COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2025

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

9. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Legal Proceedings

Third Party Claims Against the Company’s Customers

The Company receives indemnification demands from end-user customers who received third party patentee offers to license patents and allegations of patent infringement. Some of the offers and allegations have resulted in ongoing litigation. The Company is not a party to any such litigation. From time to time, license offers to and infringement allegations against the Company’s end-customers are made by non-practicing entities (“NPEs”)—often called “patent trolls”—and not the Company’s competitors. These NPEs may seek to extract settlements from our end-customers, resulting in new or renewed indemnification demands to the Company. At this time, the Company does not believe it is obligated to indemnify any customers or end-customers resulting from license offers or patent infringement allegations by any such NPEs. However, the Company could incur substantial costs if it is determined that it is required to indemnify any customers or end-customers in connection with these offers or allegations. Given the potential for impact to other customers and the industry, the Company is actively monitoring the offers, allegations and any resulting litigation.

Since 2018, United Services Automobile Association (“USAA”) has filed suit against various parties alleging patent infringement concerning USAA-owned patents related to mobile check deposit technology. While these lawsuits do not name the

Company as a defendant, the Company continues to believe that its products do not infringe certain patents held by USAA and will vigorously defend the right of its end-users to use its technology.

On January 28, 2025, USAA filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Regions Financial Corporation and Regions Bank (“Regions”) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The Company was not named as a defendant or mentioned in connection with any alleged infringement in the complaint. On March 13, 2025, Digital First Holdings d/b/a Candescent, the successor-in-interest of NCR’s digital banking business, sent the Company an indemnification demand relating to the lawsuit. The Company does not believe at this time that it is required to indemnify Candescent or Regions and has notified them of its position. On July 7, 2025, Regions filed a motion to dismiss the complaint alleging that the patent claims are invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101. On July 14, 2025, Regions filed a motion to stay the case pending the resolution of its motion to dismiss. These motions are still pending.

Claim Against UrbanFT, Inc.

On July 31, 2019, the Company sued UrbanFT, Inc. (“UrbanFT”) for delinquent in payments and declaratory judgment of non-infringement in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California (case No. 19-CV-1432-CAB-DEB), but on December 17, 2020, that case was dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction after it was determined UrbanFT did not own the patents at issue. On December 18, 2020, the Company refiled in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Diego (case no. 37-2020-00046670-CU-BC-CTL), where it obtained summary judgment on April 15, 2022, and on June 2, 2022, the court entered a total judgment of $2.3 million in compensatory damages, costs, and attorneys' fees, with the time for UrbanFT to appeal the compensatory damages having since expired. On August 2, 2023, the Company filed a separate Fraud Conveyance Action against Richard Steggall and related entities in San Diego Superior Court (Case No. 37-2023-00033005-CU-FR-CTL), alleging that Mr. Steggall orchestrated a scheme to strip UrbanFT of assets and funnel revenues through other entities to avoid the Company's collection efforts; in January 2026, the case was reassigned to a new judge, vacating the previously scheduled hearing on Mr. Steggall's summary judgment motion, and a Case Management Conference is now set for April 2026 with no pending trial date.

Other Legal Matters

In addition to the foregoing, the Company is subject to various claims and legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of its business. The Company accrues for such liabilities when it is both (i) probable that a loss has occurred and (ii) the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated in accordance with ASC 450, Contingencies. While any legal proceeding has an element of uncertainty, the Company believes that the disposition of such matters, in the aggregate, will not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.