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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation


The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) as determined by Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) within its Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and under the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).


The Company is an emerging growth company as the term is used in The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, enacted on April 5, 2012 and has elected to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements, however, the Company may adopt accounting standards based on the effective dates for public entities.

Principles of Consolidation

Principles of Consolidation


The accompanying consolidated financial statements includes the accounts of Airfox and its majority-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company is not involved with variable interest entities.


The Company has a 99.99% controlling interest in banQi Instituição de Pagamento Ltda (formerly known as Airfox Servicos E Intermediacoes LTDA) and a 100% interest in AirToken GmbH; accordingly, the Company consolidates these entities and records non-controlling interests to reflect the economic interest of the non-controlling equity holders.

Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates


The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the balance sheet and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates. The most significant accounting estimates inherent in the preparation of the Company's financial statements includes the fair values of AirTokens, issued for services and Digital Assets, estimated lives of intangible assets, intangible asset impairment, revenue recognition (including the estimated development period for completing the AirToken Project, stock-based compensation and deferred tax valuation allowance.

Foreign Currency

Foreign Currency


The Company has operations in Brazil where the local currency is used to prepare the financial statements which are translated into the Company’s reporting currency, U.S. dollars. The local currency is the functional currency for the operations outside the United States. Changes in the exchange rates between this currency and the Company’s reporting currency, are partially responsible for some of the periodic changes in the consolidated financial statements. Assets and liabilities of the Company’s foreign operations are translated into U.S. dollars at the spot rate in effect at the applicable reporting date. Revenues and expenses of the Company’s foreign operations are translated at the average exchange rate during the applicable period. The resulting unrealized cumulative translation adjustment is recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in stockholders’ equity. Realized and unrealized transaction gains and losses generated by transactions denominated in a currency different from the functional currency of the applicable entity are recorded in other income (loss) in the period in which they occur.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition


The Company recognizes revenue under ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”). The core principle of this standard is that a company should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of 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.


ASC 606 prescribes a 5-step process to achieve its core principle:


· Step 1: Identify the contract with the customer

· Step 2: Identify the performance obligations in the contract

· Step 3: Determine the transaction price

· Step 4: Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract

· Step 5: Recognize revenue when the Company satisfies a performance obligation


Display Advertising Services


The Company’s revenue is derived from display advertising services and totaled $1,749 and $27,574 for Fiscal 2019 and Fiscal 2018. The Company historically engaged in a business line known as Airfox Wireless related to technology that the Company developed that generates display advertising revenue for U.S. advertising networks. Pursuant to the Airfox Wireless model, the Company partnered with U.S. mobile telecommunications companies to have advertisers display advertisements on the lock screens of mobile devices and paid its partners a share of the ad revenue generated. The Company recognizes revenue, net of amounts retained by the third-party partners, pursuant to revenue sharing agreements. The form of the agreements was such that the Company provided services in exchange for a fee. The Company recognizes only the fee for providing its services as it has no latitude in establishing prices with third party advertisers.


In January 2019, the Company decided to no longer pursue the display advertising services as a core part of the business plan as the revenue did not represent a significant portion of the Company operations. The Company expects to receive minimal residual income from existing arrangements related to the display advertising services. Additionally, the Company discontinued the AirFox Wireless business line earlier in 2019 so that it can focus on the development of other products.


AirToken Project Development Services (Non ASC 606 Revenue)


The Company determined that its token issuances represent obligations to perform software development services and accounts for the proceeds received in the token issuances in accordance with ASC 730-20, Research and Development – Research and Development Arrangements (“ASC 730-20”). At the time of, and in conjunction with the token issuances, the Company’s obligation was to develop a live, operational, de-centralized network with token functionality including, at a minimum, features including a digital wallet, credit scoring and peer-to-peer networking (collectively, the “AirToken Project”). Due to the significant hurdles in developing the AirToken Project, technological feasibility had not been established at the time of the token issuances and, therefore, all of the Company’s development costs were expensed.


The Company, beginning in August 2017 through early October 2017, obtained Ether and Bitcoin totaling approximately $15.3 million (and cash of $0.1 million) towards the development of the AirToken Project. Pursuant to the terms of the AirTokens, there is no form of partnership, joint venture, agency or any similar relationship between a holder of an AirToken and the Company and/or other individuals or entities involved with the AirToken Project. AirTokens are non-refundable and do not pay interest and have no maturity date. AirTokens confer only the right to services in the AirToken Project and confer no other rights of any form with respect to the Company, including, but not limited to, any voting, distribution, redemption, liquidation, proprietary (including all forms of intellectual property), or other financial or legal rights. Subsequent to the distribution of AirTokens to those parties who contributed towards the funding of the AirToken Project, no AirTokens were sold by the Company.


Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement (as defined and described further in Note 14), the Company is obligated to refund amounts raised for the purpose of developing the AirToken Project if valid claims are submitted and may incur other fines and penalties. As of September 30, 2019, the Company estimated the amount of refunds to be paid to claimants at $3,241,948, which includes $370 thousand of accrued interest. The Company has recorded $12.5 million as deferred revenue and will recognize the revenue beginning at October 1, 2019. Refer to Note 14 for further information on the Rescission Offer.


On or before December 28, 2019 Airfox paid all approved claims to approved claimants who returned their AirTokens to Airfox (approximately 93.5% of the total dollar amount of all approved claim refunds). All amounts were refunded in cash. The total dollar amount of refunds, including interest computed at the rate of 6% compounded monthly, was $3,241,948 as of September 30, 2019. The amount including interest, paid on December 28, 2019, totaled $3,289,607. The refunds were funded from Airfox’s existing cash and cash equivalent reserves.


The Company will recognize the remaining proceeds of $12.5 million over the remaining estimated development period of the AirToken Project, on a straight-line basis, beginning on October 1, 2019 until the completion of the AirToken Project. The estimated development period to complete the AirToken Project is approximately 30 months and is expected to be completed in March 2022.


For the year ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018, the Company recognized no revenue from the AirToken Project research and development arrangement as described above, and software development costs expensed, related to the AirToken Project was approximately $1.1 million and $335 thousand, respectively.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and Cash Equivalents


The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on deposit with banks and money market instruments.

Short-Term Investments

Short-Term Investments


Short-term investments are investments which have a maturity at the date of purchase of three months to five years. Short-term investments consist of a Certificate of Deposit due to mature January 1, 2020 with Santander Bank located in the Cayman Islands.

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts


Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount, net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and adjusts credit limits based upon payment history and the customer’s current credit worthiness; and determines the allowance for doubtful accounts based on historical write-off experience, customer specific facts and economic conditions.

Concentrations of Credit Risk and Off-Balance Sheet Risk

Concentrations of Credit Risk and Off-Balance Sheet Risk


The Company is subject to concentration of credit risk with respect to their cash and cash equivalents, which the Company attempts to minimize by maintaining cash and cash equivalents with institutions of sound financial quality. At times, cash balances may exceed limits federally insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The Company believes it is not exposed to significant credit risk due to the financial strength of the depository institutions in which the funds are held. The Company has no financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk of loss.

Security Deposits

Security Deposits


As of September 30, 2019, security deposits primarily include monies being held subject to a security agreement (“Security Agreement”) with Mastercard, Inc. executed on June 7, 2019. The Security Agreement is related to the Services Agreement (See Note 8) to ensure a minimum amount of users for the cards, as this is a major phase in the Company’s development process. Upon Mastercard issuing the minimum number of cards to users, the $1.5 million security deposit will be paid back to the Company in full. The Company has classified this amount as non-current assets as these funds are not highly liquid and cannot be easily converted into cash.

Software Development Costs

Software Development Costs


The Company capitalizes costs related to software developed or obtained for internal use in accordance with the ASC 350-40, Internal-Use Software (“ASC 350-40”). The following illustrates the various stages and related processes of computer software development in accordance with ASC 350-40:


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Preliminary project stage: (a) conceptual formulation of alternatives; (b) evaluation of alternatives; (c) determination of existence of needed technology; and (d) final selection of alternatives. Internal and external costs incurred during the preliminary project stage are expensed as incurred.

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Application development stage: (a) design of chosen path, including software configuration and software interfaces; (b) coding; (c) installation to hardware; and (d) testing, including parallel processing phase. Internal and external costs incurred to develop internal-use computer software during the application development stage are capitalized.

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Post-implementation-operation stage: (a) training; and (b) application maintenance. Internal and external costs incurred during the post-implementation-operation stage are expensed as incurred.


Certain costs incurred are considered enhancements, modifications to existing internal-use software that result in additional functionality. Enhancements normally require new software specifications and may also require a change to all or part of the existing software specifications. When this additional functionality is determinable, the related costs are capitalized. Otherwise, costs are expensed as incurred. Capitalization of internal-use software costs ceases when a computer software project is substantially complete and ready for its intended use. The Company begins amortization when the product is available for general release or use.


The Company capitalizes costs related to the development and maintenance of its website in accordance with ASC 350-50, Website Development Costs. Accordingly, costs expensed as incurred include planning the website, developing the applications and infrastructure until technological feasibility is established, developing graphics such as borders, background and text colors, fonts, frames and buttons, and operating the site such as training administration and maintenance.

Capitalizing Software Costs in Connection with Hosting Arrangements and Software as a Service Arrangements

Capitalizing Software Costs in Connection with Hosting Arrangements and Software as a Service Arrangements


The Company develops certain software that are considered to be part of cloud computing arrangement (or hosting arrangement), whereby, a user or a customer of software does not take possession of the Company’s software; rather, the software is accessed on an as-needed basis over the Internet.


Therefore, when the software is used to produce a product or in a process to provide a service to a customer, and the customer is not given the right to obtain or use the software, the related costs are accounted for in accordance with ASC 350-40. When a hosting arrangement includes multiple modules or components, capitalized costs are amortized on a module-by-module basis. When a module or component is substantially ready for its intended use, amortization begins, regardless of whether the overall hosting arrangement is being placed in service in planned stages. If the module’s functionality is entirely dependent on the completion of one or more other modules, then amortization does not begin until that group of interdependent modules is substantially ready for use.

Impairment of Long-term Assets

Impairment of Long-term Assets


The Company evaluates the recoverability of tangible and intangible assets periodically by taking into account events or circumstances that may warrant revised estimates of useful lives or that indicate the asset may be impaired.

Leases

Leases


Lease agreements are evaluated to determine if they are capital leases meeting any of the following criteria at inception: (a) transfer of ownership; (b) bargain purchase option; (c) the lease term is equal to 75 percent or more of the estimated economic life of the leased property; or (d) the present value at the beginning of the lease term of the minimum lease payments equals or exceeds 90 percent of the of the fair value of the leased property to the lessor at lease inception.

Advertising

Advertising


Advertising costs are expensed as incurred and included in selling, general and administrative expenses and amounted to $384,714 and $28,634 for Fiscal 2019 and Fiscal 2018.

Deferred gain on issuance of AirTokens for services

Deferred gain on issuance of AirTokens for services


AirTokens issued to vendors for services in connection with raising monies for the purpose of developing the AirToken Project are accounted for in accordance with ASC 845-30-1, Nonmonetary Transactions, which requires that the AirTokens to be recognized at fair value, and resulted in recognizing a deferred gain of approximately $1.7 million in October 2017. The fair value of the AirTokens issued was based on the last price paid ($0.02) by initial investors in acquiring AirTokens towards the development of the AirToken Project (representing a Level 3 non-recurring measurement). The deferred gain will be recognized on a straight-line basis over the estimated development period of the AirToken Project as this represents the best depiction of the measure of progress towards the development of the AirToken Project. The Company will recognize the gain in Other Income beginning October 2017 through the estimated development period of the AirToken Project (i.e. March 2022).

Income Taxes

Income Taxes


Income taxes are recorded in accordance with ASC 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”), which provides for deferred taxes using an asset and liability approach. The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the difference between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. Valuation allowances are provided, if based upon the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.


The Company accounts for uncertain tax positions in accordance with the provisions of ASC 740. When uncertain tax positions exist, the Company recognizes the tax benefit of tax positions to the extent that the benefit would more likely than not be realized assuming examination by the taxing authority. The determination as to whether the tax benefit will more likely than not be realized is based upon the technical merits of the tax position as well as consideration of the available facts and circumstances. The Company recognizes any interest and penalties accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense.

Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity

Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity


The Company relies on the guidance provided by ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, to classify certain redeemable and/or convertible instruments. The Company first determines whether a financial instrument should be classified as a liability. The Company will determine the liability classification if the financial instrument is mandatorily redeemable, or if the financial instrument, other than outstanding shares, embodies a conditional obligation that the Company must or may settle by issuing a variable number of its equity shares.


Once the Company determines that a financial instrument should not be classified as a liability, the Company determines whether the financial instrument should be presented between the liability section and the equity section of the balance sheet. The Company will determine temporary equity classification if the redemption of the financial instrument is outside the control of the Company (i.e., at the option of the holder). Otherwise, the Company accounts for the financial instrument as permanent equity.


The Company records its financial instruments classified as liability, temporary equity or permanent equity at issuance at the fair value, or cash received.


The Company records its financial instruments classified as liabilities at their fair value at each subsequent measurement date. The changes in fair value of these financial instruments are recorded as other expense/income.

Hedging

Hedging


The Company does not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flows, market or foreign currency risks. The Company evaluates its financial instruments, including equity-linked financial instruments, to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives.

Stock-based Compensation

Stock-based Compensation


The Company accounts for stock-based compensation to employees and non-employees in conformity with the provisions of ASC 718, Stock Based Compensation. The Company expenses stock-based compensation to employees and non-employees over the requisite service period based on the estimated grant-date fair value of the awards. The Company accounts for forfeitures as they occur. Stock-based awards are recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. For stock-based employee compensation cost recognized at any date will be at least equal to the amount attributable to share-based compensation that is vested at that date. The Company estimates the fair value of stock option grants using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model and the assumptions used in calculating the fair value of stock-based awards represent management’s best estimates and involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management’s judgment.


Common shares issued to third parties for services provided are valued based on the estimated fair value of the Company’s common shares.


All stock-based compensation costs are recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

Fair Value Measurement

Fair Value Measurement


The Company’s financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and short and long-term debt. The fair values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and AirToken Obligation (as defined and described further in Note 14) approximate their stated amounts because of the short maturity of these financial instruments. The Company believes the carrying amount of their simple agreement for future equity approximate fair value based on rates and other terms currently available to the Company for similar debt instruments.


The valuation hierarchy is composed of three levels. The classification within the valuation hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The levels within the valuation hierarchy under ASC 820 are described below:


Level 1 — Assets and liabilities with unadjusted, quoted prices listed on active market exchanges. Inputs to the fair value measurement are observable inputs, such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 — Inputs to the fair value measurement are determined using prices for recently traded assets and liabilities with similar underlying terms, as well as direct or indirect observable inputs, such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals.

Level 3 — Inputs to the fair value measurement are unobservable inputs, such as estimates, assumptions, and valuation techniques when little or no market data exists for the assets or liabilities.

Adoption of Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Adoption of Recent Accounting Pronouncements


In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), as modified by ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date, ASU 2016-08, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net), ASU 2016-10, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing, and ASU 2016-12, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients. The revenue recognition principle in ASU 2014-09 is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In addition, new and enhanced disclosures are required. The Company adopted the new standard on January 1, 2017, using the full retrospective approach. The adoption of ASU 2014-09 did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.


In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments. This standard provides guidance for eight cash flow classification issues in current GAAP. The Company adopted the new standard on January 1, 2017 and the adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated statement of cash flows.


In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07, Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting, which simplifies the accounting for share-based payments granted to nonemployees for goods and services. Under the ASU, most of the guidance on such payments to nonemployees would be aligned with the requirements for share-based payments granted to employees. The Company adopted the new standard on January 1, 2017 and the adoption did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements


The Company continually assesses any new accounting pronouncements to determine their applicability. When it is determined that a new accounting pronouncement affects the Company's financial reporting, the Company undertakes a study to determine the consequences of the change to its consolidated financial statements and assures that there are proper controls in place to ascertain that the Company's consolidated financial statements properly reflect the change.


In February 2016, the FASB established Topic 842, Leases, by issuing ASU No. 2016-02 (“ASU 2016-02”), which requires lessees to recognize leases on the balance sheet and disclose key information about leasing arrangements. Topic 842 was subsequently amended by ASU No. 2018-01, Land Easement Practical Expedient for Transition to Topic 842; ASU No. 2018-10, Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases; ASU No. 2018-11, Targeted Improvements; and ASU No. 2018-20, Narrow-Scope Improvements for Lessors. The new standard establishes a right-of-use model (“ROU”) that requires a lessee to recognize a ROU asset and lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with a term longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern and classification of expense recognition in the income statement.


The Company will adopt ASU 2016-02 effective October 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective approach whereby the Company will continue to present prior period financial statements and disclosures under ASC 840. In addition, we will elect the transition package of three practical expedients permitted within the standard, which eliminates the requirements to reassess prior conclusions about lease identification, lease classification and initial direct costs. Further, we will adopt a short-term lease exception policy, permitting us to not apply the recognition requirements of this standard to short-term leases (i.e. leases with terms of 12 months or less) and an accounting policy to account for lease and non-lease components as a single component for certain classes of assets.


Adoption of the new standard is expected to result in the recording of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities related to our operating leases, each in an amount ranging from $2-$3 million, on our consolidated balance sheet as of October 1, 2019. The standard is not expected to materially affect the Company's consolidated net earnings or cash flows.


In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15, Intangibles, Goodwill and Other (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement that is a Service Contract (“ASU 2018-15”), which requires implementation costs incurred by customers in cloud computing arrangements to be deferred and recognized over the term of the arrangement, if those costs would be capitalized by the customer in a software licensing arrangement under the internal-use software guidance in ASC 350-40. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company will evaluate the impact of adopting the new standard for its 2020 fiscal year and subsequent periods.