019 or fiscal year 2020 to date, but we perceive that the expansion of cloud computing coupled with IT services and products could allow foreign companies to provide IT Business products and services to its cloud computing customers in our Hong Kong and China core markets as well as in the Philippines. We may find it more difficult to compete for IT Business in Hong Kong and China, and perhaps the Philippines, if customers of IT Business elect to have cloud computing companies manage, repair and enhance IT Business products, software and systems. The growth of cloud computing coupled with IT Business products and services as an ancillary component of the cloud computing menu of products and services could adversely impact our IT Business in Hong Kong and China markets as well as the Philippines.

 

The nature of our IT Business is such that our most significant current asset is accounts receivable. Our most significant current liabilities are payroll related costs, which are generally paid either every two weeks or monthly. If the demand for our IT Business products and services increases, we may generally see an increase in our working capital needs, as we continue to pay our workers on a weekly or monthly basis while the related accounts receivable are outstanding for much longer than normal payment cycle, which may result in a decline in operating cash flows. Conversely, as the demand for our IT Business products and services declines, we may generally see a decrease in our working capital needs, as the existing accounts receivable are collected and not replaced at the same level, resulting in a decline of our accounts receivable balance, with less of an effect on current liabilities due to the shorter cycle time of the payroll related items. This may result in an increase in our operating cash flows; however, any such increase would not be sustainable in the event that a local or global economic downturn continued for an extended period.

 

In order for us to attain sustained success in the near term, we must continue to maintain and grow our customer base, provide high-quality service and satisfy our existing clients. In the current economic environment, we must provide our customers with service offerings that are appropriately priced, satisfy their needs, and provide them with measurable business benefits. While we have recently experienced more demand for our IT Business products and services, we believe that it is too early to determine if developments will translate into sustainable improvements in our pricing or margins in fiscal year 2020 or over the longer term.

 

The increasing need for cybersecurity products and technologies may be a future weakness of our business plan. We do not have a current cybersecurity product and service line beyond consultants engaged to provide cybersecurity services to customers and we have not current plans to develop a cybersecurity business line. Cybersecurity companies may have an advantage over our business model in the future in that cybersecurity companies could leverage their cybersecurity offerings to also sell IT Business services and products that compete with our IT Business products and services.

 

We also face a possible competitive threat from Cloud computing services, which we do not provide to customers (except through third party providers). Cloud computing services can and do offer additional services to customers, which services can include the same IT Business services as our company. Cloud computing companies could leverage their relationship with customers to persuade them to use the Cloud computing service for IT Business needs. This leverage could pose a competitive threat to our IT Business. We lack the current financial and technical resources to compete in the Cloud computing business.

 

Covid 19 Pandemic. Since the beginning of 2020, the worldwide spread of the novel coronavirus (“Covid 19”) has been rapid and unprecedented. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared Covid 19 a global pandemic. Efforts to control the spread of Covid 19 have led governments and other authorities to impose restrictions which have resulted in business closures and disrupted global supply chains. In addition to reductions in business levels, the altered marketplace environment has negatively impacted our freight mix and shipment profile. The extent of the long term adverse effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business results is unknown and depends on future developments, including the severity and duration of the pandemic and whether an effective, widely available vaccine is available.


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Covid 19 pandemic affected our primary operations in Hong Kong SAR and Manila, Philippines in first fiscal quarter of 2020 by forcing limited business travel, limited access by non-residents to Hong Kong SAR, quarantine requirements and remote work arrangements by personnel, customers suspending or reducing operations and use of third party services and suspension or cancellations of normal business activities by us and customers. While there has been a degree of easing restrictions on businesses, there are still restrictions on our and customers’ business activities. Further, the Covid 19 pandemic may have a second wave of infections in the fall of 2020, which would probably impose a continuation or increase in restrictions of business activities. The full impact of. Covid 19 pandemic on our business may not be fully understood until the end of the third or fourth fiscal quarter of 2020. Covid 19 pandemic may make funding of new and existing business from third party sources more difficult due to obtain as a result of increased lending and funding demands by businesses that suspended or closed operations and had to rely on funding to cover operating overhead. The contraction of the local economies in our primary markets would indicate a probable downturn in our business in 2020.

 

As of the date of the filing of this Form 10-Q report, the COVID-19 pandemic has stabilized in Hong Kong SAR and most of China, but there can be no assurance that COVID-19 pandemic will not surge in Hong Kong SAR or China. Hong Kong SAR is still imposing travel restrictions, quarantine requirements and restricted access to the area by non-residents. COVID-19 pandemic has reached Manila area, but the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Manila operations may not be understood or manifested until the end of 2020. Manila region does not have as developed medical system and committed national mitigation response to COVID-19 pandemic as Hong Kong SAR or China and this inherent weakness makes predicting the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on our Manila operations or Manila area customer base difficult to predict for the remaining quarters of 2020. Any surge of, or lack of effective mitigation measures for, the COVID-19 pandemic in Manila region would likely adversely impact our Manila operations in the future.

 

Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) was enacted on March 27, 2020. Company has not sought any assistance or loans under the CARES Act as of the date of this Form 10-Q report. Our operations and personnel are not based in the U.S.

 

History of Value Exchange Int’l (China) Limited

 

VEI CHN was first established on November 16, 2001 in Hong Kong SAR with limited liability under the name of “Triversity Hong Kong Limited” and subsequently changed its name to “Triversity (Asia Pacific) Limited” on April 24, 2002 and then further changed its name to “TAP Investments Group Limited” on November 16, 2007. TAP Investments Group Limited changed to its current name as “Value Exchange Int’l (China) Limited” on May 13, 2013.

 

VEI CHN is an investment holding company with two subsidiaries established in Hong Kong SAR, namely TAP Services (HK) Limited which was incorporated on August 25, 2003 and acquired by VEI CHN on September 25, 2008, and subsequently changed to its current name as Value Exchange Int’l (Hong Kong) Limited (“VEI HKG”) on May 13, 2013, and Cucumbuy.com Limited (“CUCUMBUY”), which was incorporated on May 14, 2013 and disposed on May 21, 2018. VEI CHN set up a wholly-owned Foreign Enterprise (WOFE) in Shanghai, PRC, in September 2, 2008 in the name of Value Exchange Int’l (Shanghai) Limited (“VEI SHG”). In January 2019, VEI SHG set up a 51% subsidiary in Hunan, PRC, in the name of Value Exchange Int’l (Hunan) Limited (“VEI HN”). In February 2020, VEI SHG set up a 51% subsidiary in Shanghai, PRC, in the name of Shanghai Zhaonan Hengan Information Technology Co., Limited (“SZH”). KTSI was established in February 2019 as a joint business development initiative, but it is a dormant business development project as of third quarter of 2020.

 

Principal business

 

Company’s primary operating subsidiary is VEI CHN. The principal business of VEI CHN for more than 15 years is to provide the Information Technology Services and Solutions (consisting of select services and solutions in computer software programming and integration, and computer systems, Internet and information technology systems engineering, consulting, administration and maintenance, including e-commerce and payment processing) to the Retail Sector, primarily to leading retailers in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and PRC and as more fully described below. As is customary in the industry, such services and solutions are provided by both company employees, contractors and consultants. The primary services and products of the IT Business are:

 

a) Systems maintenance and related service 

 

VEI CHN Group provides development, customization of software and hardware, enhancements thereto and maintenance services for installed POS system. VEI CHN Group markets, sells and maintains its own brand POS software – edgePOS as well as third party brands (e.g. NCR / Retalix), which is one of the leading POS software programs in the market. These software enhancements and programming can integrate with different IP systems.

 

Systems maintenance services consist of: i) software maintenance service, including software patches and software code revisions; ii) installing, testing and implementing software; iii) training of customer personnel for the use of software; and iv) technical support for software systems.


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Other services include system installation and implementation, including i) project planning; ii) analysis of customer information and business needs from a IT perspective (“System Analysis”); iii) design of the entire system; iv) hardware and consumables selection advice and sales; and v) system hardware maintenance. These services typically consist of customer projects for New Store Opening (“NSO”) and Install, Move, Add and Change (“IMAC”) for retail, and ad-hoc custom system projects for other business sectors. Our primary focus is the retail sector in Hong Kong SAR, PRC and Manila, Philippines.

 

b) Systems development and integration  

 

VEI CHN Group provides value-added software, which integrates with customer owned or licensed software, and ad-hoc software development projects for other business sectors. Besides use of proprietary, custom software code, VEI CHN services may from time to time license standard third party software programs.

 

Financial Performance Highlights

 

The following are some financial highlights for the third quarter of 2020:

 

·Net revenue: Our net revenues were $17,077,710 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to $6,392,362 for the same period in 2019, an increase of $10,685,348 or 167.2%. 

 

·Gross profit: Gross profit for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $1,363,060 or 8.0% of net revenues, as compared to $1,607,801 or 25.2% of net revenues for the same period in 2019, a decrease of $244,741 or 15.2%. 

 

·Income from operations: Our income from operations totaled $47,007 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to $497,260 for the same period in 2019, a decrease of $450,253 or 90.5%. 

 

·Net income: We had a net income of $305,449 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared to $635,396 for the same period in 2019, a decrease of $329,947 or 51.9%. 

 

·Basic and diluted net income per share was $0.01 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. 


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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Comparison of Three Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019

 

The following tables set forth key components of our results of operations for the periods indicated, both in dollars and as a percentage of net revenues.

 

(All amounts, other than percentages, in U.S. dollars)

 

 

Three Months Ended

September 30, 2020

 

Three Months Ended

September 30, 2019

 

US$

 

As a

percentage of

revenues

 

US$

 

As a

percentage of

revenues

NET REVENUES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service income

4,641,036

 

100%

 

2,065,642

 

100%

COST OF SERVICES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of service income

(4,005,748)

 

(86.3%)

 

(1,606,083)

 

(77.8%)

GROSS PROFIT

635,288

 

13.7%

 

459,559

 

22.2%

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General and administrative expenses

(437,258)

 

(9.4%)

 

(376,830)

 

(18.2%)

Foreign exchange loss

(24,030)

 

(0.5%)

 

35,982

 

1.7%

INCOME FROM OPERATIONS

174,000

 

3.7%

 

118,711

 

5.7%

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES)

76,187

 

1.6%

 

36,716

 

1.8%

INCOME BEFORE PROVISION

   FOR INCOME TAXES

250,187

 

5.4%

 

155,427

 

7.5%

INCOME TAXES (EXPENSES) CREDIT

(1,738)

 

(0.0%)

 

5,552 

 

0.3% 

NET INCOME

248,449

 

5.4%

 

160,979

 

7.8%

 

Net revenues. Net revenues were $4,641,036 for the three months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to $2,065,642 for the same period in 2019, an increase of $2,575,394 or 124.7%. This increase was primarily attributable to the increase in our revenue from i) sales of systems maintenance with revenues increasing from $1,519,903 for the three months ended September 30, 2019 to $2,128,324 for the three months ended September 30, 2020; ii) sales of systems development and integration with revenue increasing from $23,426 for the three months ended September 30, 2019 to $2,260,182 for the three months ended September 30, 2020; offset by iii) sales of hardware and consumables with revenues decreasing from $522,313 for the three months ended September 30, 2019 to $252,530 for the three months ended September 30, 2020.

 

Cost of services. Our cost of services is primarily comprised of our costs of technical staff, contracting fees to suppliers and general operating overhead. Our cost of services increased to $4,005,748 or 86.3% of net revenues, for the three months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to $1,606,083 or 77.8% of net revenues, for the same period in 2019, an increase of $2,399,665 or 149.4%. The increase in cost of services was mainly attributable to the increase in our contracting fees to suppliers and general operating overhead.

 

Gross profit. Gross profit for the three months ended September 30, 2020 was $635,288 or 13.7% of net revenues, as compared to $459,559 or 22.2% of net revenues, for the same period in 2019, an increase of $175,729 or 38.2%. The increase of gross profit was largely due to the increase in net revenues, offset by the increase in cost of services in this period, as compared with the same period of 2019.

 

General and administrative expenses. General and administrative expenses include the costs associated with staff and support personnel who manage our business activities, office rental expenses, depreciation charge for fixed assets, and professional fees paid to third parties. General and administrative expenses increased to $437,258 or 9.4% of net revenues, for the three months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to $376,830 or 18.2% of net revenues, for the same period in 2019, an increase of $60,428 or 16.0%. The reasons for the decrease was attributable to the increase in staff cost, amortization, and other administrative cost.

 

Income from operations. As a result of the above, our loss from operations totaled $174,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to income from operations totaled $118,711 for the same period in 2019, an increase of $55,289 or 46.6%.

 

Income taxes (expenses) credit. Income taxes expenses totaled $1,738 during the three months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to income taxes credit totaled $5,552 for the same period in 2019, a change of $7,290 or 131.3%.


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Net income. As a result of the foregoing, we had a net income of $248,449 for the three months ended September 30, 2020, compared to net income of $160,979 for the same period in 2019, an increase of $87,470 or 54.3%, as a result of the factors described above.

 

Comparison of Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019

 

The following tables set forth key components of our results of operations for the periods indicated, both in dollars and as a percentage of net revenues.

 

(All amounts, other than percentages, in U.S. dollars)

 

 

Three Months Ended

September 30, 2020

 

Three Months Ended

September 30, 2019

 

US$

 

As a

percentage of

revenues

 

US$

 

As a

percentage of

revenues

NET REVENUES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service income

17,077,710

 

100%

 

6,392,362

 

100%

COST OF SERVICES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of service income

(15,714,650)

 

(92.0%)

 

(4,784,561)

 

(74.8%)

GROSS PROFIT

1,363,060

 

8.0%

 

1,607,801

 

25.2%

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General and administrative expenses

(1,295,399)

 

(7.6%)

 

(1,144,774)

 

(17.9%)

Foreign exchange (loss) gain

(20,654)

 

(0.1%)

 

34,233

 

0.5%

INCOME FROM OPERATIONS

47,007

 

0.3%

 

497,260

 

7.8%

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES)

253,762

 

1.5%

 

121,482

 

1.9%

INCOME BEFORE PROVISION

   FOR INCOME TAXES

300,769

 

1.8%

 

618,742

 

9.7%

INCOME TAXES CREDIT

4,400

 

0.0%

 

16,654

 

0.3%

NET INCOME

305,169

 

1.8%

 

635,396

 

10.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net revenues. Net revenues were $17,077,710 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to $6,392,362 for the same period in 2019, an increase of $10,685,348 or 167.2%. This increase was primarily attributable to the increase in our revenues from i) sales of systems maintenance with revenues increasing from $4,459,710 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to $5,505,283 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020; ii) sales of systems development and integration with revenues increasing from $52,646 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to $10,646,265 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020; offset by iii) sales of hardware and consumables with revenue decreasing from $1,880,006 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to $926,162 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

 

Cost of services. Our cost of services is primarily comprised of our costs of technical staff, contracting fees to suppliers and overhead. Our cost of services increased to $15,714,650 or 92.0% of net revenues, for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to $4,784,561 or 74.8% of net revenues, for the same period in 2019, an increase of $10,930,089 or 228.4%. The increase in cost of services was mainly attributable to the increase in our cost of technical staff, contracting fees to suppliers and general operating overhead.

 

Gross profit. Gross profit for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $1,363,060 or 8.0% of net revenues, as compared to $1,607,801 or 25.2% of net revenues, for the same period in 2019, a decrease of $244,741 or 15.2%. The decrease of gross profit was largely due to the increase in cost of services, offset by the increase in net revenues in this period, as compared with the same period of 2019.

 

General and administrative expenses. General and administrative expenses include the costs associated with staff and support personnel who manage our business activities, office rental expenses, depreciation charge for fixed assets, and professional fees paid to third parties. General and administrative expenses increased to $1,295,399 or 7.6% of net revenues, for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to $1,144,774 or 17.9% of net revenues, for the same period in 2019, an increase of $150,625 or 13.2%. The primary reason for the increase was attributable to the increase in staff cost, amortization, and other administrative cost.

 

Income from operations. As a result of the above, our income from operations totaled $47,007 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to $497,260 for the same period in 2019, a decrease of $450,253 or 90.5%.

 

Income tax credit. Income taxes credit totaled $4,400 during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to $16,654 for the same period in 2019, a decrease of $12,254 or 73.6%.


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Net income. As a result of the foregoing, we had a net income of $305,169 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared to $635,396 for the same period in 2019, a decrease of $330,227 or 52.0%, as a result of the factors described above.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As of September 30, 2020, we had cash and cash equivalents of $808,668.  The following table provides detailed information about our net cash flow for all financial statement periods presented in this report.

 

Cash Flows

(All amounts in U.S. dollars)

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

September 30,

 

2020

 

2019

 

US$

 

US$

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

909,047

 

(565,102)

Net cash used in investing activities

(139,179)

 

(78,487)

Net cash used in financing activities

(218,730)

 

(7,165)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

23,441

 

86,303

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

574,579

 

(564,451)

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of period

234,089

 

729,069

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of period

808,668

 

164,618

 

Operating Activities

 

Net cash provided by operating activities was $909,047 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, which was a change of $1,474,149 from net cash used in operating activities $565,102 for the same period of 2019. The change in net cash provided by (used in) operating activities was mainly attributable to the following:

 

1)A change of Accounts payable, Other payables and accrued liabilities, and Deferred income increased our operating cash balances by $617,976, $325,989, and $882,221 respectively; offset by;  

 

2)Net income of $305,169 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared to $635,396 for the same period in 2019; and  

 

3)A change of Other receivable and prepayment, and Amounts due from related parties decreased our operating cash balances by $190,271 and $291,366. 

 

Investing Activities

 

Net cash used in investing activities was $139,179 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, which was an increase of $60,692 or 77.3% from $78,487 in the same period in 2019. The increase in net cash used in investing activities was attributable to cash used in the purchase of plant and equipment by $139,725; offset by interest received by $546, during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

 

Financing Activities

 

Net cash used in financing activities was $218,730 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, which was an increase of $211,565 from $7,165 in the same period in 2019. The increase in net cash used in financing activities was attributable to the proceeds from non-controlling interests by $7,012, and proceeds from bank loan by $120,238; offset by repayment of bank loan by $22,172, principal payments on finance leases by $314,020, and interest paid by $9,788 during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.


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Future Financings

 

We believe that our cash on hand and cash flow from operations will meet our expected capital expenditure and working capital requirements for the next 12 months. However, we may in the future require additional cash resources due to changes in business conditions, implementation of our strategy to expand our production capacity, sales, marketing and branding activities or other investments or acquisitions we may decide to pursue. If our own financial resources are insufficient to satisfy our capital requirements, we may seek to sell additional equity or debt securities or obtain credit facilities. The sale of additional equity securities could result in dilution to our stockholders. The incurrence of indebtedness would result in increased debt service obligations and could require us to agree to operating and financial covenants that would restrict our operations. Financing may not be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all. Any failure by us to raise additional funds on terms favorable to us, or at all, could limit our ability to expand our business operations and could harm our overall business prospects. 

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods.

 

We regularly evaluate the accounting policies and estimates that we use to prepare our financial statements. A complete summary of these policies is included in note 2 of the notes to our financial statements. In general, management's estimates are based on historical experience, on information from third party professionals, and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the facts and circumstances. Actual results could differ from those estimates made by management.

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), and include the financial statements of the Company and all its subsidiaries that require consolidation. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in the consolidation. The Company’s fiscal year end is December 31st. The following entities were consolidated as of September 30, 2020:

 

 

 

Place of incorporation

 

Ownership percentage

Value Exchange International, Inc.

 

USA

 

Parent Company

Value Exchange Int’l (China) Limited

 

Hong Kong

 

100%

Value Exchange Int’l (Shanghai) Limited

 

PRC

 

100%

Value Exchange Int’l (Hong Kong) Limited

 

Hong Kong

 

100%

TapServices, Inc.

 

Philippines

 

100%

Koinon Technology Services, Inc.

 

U.S. Virgin Islands, USA

 

51%

Value Exchange Int’l (Hunan) Limited

 

PRC

 

51%

Shanghai Zhaonan Hengan Information Technology Co., Ltd

 

PRC

 

51%

 

Use of Estimates

 

Preparing consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions affecting the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The more significant areas requiring using management’s estimates and assumptions relate to the collectability of its receivables, the fair value and accounting treatment of financial instruments, the valuation of long-lived assets and valuation of deferred tax liabilities. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Accordingly, actual results may differ significantly from these estimates. In addition, different assumptions or circumstances could reasonably be expected to yield different results.


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Plant and equipment

 

Plant and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses, if any. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to earnings as incurred. Major additions are capitalized. When assets are retired or otherwise disposed of, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts, and any gain or loss is included in operations. Depreciation of plant and equipment is provided using the straight-line method for substantially all assets with estimated lives as follows:

 

 

Estimated Useful Life

Leasehold improvements

Lesser of lease term or the estimated useful lives of

 

5 years

Computer equipment

5 years

Computer software

5 years

Office furniture and equipment

5 years

Motor Vehicle

3 years

Building

5 years

 

Revenue recognition

 

Sales revenue is recognized when all of the following have occurred: (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (ii) delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, (iii) the price is fixed or determinable, and (iv) the ability to collect is reasonably assured.

 

The Company’s revenue is derived from three primary sources: (i) professional services for systems development and integration, including procurement of related hardware and software licenses on behalf of customers, if required; (ii) professional services for system maintenance normally for a period of one year; and (iii) sale of hardware and consumables during the service performed as stated above.

Multiple-deliverable arrangements

 

The Company derives revenue from fixed-price sale contracts with customers that may provide for the Company to procure hardware and software licenses with varied performance specifications specific to each customer and provide the technical services for systems development and integration of the hardware and software licenses. In instances where the contract price is inclusive of the technical services, the sale contracts include multiple deliverables. A multiple-element arrangement is separated into more than one unit of accounting if all of the following criteria are met:

 

·The delivered item(s) has value to the customer on a stand-alone basis; 

 

·There is objective and reliable evidence of the fair value of the undelivered item(s); and 

 

·If the arrangement includes a general right of return relative to the delivered item(s), delivery or performance of the undelivered item(s) is considered probable and substantially in the control of the Company. 

 

The Company’s multiple-element contracts generally include customer-acceptance provisions which provide for the Company to carry out installation, test runs and performance tests at the Company’s cost until the systems as a whole can meet the performance specifications stated in the contracts. The delivered equipment and software licenses have no standalone value to the customer until they are installed, integrated and tested at the customer’s site by the Company in accordance with the performance specifications specific to each customer. In addition, under these multiple-element contracts, the Company has not sold the equipment and software licenses separately from the installation, integration and testing services, and hence there is no objective and reliable evidence of the fair value for each deliverable included in the arrangement. As a result, the equipment and the technical services for installation, integration and testing of the equipment are considered a single unit of accounting pursuant to ASC Subtopic 605-25, Revenue Recognition — Multiple-Element Arrangements. In addition, the arrangement generally includes customer acceptance criteria that cannot be tested before installation and integration at the customer’s site. Accordingly, revenue recognition is deferred until customer acceptance, indicated by an acceptance certificate signed off by the customer.

 

Revenues of maintenance services are recognized when the services are performed in accordance with the contract term.

 

Revenues of sale of software, if not bundled with other arrangements, are recognized when shipped and customer acceptance obtained, if all other revenue recognition criteria are met. Costs associated with revenues are recognized when incurred.

 

Revenues are recorded net of value-added taxes, sales discounts and returns. There were no sales returns during the nine months period ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.


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Three Months

 

Nine months

 

Ended September 30,

 

Ended September 30,

 

2020

 

2019

 

2020

 

2019

 

US$

 

US$

 

US$

 

US$

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

NET REVENUES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- systems development and integration

2,260,182

 

23,426

 

10,646,265

 

52,646

- systems maintenance

2,128,324

 

1,519,903

 

5,505,283

 

4,459,710

- sales of hardware and consumables

252,530

 

522,313

 

926,162

 

1,880,006

 

4,641,036

 

2,065,642

 

17,077,710

 

6,392,362

 

Billings in excess of revenues recognized are recorded as deferred revenue.

 

Income taxes

 

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with the accounting standard issued by the Financial Accounting Standard Board (“FASB”) for income taxes. Under the asset and liability method as required by this accounting standard, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences of temporary differences by applying enacted statutory tax rates applicable to future years to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of existing assets and liabilities. The charge for taxation is based on the results for the reporting period as adjusted for items which are non-assessable or disallowed. It is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. The effect on deferred income taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is recognized if it is more likely than not that some portion, or all of, a deferred tax asset will not be realized.

 

Under the accounting standard regarding accounting for uncertainty in income taxes, a tax position is recognized as a benefit only if it is “more likely than not” that the tax position would be sustained in a tax examination, with a tax examination being presumed to occur. The amount recognized is the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized on examination. For tax positions not meeting the “more likely than not” test, no tax benefit is recorded. Penalties and interest incurred related to underpayment of income tax are classified as income tax expense in the period incurred.

 

Foreign currency translation

 

The functional currency and reporting currency of the Company is the U.S. Dollar. (“US$” or “$”). The functional currency of the Hong Kong subsidiaries is the Hong Kong Dollar. The functional currency of the PRC subsidiary is RMB. Results of operations and cash flow are translated at average exchange rates during the period, and assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rate as quoted by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (“HKMA”) at the end of the period. Capital accounts are translated at their historical exchange rates when the capital transaction occurred. Translation adjustments resulting from this process are included in accumulated other comprehensive income. Transaction gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in the results of operations as incurred.

 

Quarter ended

 

September 30, 2020

 

September 30, 2019

RMB : USD exchange rate

 

6.9599

 

6.9962

three months average period ended

 

 

 

 

HKD : USD exchange rate

 

7.800

 

7.800

three months average period ended

 

 

 

 

PESO : USD exchange rate

 

50.1608

 

50.2405

three months average period ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quarter ended

 

September 30, 2020

 

September 30, 2019

RMB : USD exchange rate

 

7.0351

 

6.8386

nine months average period ended

 

 

 

 

HKD : USD exchange rate

 

7.800

 

7.800

nine months average period ended

 

 

 

 

PESO : USD exchange rate

 

50.2129

 

51.0068

nine months average period ended

 

 

 

 


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Quarter ended

 

September 30, 2020

 

December 31, 2019

RMB : USD exchange rate

 

6.859

 

6.9799

HKD : USD exchange rate

 

7.800

 

7.800

PESO : USD exchange rate

 

50.1608

 

51.1475

 

Stock-based Compensation

 

The Company records stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation using the fair value method. All transactions in which goods or services are the consideration received for the issuance of equity instruments are accounted for based on the fair value of the consideration received or the fair value of the equity instrument issued, whichever is more reliably measurable. Equity instruments issued to employees and the cost of the services received as consideration are measured and recognized based on the fair value of the equity instruments issued.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

Not Applicable.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

 

The Company's management, under the direction of Kenneth Tan, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Channing Au, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act. Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed in Company’s reports filed with the Commission is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the Commission’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to management, including Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based upon that evaluation, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer determined that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were deemed to be effective as of September 30, 2020.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

We have not experienced any material impact to our internal control over financial reporting during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our employees worked mostly remotely during the period in which we prepared these financial statements due to the impact of COVID-19. We have extensively relied on on-line video communications by Company personnel and in communications with Company public auditors to conduct many Company internal accounting and financial operations. We have not altered or compromised our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2020, but we are monitoring and assessing the need to modify or enhance our disclosure controls and procedures to ensure disclosure controls and procedures continue to be effective.

 

The inability to predict the duration, scope and severity if the COVID-19 pandemic, and the possibility of its reoccurrence or surging in future waves, as well as the lack of an effective, widely available vaccine, creates the possibility of COVID-19 pandemic requiring a re-examination and possible adjustment of internal controls and systems.

 

With the resignation of Matthew Mecke on February 18, 2020, the Company has two Audit Committee member. The Company is periodically seeking a new independent director to serve on the Audit Committee, but the Company has not found a replacement independent director as of the date of the filing of this Form 10-Q report.


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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

 

From time to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business. However, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may harm our business. We are currently not aware of any such legal proceedings or claims that we believe will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or operating results.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

Except as stated below, there have been no material changes to our risk factors as previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A. included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. The impact of COVID-19 pandemic and any worsening of the economic environment in the regions in which we provide services may exacerbate the risks described below and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, any of which could have a material impact on us.

 

Operational Risks

 

The Company conducts its business in Hong Kong, China and Manilla, Philippines and has an office in Malaysia. The Company does not conduct any business operations in the United States. While our market areas are not in general experiencing the same level of spikes in COVID-19 infections as the United States during the third fiscal quarter of 2020, COVID 19 pandemic has impacted the markets that we serve and resulted in travel and quarantine restrictions and forced many businesses to have their personnel work remotely. Our management and other personnel continue to work remotely from home and working remotely poses challenges to operational efficiency. Further, COVID-19 pandemic may experience spikes in our operating regions and the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on our operations and business and financial results may be adversely impacted by such spikes.

 

Public health crises, including the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and other forms of the seasonal viruses, could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Our business is based on our ability to provide products and services to customers in our markets, which are primarily: Hong Kong, China and Manila, Philippines, and the ability of those customers to utilize and pay for those products and services for their businesses. As a result, our business could be materially adversely affected by a crisis, like spikes in the COVID-19 infection rates, that significantly impacts our current and potential customers and vendors. In addition, such a crisis could significantly increase the probability or consequences of the risks our business faces in ordinary circumstances, risks of an economic slowdown, regulatory risks, and the costs and availability of any needed financing. Because the severity, magnitude and duration of COVID-19 and its economic consequences are uncertain and capable of rapid changes, the impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations remains uncertain and difficult to predict.

 

As of the date of the filing of this report, there is not an effective, proven vaccine available to the general public in our operating regions for COVID-19. The existence and public availability of such a vaccine is critical to controlling the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on business and economic activity.

 

The duration and extent of the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic depends on future developments that cannot be accurately predicted at this time, such as the severity and transmission rate of the virus, the extent and effectiveness of containment actions and the impact of these and other factors on our employees, customers, partners and vendors. If we are not able to respond to and manage the impact of such events effectively, our business will be harmed and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic could cause or contribute to the risks and uncertainties set forth in the Form 10-K.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

None.

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not Applicable.


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Item 5. Other Information

 

None.

 

Item 6. Exhibits

 

Copies of the following documents are included as exhibits to this report pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Title of Document

31.1

 

Certification of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

31.2

 

Certification of the Principal Financial and Accounting Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

32.1

 

Certification of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

32.2

 

Certification of the Principal Financial and Accounting Officer pursuant to U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

101.INS

 

XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH

 

XBRL Schema Document

101.CAL

 

XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document

101.LAB

 

XBRL Label Linkbase Document

101.PRE

 

XBRL Presentation Linkbase Document

101.DEF

 

XBRL Definition Linkbase Document

 

(1)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit One to the Information Statement, dated October 18, 2016, and filed by Value Exchange International, Inc. with the Commission on October 25, 2016. 


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SIGNATURES

 

In accordance with the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Value Exchange International, Inc.

 

 

 

November 13, 2020

/s/ 

Kenneth Tan

 

By:

Kenneth Tan

 

Its: 

President and Director

 

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

November 13, 2020

/s/ 

Channing Au

 

By:

Channing Au

 

Its: 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


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