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Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of FDCTech, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary. We have eliminated all intercompany balances and transactions. The Company has prepared the consolidated financial statements consistent with the accounting policies adopted by the Company in its financial statements. The Company has measured and presented its consolidated financial statements in US Dollars, the currency of the primary economic environment in which it operates (also known as its functional currency).

Financial Statement Preparation and Use of Estimates

The Company prepared consolidated financial statements according to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make certain estimates, judgments, and assumptions. This could impact the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, as well as the related disclosures, at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses for the periods presented. Estimates include revenue recognition, the allowance for doubtful accounts, website and internal-use software development costs, recoverability of intangible assets with finite lives, and other long-lived assets. Actual results could materially differ from these estimates. Actual results and outcomes may differ from management’s estimates and assumptions due to risks and uncertainties, including uncertainty in the current economic environment due to the coronavirus (“COVID-19”).

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, bank deposits, and other short-term, highly liquid investments with three months or less of original maturities. The Company maintains its cash balances at multiple financial institutions, both domestic and foreign. For US financial institutions, the balances do not exceed Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) limits as of March 31, 2025. However, as of December 31, 2024, the majority of the cash balance was held with non-FDIC financial institutions in Malta, the UK, and other countries. As of March 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, the Company had $26,996,932 and $24,781,389 in cash and cash equivalents held at the financial institution.

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Accounts Receivable

Accounts Receivable primarily represent the amount from four (4) technology customers. In some cases, customer receivables are due immediately upon demand; however, in most cases, the Company offers net 30 terms, where payment is due in full 30 days after the invoice date. The Company has based the allowance for doubtful accounts on its assessment of the collectability of customer accounts. The Company regularly reviews the allowance by considering historical experience, credit quality, the accounts receivable balances’ age, and economic conditions that may affect a customer’s ability to pay and expected default frequency rates. Trade receivables are written off at the point when they are considered uncollectible.

At March 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, the Management determined that the allowance for doubtful accounts was $0 and $22,382, respectively. The fiscal year’s bad debt expense ended March 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, was $0 and $0, respectively.

Sales, Marketing, and Advertising

The Company recognizes sales, marketing, and advertising expenses when incurred.

The Company incurred $276,204 and $46,925 in sales, marketing, and advertising costs (“sales and marketing”) for the three months ended March 31, 2025, and 2024. The sales and marketing costs mainly included travel costs for tradeshows, customer meetings, online marketing on industry websites, press releases, and public relations activities. The increase in sales and marketing expenses is mainly due to the increase in promotional marketing costs for the three months ended March 31, 2024.

The sales, marketing, and advertising expenses represented 2.73% and 0.74% of the sales for the three months ended March 31, 2025, and 2024.

Revenue Recognition

On January 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASU 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The majority of the Company’s revenues come from two contracts – IT support and maintenance (‘IT Agreement’) and software development (‘Second Amendment’) that fall within the scope of ASC 606.

The Company recognizes revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services as per the contract with the customer. As a result, the Company accounts for revenue contracts with customers by applying the requirements of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which includes the following steps:

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The Company adopted ASC 606 using the modified retrospective method applied to all contracts not completed as of January 1, 2019. The Company presents results for reporting periods beginning after January 1, 2019, under ASC 606, while prior period amounts are reported following legacy GAAP. In addition to the above guidelines, the Company also considers implementing guidance on warranties, customer options, licensing, and other topics. The Company considers revenue collectability, methods for measuring progress toward complete satisfaction of a performance obligation, warranties, customer options for additional goods or services, non-refundable upfront fees, licensing, customer acceptance, and other relevant categories.

The Company accounts for a contract when the Company and the customer (‘parties’) have approved of the contract and are committed to performing their respective obligations. Each party can identify its rights, obligations, and payment terms; the contract has commercial substance. The Company will collect all of the considerations. Revenue is recognized when performance obligations are satisfied by transferring control of the promised service to a customer. The Company fixes the transaction price for goods and services at contract inception. The Company’s standard payment terms are net 30 days and, in some cases, due upon receipt of the invoice.

The Company considers the change in scope, price, or both as contract modifications. The parties describe contract modification as a change order, a variation, or an amendment. A contract modification exists when the parties approve a modification that either creates new or changes existing enforceable rights and obligations. The Company assumes a contract modification by oral agreement or implied by the customer’s customary business practice when agreed in writing. If the parties to the contract have not approved a contract modification, the Company continues to apply the existing contract’s guidance until the contract modification is approved. The Company recognizes contract modification in various forms –partial termination, an extension of the contract term with a corresponding price increase, adding new goods or services to the contract, with or without a corresponding price change, and reducing the contract price without a change in goods/services promised.

At contract inception, the Company assesses the solutions or services, or bundles of solutions and services, obligated in the contract with a customer to identify each performance obligation within the contract and then evaluate whether the performance obligations are capable of being distinct and distinct within the context of the agreement. Solutions and services that are not capable of being distinct and distinct within the contract context are combined and treated as a single performance obligation in determining the allocation and recognition of revenue. For multi-element transactions, the Company allocates the transaction price to each performance obligation on a relative stand-alone selling price basis. The Company determines the stand-alone selling price for each item at the transaction’s inception involving these multiple elements.

Since January 21, 2016 (‘Inception’), the Company has derived its revenues mainly from consulting services, technology solutions, and customized software development. The Company recognizes revenue when it has satisfied a performance obligation by transferring control over a product or delivering a service to a customer. We measure revenue based upon the consideration outlined in an arrangement or contract with a customer.

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The Company’s standard performance obligations include the following:

The Company assumes that the goods or services promised in the existing contract will be transferred to the customer to determine the transaction price. The Company believes that the contract will not be canceled, renewed, or modified; therefore, the transaction price includes only those amounts to which the Company has rights under the present contract. For example, if the Company enters a contract with a customer with an original term of one year and expects the customer to renew it for a second year, the Company will determine the transaction price based on the initial one-year period. When choosing the transaction price, the company first identifies the fixed consideration, including non-refundable upfront payment amounts.

To allocate the transaction price, the Company gives the amount that best represents the consideration that the entity expects to receive for transferring each promised good or service to the customer. The Company allocates the transaction price to each performance obligation identified in the contract on a relatively standalone selling price basis to meet the allocation objective. In determining the standalone selling price, the Company uses the best evidence of the stand-alone selling price that the Company charges to similar customers in similar circumstances. The Company sometimes uses the adjusted market assessment approach to determine the standalone selling price. It evaluates the market in which it sells the goods or services and estimates the price that customers in that market would pay for those goods or services when sold separately.

The Company recognizes revenue when or as it transfers the promised goods or services into the contract. The Company considers the “transfers” the promised goods or services when the customer obtains control of the goods or services. The Company believes a customer “obtains control” of an asset when it can directly use and substantially obtain all the remaining benefits from an asset. The Company recognizes deferred revenue related to services it will deliver within one year as a current liability. The Company presents deferred revenue related to services that the Company will provide more than one year into the future as a non-current liability.

According to the contract’s terms and conditions, the Company invoices the customer at the beginning of the month for the month’s services. The invoice amount is due upon receipt. The Company recognizes the revenue at the end of each month, equal to the invoice amount.

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Wealth Management

AD Advisory Services Pty (ADS), the Company’s wealth management revenue, primarily consists of advisory revenue, commission revenue from insurance products, fees to prepare the statement of advice, rebalancing portfolio, and other financial planning activities. ADS is authorized and regulated by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) to conduct licensing activities in Australia.

ASC 606 establishes a five-step model for revenue recognition aimed at enhancing comparability and transparency across entities, industries, and capital markets. The Company only recognizes revenue that reflects the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in exchange for the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled.

For ADS, a contract is an agreement between ADS and a client that creates enforceable rights and obligations, encompassing advisory services, insurance product commissions, and other financial planning activities. Contracts may be written, oral, or implied by customary business practices and are identified when both parties approve the agreement; each party can identify rights regarding the goods or services to be transferred, establish payment terms, the contract has commercial substance, and collection of payment is probable.

A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the Customer. For ADS, performance obligations may include:

We evaluate these services to determine if they are distinct, considering whether the Customer can benefit from the service on its own or with other readily available resources, and if the promise to transfer the service is separately identifiable from other promises in the contract.

The transaction price is the amount of consideration ADS expects to receive in exchange for transferring the promised goods or services to the Customer. These services include fixed fees, commissions from insurance products, and variable consideration for performance-based fees. ADS estimates the amount of variable consideration to which it will be entitled in a manner that reflects the likelihood and magnitude of a revenue reversal.

If a contract includes more than one performance obligation, ADS allocates the transaction price to each performance obligation based on its standalone selling price. When standalone selling prices are not directly observable, ADS estimates them using methods that may include cost-plus margin, market assessment, or residual approach, considering the Customer’s perceived value of each service.

ADS recognizes revenue when (or as) a performance obligation is satisfied, i.e., when the control of the promised good or service is transferred to the Customer. For ongoing services, revenue is recognized over time, reflecting the continuous transfer of services. For services performed at a specific point in time, revenue is recognized upon completion of the service. The pattern of revenue recognition is determined based on when the Customer obtains control of the promised good or service, which for advisory services is typically throughout the contract, and for transaction-based services (like insurance commissions or fees for specific planning activities), is at the point in time when the transaction is executed, or the service is rendered. If we receive payments before services, we defer and recognize them as revenue when we are satisfied with our performance obligation. Advisory revenue includes fees charged to clients in advisory accounts for which we are the licensed investment advisor. We bill advisory fees weekly.

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Investment and Margin Brokerage Business

Alchemy Markets Ltd (Alchemy Malta) and Alchemy Prime Ltd (Alchemy UK) are providers of trading services and solutions specializing in over-the-counter (“OTC”) and exchange-traded markets for European markets. Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) regulates Alchemy Malta with authorized countries, including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulates Alchemy UK in authorized countries, including England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

The Company operates its brokerage business in two segments: retail and institutional (“clients” or “customers”). Through its retail and institutional segment, the Company provides its customers (individuals) around the world with access to a diverse range of global financial markets, including spot forex, precious metals, spread bets, and contracts for difference (“CFDs”) on currencies, commodities, indices, individual equities, cryptocurrencies, bonds, and interest rate products, as well as OTC options. The FCA defines a retail customer as a client who is not a professional or an eligible counterparty. A professional client is an entity that must be authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets. According to the MFSA, a retail client is a client who is not a professional client or an eligible counterparty. A professional client possesses the knowledge, experience, and expertise to assess risks and make informed investment decisions.

We recognize Brokerage (Trading) revenue through the principal model following the guidance outlined in ASC 606, Revenues from Contracts with Customers. The Company primarily generates revenue through market-making and trading execution services for its clients, known as Brokerage (Trading) Revenues. The Brokerage (Trading) revenue is the Company’s largest source of revenue. Brokerage (Trading) revenue comprises revenue from the retail OTC business and the advisory business. OTC trading includes forex trading (“forex”), precious metals trading, CFDs, and spread betting (in markets that do not prohibit such transactions), as well as other financial products.

We realize gains or losses when we liquidate customer transactions. We revalue unrealized gains or losses on trading positions at prevailing market rates at the date of the balance sheet. We include them in Receivables from brokers, Payables to customers, and Payables to brokers on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. We record changes in net unrealized gains or losses in Brokerage (Trading) revenue on the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss)/Income. We record Brokerage (Trading) revenue on a trade date basis.

We also generate business through an agency model by earning commissions and spreads for executing customer trades. We book these revenues on a trade-date basis. The Company acts as an agent concerning clearing trades but is the principal on fees paid to introducing brokers. The Company does not assume any market-making risk related to customer trades in this business.

Net interest revenue consists primarily of the revenue generated by the Company’s cash and customer cash held at banks, as well as funds on deposit as collateral with the Company’s liquidity providers, less interest paid to the Company’s customers.

We record interest revenue and interest expense when earned and incurred, respectively.

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Concentrations of Credit Risk

Cash

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, bank deposits, and other short-term, highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less. The Company maintains its cash balances at multiple financial institutions, both domestic and foreign. For US financial institutions, the balances do not exceed Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) limits as of March 31, 2025. However, as of December 31, 2024, the majority of the cash balance was held with non-FDIC financial institutions in Malta, the UK, and other countries. On March 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, the Company had $26,996,932 and $24,781,389 cash and cash equivalents held at the financial institution.

Revenues

For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company generated $10,112,368 and $6,376,335 in revenues, representing an increase of over 58.59% from the previous period. It is comprised of three main business segments: Investment and Brokerage, Wealth Management, and Technology and Software Development.

Accounts Receivable

Accounts Receivable primarily represent the amount from four (4) technology customers. In some cases, customer receivables are due immediately upon demand; however, in most cases, the Company offers net 30 terms, where payment is due in full 30 days after the invoice date. The Company has based the allowance for doubtful accounts on its assessment of the collectability of customer accounts. The Company regularly reviews the allowance by considering historical experience, credit quality, the age of accounts receivable balances, and economic conditions that may affect a customer’s ability to pay and the expected default frequency rates. Trade receivables are written off when they are considered uncollectible.

As of March 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, management determined that the allowance for doubtful accounts was $0 and $22,382, respectively. The fiscal year’s bad debt expense ended March 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, was $0 and $0, respectively.

Research and Development (R and D) Cost

The Company acknowledges that future benefits from research and development (R and D) are uncertain; therefore, we cannot capitalize on R and D expenditures. The GAAP accounting standards require us to expense all research and development expenditures as incurred. For the Three Months ended March 31, 2025, and 2024, the Company incurred R and D costs of $0 and $0. The R and D costs in the previous period were based on an evaluation of the technological feasibility costs of the Condor Investing and Trading App.

Legal Proceedings

The Company discloses a loss contingency if there is at least a reasonable possibility that a material loss has been incurred. The Company records its best estimate of loss related to pending legal proceedings when the loss is probable, and the amount can be reasonably estimated. The Company can reasonably estimate a range of losses with no best estimate in the range; the Company records the minimum estimated liability. As additional information becomes available, the Company assesses the potential liability related to pending legal proceedings, revises its estimates, and updates its disclosures accordingly. The Company’s legal costs associated with defending itself are recorded as expenses when incurred.

On December 23, 2023, the Company received legal correspondence and supporting documents addressed to APSI Holdings Limited (formerly Alchemy Prime Holdings Limited) and FDCTech, Inc. The nature of the legal claims or disputes has not been fully specified in the received correspondence. The Company is assessing the situation and will respond appropriately. While management cannot predict the outcome of these matters, any adverse resolution could potentially have a material impact on the Company’s business, financial condition, and results of operations. The Company intends to defend its interests vigorously and will provide further updates as material developments arise.

The Company is currently not involved in any other litigation.

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Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

The Company reviews long-lived assets for impairment in accordance with FASB ASC 360, Property, Plant, and Equipment. Under the standard, long-lived assets are tested for recoverability whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable. An impairment charge is recognized when the asset’s carrying value exceeds the fair value. There were no impairment charges as of March 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024.

Provision for Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes is determined using the asset and liability method. This method calculates deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the temporary differences between the consolidated financial statement and income tax bases of assets and liabilities using the enacted tax rates applicable each year.

The Company utilizes a two-step approach to recognizing and measuring uncertain tax positions (“tax contingencies”). The first step is to evaluate the tax position for recognition by determining if the weight of available evidence indicates it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained on audit, including resolution of related appeals or litigation processes. The second step is to measure the tax benefit as the largest amount, exceeding 50%, that is likely to be realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company considers various factors when evaluating and estimating its tax positions and benefits, which necessitate periodic adjustments that may not accurately predict actual outcomes. The Company includes interest and penalties related to tax contingencies in the provision for income taxes in the consolidated statements of its operations. The Company’s management does not expect the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits to change significantly in the next twelve (12) months.

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Software Development Costs

According to ASC 985-20, Software development costs, including expenses incurred to develop software sold, leased, or otherwise marketed, are capitalized after establishing technological feasibility, if significant. The Company amortizes the capitalized software development costs using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the application software. By the end of February 2016, the Company completed the technical feasibility of the Condor FX Back Office, Condor Pro Multi-Asset Trading Platform Version, and Condor Pricing Engine. The Company established the technical feasibility of the Digital Assets Web Trader Platform in February 2018. The Company completed the technical feasibility of the Condor Investing and Trading App in January 2021.

The Company estimates the useful life of the software to be three (3) years.

The Company is developing the Condor Investing and Trading App. The Company is currently capitalizing on the costs associated with the development. The R and D costs in the period ending September 30, 2022, were incurred in evaluating the technological feasibility of the Robo Advice Platform. The R and D costs in the period ending December 31, 2022, were incurred while evaluating the technological feasibility of the Condor Investing and Trading App. There were no R and D costs for the three months ending March 31, 2025, and 2024.

The Company capitalizes major costs incurred during the application development stage for internal-use software.

Convertible Debentures

The cash conversion guidance in ASC 470-20, Debt with Conversion and Other Options, is considered when evaluating the accounting for convertible debt instruments, including certain convertible preferred stock classified as a liability, to determine whether the conversion feature should be recognized as a separate component of equity. The cash conversion guidance applies to all convertible debt instruments that, upon conversion, may be settled entirely or partially in cash or other assets where the conversion option is not bifurcated and separately accounted for pursuant to ASC 815.

If the conversion features of conventional convertible debt provide a conversion rate below market value, this feature is characterized as a beneficial conversion feature (“BCF”). The Company records BCF as a debt discount in accordance with ASC Topic 470-20, Debt with Conversion and Other Options. In such circumstances, the convertible debt is recorded net of the discount related to the Black-Scholes formula. The Company amortizes the discount to interest expense over the life of the debt using the effective interest method.

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Foreign Currency Translation and Re-measurement

The Company translates its foreign operations into US dollars in accordance with ASC 830, “Foreign Currency Matters.” Gains or losses resulting from translating the foreign currency financial statements are accumulated as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) in the Company’s stockholders’ equity and noncontrolling interests. Transaction gains and losses resulting from exchange rate changes on transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the applicable subsidiary are included in the Consolidated Statements of Income, within “Other (income) expense, net”, in the year in which the change occurs.

We have translated the local currency of ADS and AML in the Australian Dollar (AUD), Euro Dollar (EUR), and British Pound (GBP), respectively, into US$1.00 at the following exchange rates for the respective dates:

The exchange rate at the reporting end date:

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGE RATE

Average exchange rate for the period:

ADS’ functional currency is AUD, and the reporting currency is the US dollar. AML’s functional currency is the EUR, and its reporting currency is the US dollar. APL’s functional currency is GBP, and its reporting currency is US dollars.

The Company translates its records into USD as follows:

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Fair Value

The Company uses current market values to recognize certain assets and liabilities at a fair value. The fair value is the estimated price at which the Company can sell the asset or settle a liability in an orderly transaction to a third party under current market conditions. The Company uses the following methods and valuation techniques for deriving fair values:

Market Approach – The market approach uses the prices associated with actual market transactions for similar or identical assets and liabilities to derive a fair value.

Income Approach – The income approach utilizes estimated future cash flows or earnings, adjusted by a discount rate that reflects the time value of money and the risk of not achieving the cash flows, to derive a discounted present value.

Cost Approach – The cost approach uses the estimated cost to replace an asset, adjusted for the obsolescence of the existing asset.

The Company ranks the fair value hierarchy of information sources from Level 1 (the best) to Level 3 (the worst). The Company uses these three levels to select inputs for valuation techniques:

Basic and Diluted Income (Loss) per Share

The Company follows ASC 260, Earnings Per Share, to account for earnings per share. Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) calculations are determined by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the year. Diluted earnings per share calculations are determined by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares and dilutive common share equivalents outstanding. As of March 31, 2025, and 2024, the Company had weighted 422,229,173 and 388,584,729 basic and dilutive shares issued and outstanding.

During the period ended March 31, 2025, common stock equivalents were dilutive due to net income. Hence, they were considered in the computation.

During the period ended March 31, 2024, common stock equivalents were dilutive due to net income. Hence, they were considered in the computation.

Reclassifications

We have reclassified certain amounts from the prior period to conform to the current year’s presentation. None of these classifications impacted reported operating or net loss for any presented period.

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in Topic 605, Revenue Recognition, including most industry-specific requirements. ASU 2014-09 establishes a five-step revenue recognition process; an entity will recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 also requires enhanced disclosures regarding the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenues and cash flows from customers’ contracts. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date, which defers the effective date of ASU 2014-09 by one (1) year. The Company adopted ASC 606 using the modified retrospective method, applying it to all contracts not completed as of January 1, 2019. The Company presents results for reporting periods beginning after January 1, 2019, under ASC 606, while prior period amounts are reported in accordance with legacy GAAP. Refer to Note 2, Revenue from Major Contracts with Customers, for further discussion on the Company’s accounting policies for revenue sources within the scope of ASC 606.