MERCADOLIBRE INC
For the period ended Jun 30, 2025. Filed Aug 5, 2025.
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Notes to Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
NOTE 1. NATURE OF BUSINESS
MercadoLibre, Inc. (“MercadoLibre,” and together with its consolidated entities, the “Company”) was incorporated in the state of Delaware, in the United States of America (“U.S.”), in October 1999. MercadoLibre is the largest online commerce and fintech ecosystem in Latin America. The Company’s ecosystem provides consumers and merchants with a complete portfolio of services to enable buying and selling online and processing payments online and offline, as well as offers a wide array of simple day-to-day financial services.
The Company enables commerce through its marketplace platform, which allows users to buy and sell in most of Latin America. Through Mercado Pago, the fintech platform, MercadoLibre offers a comprehensive set of financial technology services to users of its e-commerce platform, and to users outside of its e-commerce platform. These services include loans and credit cards, yield on funds deposited into accounts, payments, savings, investments, insurtech, crypto buy, hold & sell and processing services for online, in-store and QR payments. Through Mercado Envios, MercadoLibre facilitates the shipping of goods from the Company and sellers to buyers. Mercado Ads facilitates advertising services for sellers and brands to promote their products and services within and outside the Company’s ecosystem. Mercado Shops allows users to set-up, manage, and promote their own online web-stores under a subscription-based business model.
As of June 30, 2025, MercadoLibre, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, operated online e-commerce platforms directed towards Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Uruguay, Bolivia, Guatemala, Paraguay and Venezuela. Additionally, MercadoLibre’s fintech platform, Mercado Pago, is present in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Uruguay and Ecuador.
NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of presentation
The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“U.S. GAAP”) and include the accounts of the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiaries and consolidated Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”). These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements are stated in U.S. dollars, except for where otherwise indicated. Intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated for consolidation purposes.
Substantially all net revenues and financial income, cost of net revenues and financial expenses and operating expenses, are generated in the Company’s foreign operations. Long-lived assets, intangible assets and goodwill and operating lease right-of-use assets located in the foreign jurisdictions totaled $3,656 million and $2,632 million as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements reflect the Company’s consolidated financial position as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the Company’s consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income and equity for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 and statements of cash flows for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements include all normal recurring adjustments that Management believes are necessary to fairly state the Company’s financial position, operating results and cash flows.
Because all of the disclosures required by U.S. GAAP for annual consolidated financial statements are not included herein, these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2024, contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) (the “Company’s 2024 10-K”). The Company has evaluated all subsequent events through the date these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements were issued. The interim condensed consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, equity and cash flows for the periods presented herein are not necessarily indicative of results expected for any future period. For a more detailed discussion of the Company’s significant accounting policies, see Note 2 to the financial statements in the Company’s 2024 10-K. During the six-month period ended June 30, 2025, there were no material updates made to the Company’s significant accounting policies.
Use of estimates
The preparation of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires Management to make estimates and assumptions that affect 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. Estimates are used for, but not limited to, accounting and disclosures for allowance for doubtful accounts and chargeback provisions, inventories valuation reserves, recoverability of goodwill, intangible assets with indefinite useful lives and deferred tax assets, impairment of cash and cash equivalents, short-term and long-term investments, impairment of long-lived assets, separation of lease and non lease components for aircraft leases, asset retirement obligation, compensation costs relating to the Company’s long term retention program, fair value of certain loans payable and other financial liabilities, fair value of loans receivable, fair value of derivative instruments, income taxes, contingencies and determination of the incremental borrowing rate at commencement date of lease operating agreements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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Supplier finance programs
The Company and certain financial institutions participate in a supplier finance program that enables certain of the Company’s suppliers, at their own election, to request the payment of their invoices to the financial institutions earlier than the terms stated in the Company’s payment policy. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the obligations outstanding that the Company has confirmed as valid to the financial institutions amounted to $474 million and $425 million, respectively.
For further information related to Supplier Finance Programs please refer to Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2024 10-K.
Revenue recognition
Revenue recognition criteria for the services provided and goods sold by the Company are described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2024 10-K.
The aggregate gain included in “Financial services and income” revenues arising from financing transactions and sales of financial assets, net of the costs recognized on sale of credit card receivables, is $1,069 million and $563 million for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and $835 million and $470 million for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2024, respectively.
Revenues recognized under ASC 606, Revenue from contracts with customers, amounted to $8,994 million and $4,803 million for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and $6,991 million and $3,765 million for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2024, respectively. Revenues not recognized under ASC 606 amounted to $3,731 million and $1,987 million for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and $2,415 million and $1,308 million for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2024, respectively.
Contract balances
Timing of revenue recognition may differ from the timing of invoicing to customers. Receivables represent amounts invoiced and revenue recognized prior to invoicing when the Company has satisfied the performance obligation and has the unconditional right to payment. Accounts receivable and credit card receivables and other means of payments are presented net of allowance for doubtful accounts and chargebacks of $63 million and $42 million as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. See Note 5 – Loans receivable, Net of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for information related to the allowance for doubtful accounts with respect to the Company’s loans receivable.
Contract liabilities from contracts with customers consists of fees received related to unsatisfied performance obligations at the end of the period in accordance with ASC 606. Due to the generally short-term duration of contracts, the majority of the performance obligations are satisfied in the following months. Contract liabilities from contracts with customers as of December 31, 2024 was $77 million, of which $75 million was recognized as revenue during the six-month period ended June 30, 2025.
As of June 30, 2025, total contract liabilities from contracts with customers recognized within current other liabilities was$97 million, mainly due to fees related to classified advertising services billed, subscriptions and loyalty programs, shipping services and inventory sales that are expected to be recognized as revenue in the coming months.
Foreign currency translation
All of the Company’s foreign operations have determined the local currency to be their functional currency, except for Argentina, which has used the U.S. dollar as its functional currency since July 1, 2018. Accordingly, the foreign subsidiaries with local currency as functional currency translate assets and liabilities from their local currencies into U.S. dollars by using period-end exchange rates while income and expense accounts are translated at the average monthly rates in effect during the period, unless exchange rates fluctuate significantly during the period, in which case the exchange rates at the date of the transaction are used. The resulting translation adjustment is recorded as a component of other comprehensive income (loss). Gains and losses resulting from transactions denominated in non-functional currencies are recognized in earnings. Net foreign currency transaction results are included in the interim condensed consolidated statements of income under the caption “Foreign currency losses, net.”
Argentine currency status and macroeconomic outlook
As of July 1, 2018, the Company transitioned its Argentine operations to highly inflationary status in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and changed the functional currency for Argentine subsidiaries from Argentine Pesos to U.S. dollars, which is the functional currency of their immediate parent company. Argentina’s inflation rate for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 was 15.1% and 6.0%, and 79.8% and 18.6%, respectively. Additionally, Argentina’s average inter-annual inflation rate for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025 was 56.3% and 43.4%.
The Company uses Argentina’s official exchange rate to account for transactions in the Argentine segment, which as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 was 1,205.00 and 1,032.00 Argentine Pesos, respectively, against the U.S. dollar. During the six-month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, Argentina’s official exchange rate against the U.S. dollar increased 16.8% and 12.8%, respectively. The average exchange rate for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 was 1,104.02 and 860.30, respectively, resulting in an increase of 28.3%.
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Argentine exchange regulations
In the second half of 2019, the Argentine government instituted exchange controls restricting the ability of companies and individuals to exchange Argentine Pesos for foreign currencies and their ability to remit foreign currency out of Argentina. An entity’s authorization request to the Central Bank of Argentina (“CBA”) to access the official exchange market to make foreign currency payments may be denied depending on the circumstances. As a result of these exchange controls, markets in Argentina developed trading mechanisms, in which an entity or individual buys U.S. dollar denominated securities in Argentina (i.e. shares, sovereign debt) using Argentine Pesos, and subsequently sells the securities for U.S. dollars, in Argentina, to access U.S. dollars locally, or outside Argentina, by transferring the securities abroad, prior to being sold (the latter commonly known as “Blue Chip Swap Rate”). The Blue Chip Swap Rate diverged from Argentina’s official exchange rate (commonly known as the exchange spread). As of December 31, 2024, the exchange spread was 14.7%.
On April 11, 2025, the Argentine government announced a series of measures aimed at easing regulations related to access to the foreign exchange market. Among other modifications, these measures include the establishment of floating bands (between 1,000 and 1,400 Argentine Pesos) within which the dollar exchange rate in the foreign exchange market may fluctuate, the elimination of foreign exchange restrictions applicable to individuals, the ability of companies to transfer dividends abroad to non-resident shareholders related to fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2025 and provide greater flexibility to make payments abroad for imports of goods and services. As a result of the liberalization of the exchange controls, the Blue Chip Swap Rate in Argentina has substantially converged with the official exchange rate.
Income taxes
Income taxes’ accounting policy is described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2024 10-K.
The Company’s consolidated estimated effective tax rate for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025, as compared to the same periods in 2024, increased from 23.8% and 20.5% to 28.5% and 27.0%, respectively, mainly as a result of lower deductions related to tax inflation adjustments in Argentina and higher permanent differences between tax base and accounting records on subsidiaries subject to withholding tax on dividends, partially offset by lower taxable foreign exchange gains accounted for in Argentina for local tax purposes that are not recorded for accounting purposes since, under U.S. GAAP, the Argentine operations’ functional currency is the U.S. dollar due to the highly inflationary status of the country.
A valuation allowance is recorded when, based on the available evidence, it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the Company’s deferred tax assets will not be realized. In accordance with ASC 740, Management periodically assesses the need to either establish or reverse a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets considering positive and negative objective evidence related to the realization of the deferred tax assets. In its assessment, Management considers, among other factors, the nature, frequency and magnitude of current and cumulative losses on an individual subsidiary basis, projections of future taxable income, the duration of statutory carryforward periods, as well as feasible tax planning strategies, which would be employed by the Company to prevent tax loss carry-forwards from expiring unutilized.
Knowledge-based economy promotional regime in Argentina
In August 2021, the Under Secretariat of Knowledge Economy issued the Disposition 316/2021 approving MercadoLibre S.R.L.’s application for eligibility under the knowledge-based economy promotional regime, established by the Law No. 27,506 and complemented by Argentina’s Executive Power Decree No. 1034/2020, Argentina’s Ministry of Productive Development’s Resolution No. 4/2021 and the Under Secretariat of Knowledge Economy’s Disposition No. 11/2021. Based on the promotional regime, companies that meet specified criteria shall be entitled to: i) a reduction of the income tax burden over the promoted activities for each fiscal year, ii) stability of the benefits established by the knowledge-based economy promotional regime, and iii) a tax credit bond on the Company’s contribution to the social security regime of every employee whose job is related to the promoted activities. On September 13, 2024, Argentina’s Secretariat of Entrepreneurs and Small and Medium Enterprises and Knowledge-Based Economy issued Resolution 267/2024, reducing the aggregate cap on base salaries used to calculate the tax credit bond to which companies that qualify for the regime are entitled from approximately 40 million Argentine pesos to 5 million Argentine pesos; the tax credit bond represents 70% of the Company’s social security contributions for those employees whose jobs are related to the promoted activities, with a salary cap which has been reduced to the indicated limit. MercadoLibre S.R.L. uses the tax credit bond to offset federal taxes.
As a result, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of $37 million and $19 million, and $5 million and $4 million, during the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The aggregate per share effect of the income tax benefit amounted to $0.72 and $0.36, and $0.09 and $0.08, for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Furthermore, the Company recorded a social security benefit of $14 million during the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025, and $32 million and $15 million during the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2024, respectively.
One Big Beautiful Bill Act
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) was signed into law. The OBBBA permanently establishes key elements of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and also introduces modifications to certain international tax provisions. These provisions have various effective dates, some of which extended into 2027. The Company is assessing the effects that the OBBBA may have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
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Fair value option applied to certain financial instruments
Under ASC 825, U.S. GAAP provides an option to elect fair value with impact on the statement of income as an alternative measurement for certain financial instruments and other items on the balance sheet.
The Company has elected to measure certain financial assets at fair value with impact on the statement of income for several reasons including to avoid the mismatch generated by the recognition of certain linked instruments / transactions, separately, in the interim condensed consolidated statements of income and interim condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income and to better reflect the financial model applied for selected instruments. The Company’s election of the fair value option applies to: i) foreign government debt securities and ii) U.S. government debt securities.
Additionally, the Company has elected to measure the liability related to the Meli Dólar program, which corresponds to the holding by third-parties of the Company’s stablecoin, at fair value.
Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
As of the date of issuance of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements there were no accounting pronouncements recently adopted by the Company.
Recently issued accounting pronouncements not yet adopted
On December 14, 2023, the FASB issued the Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) 2023-09 “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures.” The amendments in this update provide more transparency about income tax information through improvements to income tax disclosures primarily related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information, requiring consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. The other amendments in this update improve the effectiveness and comparability of disclosures by adding disclosures of pretax income (or loss) and income tax expense (or benefit) and removing disclosures that no longer are considered cost beneficial or relevant. The amendments are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted for annual financial statements that have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The guidance should be applied on a prospective basis while retrospective application is permitted. The Company is assessing the effects that the adoption of this accounting pronouncement may have on its consolidated financial statements.
On November 4, 2024, the FASB issued the ASU 2024-03 “Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses.” The amendments in this update improve financial reporting by requiring disclosure of additional information about certain costs and expenses in the notes to financial statements at interim and annual reporting, such as the amounts of purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation and intangible asset amortization included in each relevant expense caption; a qualitative description of the amounts remaining in relevant expense captions that are not separately disaggregated quantitatively; the total amount of selling expenses and, in annual reporting periods, an entity’s definition of selling expenses. The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027 (as clarified by ASU 2025-01). Early adoption is permitted. The amendments should be applied either prospectively to financial statements issued for reporting periods after the effective date of this update or retrospectively to any or all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Company is assessing the effects that the adoption of this accounting pronouncement may have on its consolidated financial statements.
On July 30, 2025, the FASB issued the ASU 2025-05 “Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets.” The amendments in this update provide entities with a practical expedient when estimating expected credit losses on current accounts receivable and/or current contract assets arising from transactions under Topic 606, including those assets acquired in a transaction accounted for under Topic 805, Business Combinations. In developing reasonable and supportable forecasts as part of estimating expected credit losses, all entities may elect a practical expedient that assumes that current conditions as of the balance sheet date do not change for the remaining life of the asset. The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2025, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted in both interim and annual reporting periods in which financial statements have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The practical expedient, if elected, should be applied prospectively. The Company is assessing the effects that the adoption of this accounting pronouncement may have on its consolidated financial statements.
NOTE 3. FINTECH REGULATIONS
Regulations issued by the central banks and other regulators of the countries where the Company operates applicable to its Fintech business are described in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2024 10-K.
Mexico
On March 27, 2025, MPFS, S. de R.L. de C.V. submitted to the National Banking and Securities Commission (“CNBV” according to its Spanish acronym) an authorization request to organize and operate as an investment funds management company through Mercado Pago Fondos, S.A. de C.V., Sociedad Operadora de Fondos de Inversión (a new subsidiary to be legally formed when the authorization request is approved). As of the date of this filing, this authorization is pending approval.
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On February 25, 2025 the Argentinian National Securities Commission (“CNV” according to its Spanish acronym) approved the registration of Mercado Pago Inversiones S.R.L. as a Comprehensive Investment Fund Placement and Distribution Agent (“ACDI”). In addition, on the same day, the CNV approved the request made by Mercado Pago Asset Management S.A. to Mercado Pago Inversiones S.R.L. replace Industrial Asset Management S.A. as management agent of “Mercado Fondo.”
Starting June 1, 2025, Mercado Pago Asset Management S.A. took over from Industrial Asset Management S.A. as the management agent of “Mercado Fondo” mutual fund. In addition, starting June 2025, users who previously invested in “Mercado Fondo” investment fund through Banco Industrial S.A. started to invest through Mercado Pago Inversiones S.R.L. As of June 30, 2025, the assets under administration of Mercado Pago Asset Management S.A. related to mutual funds amount to $4,100 million.
On June 17, 2025, Meli Participaciones, S.L. and Marketplace Investments, LLC filed an application with the CBA to obtain a banking license in Argentina. The application is currently under review, and the Company is actively engaged with the CBA to address its inquiries and provide requested clarifications.
In April 2025, Mercado Pago Servicios de Procesamiento S.R.L. (“MPSP”) created a global program for the issuance of debt securities. The maximum principal amount of the debt securities permitted to be outstanding at any one time under the program is $500 million (or its equivalent in other currencies and/or units of value or measure). In July 2025, MPSP was authorized by the CNV to issue debt securities under Argentina's public offering regime, and as result, is now regulated by the CNV.
Chile
In June 2025, Mercado Pago Operadora S.A. submitted an application to the Chilean Commission for the Financial Market (“CMF” according to its Spanish acronym) for registration to execute cross-border transactions. As of the date of this filing, this application is pending approval by the CMF.
Meli Dólar
On July 17, 2025, the Bermuda Monetary Authority (“BMA”) granted Meli ISAC Ltd. and Meli ISA Ltd., two Bermudian subsidiaries of the Company, a Digital Asset Business (“DAB”) license application to issue the Company’s stablecoin, Meli Dólar, which is conditional upon satisfying certain pre-commencement requirements. The term for the fulfillment of the pre-commencement requirements is 120 days.
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NOTE 4. CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS, RESTRICTED CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND INVESTMENTS
The composition of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents, short-term and long-term investments is as follows:
| June 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| (In millions) | ||
| Cash in bank accounts | $1,205 | $1,725 |
| Money market | 947 | 572 |
| Time deposits | 851 | 334 |
| Foreign government debt securities | 5 | 4 |
| Total cash and cash equivalents | 3,008 | 2,635 |
| Securitization transactions (1) | 371 | 492 |
| Foreign government debt securities (Central Bank of Brazil mandatory guarantee) | — | 469 |
| Cash in bank accounts (Central Bank of Brazil mandatory guarantee) | 2,253 | — |
| Cash in bank accounts (Argentine Central Bank mandatory guarantee) | 427 | 471 |
| Cash in bank accounts (Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission mandatory guarantee) | 79 | 149 |
| Time deposits (Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission mandatory guarantee) | 530 | 297 |
| Cash in bank accounts (Chilean Commission for the Financial Market mandatory guarantee) | 175 | 130 |
| Time deposits (Chilean Commission for the Financial Market mandatory guarantee) | 39 | 39 |
| Money market (Secured lines of credit guarantee) | — | 14 |
| Time deposits (Central Bank of Uruguay mandatory guarantee) | — | 3 |
| Foreign government debt securities (Central Bank of Uruguay mandatory guarantee) | 6 | — |
| Total restricted cash and cash equivalents | 3,880 | 2,064 |
| Total cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents (2) | $6,888 | $4,699 |
| U.S. government debt securities | $780 | $619 |
| Foreign government debt securities (3) | 3,625 | 3,619 |
| Time deposits (4) | 153 | 160 |
| Corporate debt securities (5) | 76 | 87 |
| Total short-term investments | $4,634 | $4,485 |
| U.S. government debt securities | $479 | $468 |
| Foreign government debt securities (5) (6) | 625 | 483 |
| Securitization transactions (1) | 12 | 12 |
| Corporate debt securities | 205 | 175 |
| Equity securities held at cost | 67 | 65 |
| Total long-term investments | $1,388 | $1,203 |
(1)Cash, cash equivalents and investments from securitization transactions are restricted to the payment of amounts due to third-party investors.
(2) Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents as reported in the interim condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.
(3) As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, includes $3,581 million and $3,370 million, respectively, considered restricted due to the Central Bank of Brazil's mandatory guarantee. Also, December 31, 2024, includes $5 million considered restricted, that guarantees a line of credit. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, includes $13 million and $17 million, respectively, considered restricted due to the Central Bank of Uruguay’s mandatory guarantee.
(4) As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, includes $75 million and$42 million, respectively, of collateral as part of credit card scheme arrangement rules in Brazil, and is considered restricted.
(5) Includes investments held by a consolidated VIE, in which the Company has determined that it has both the power to direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact the entity’s performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the entity. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, includes $348 million and $337 million, of foreign government debt securities, respectively. Also, as of December 31, 2024, includes $1 million of corporate debt securities.
(6) As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, includes $5 million and $2 million, respectively, of foreign government debt securities considered restricted due to the Brazilian stock market's mandatory guarantee to operate with futures contracts.
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NOTE 5. LOANS RECEIVABLE, NET
The Company classifies loans receivable as “Merchant,” “Consumer,” “Credit cards” and “Asset-backed.” As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the components of current and non-current Loans receivable, net were as follows:
| June 30, 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Loans receivable | Allowance for doubtful accounts | Loans receivable, net | |
| (In millions) | |||
| Merchant | $1,595 | $(598) | $997 |
| Consumer | 3,525 | (948) | 2,577 |
| Credit cards | 4,013 | (903) | 3,110 |
| Asset-backed | 214 | (14) | 200 |
| Total | $9,347 | $(2,463) | $6,884 |
| December 31, 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Loans receivable | Allowance for doubtful accounts | Loans receivable, net | |
| (In millions) | |||
| Merchant | $1,205 | $(417) | $788 |
| Consumer | 2,591 | (696) | 1,895 |
| Credit cards | 2,639 | (557) | 2,082 |
| Asset-backed | 138 | (8) | 130 |
| Total | $6,573 | $(1,678) | $4,895 |
The allowance for doubtful accounts with respect to the Company’s loans receivable amounts to $2,484 million and $1,708 million as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, which includes $21 million and $30 million related to unused agreed loan commitment on credit cards portfolio presented in Other liabilities of the interim condensed consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company is exposed to off-balance sheet unused agreed loan commitment on credit cards portfolio which expose the Company to credit risks for $5,005 million and $2,872 million, respectively. For the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025, the Company recognized in Provision for doubtful accounts a gain of $12 million and a loss of $1 million as expected credit losses, and $4 million loss for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2024, respectively.
From time to time, the Company sells loans receivable related to its lending solution. In this regard, during 2024, the Company signed a contract with a third party to sell an amount up to $100 million of its loans receivable, as part of its funding strategy. These loans were originated by its Mexican subsidiary and provided to local users. This transaction is accounted for as a true sale and the Company has a continuing involvement related to a servicing fee charged to the purchaser for collection services and regarding a beneficial interest retained by the Company over the transferred assets. Such involvements do not preclude the fact that this operation qualifies as a true sale because the purchaser has full control over the transferred assets. During the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025 the Company sold $52 million and $21 million of loans receivable, respectively, and recorded a gain of $1 million related to the aforementioned contract. As of December 31, 2024, the Company sold $44 million of loans receivable andno gains or losses were recorded in the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2024.
The following tables summarize the allowance for doubtful accounts activity during the six-month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:
| June 30, 2025 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merchant | Consumer | Credit cards | Asset-backed | Total | |
| (In millions) | |||||
| Balance at beginning of year | $417 | $696 | $557 | $8 | $1,678 |
| Net charged to Net Income | 318 | 491 | 471 | 7 | 1,287 |
| Currency translation adjustments | 53 | 75 | 85 | 1 | 214 |
| Write-offs (1) | (190) | (314) | (210) | (2) | (716) |
| Balance at end of period | $598 | $948 | $903 | $14 | $2,463 |
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| June 30, 2024 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merchant | Consumer | Credit cards | Asset-backed | Total | |
| (In millions) | |||||
| Balance at beginning of year | $256 | $591 | $236 | $1 | $1,084 |
| Net charged to Net Income | 198 | 370 | 238 | 3 | 809 |
| Currency translation adjustments | (19) | (33) | (40) | — | (92) |
| Write-offs (1) | (123) | (250) | (75) | — | (448) |
| Balance at end of period | $312 | $678 | $359 | $4 | $1,353 |
(1) The Company writes off loans when customer balance becomes 360 days past due.
The Company closely monitors credit quality for all loans receivable on a recurring basis to assess and manage its exposure to credit risk. To assess merchants and consumers seeking a loan under the lending solution, the Company uses, among other indicators, risk models internally developed, as a credit quality indicator to help predict the merchant’s and consumer’s ability to repay the principal balance and interest related to the credit. The risk model uses multiple variables as predictors of the merchant’s and consumer’s ability to repay the credit, including external and internal indicators. Internal indicators consider user behavior related to credit/payment history, and with lower weight in the risk models, the Company uses number of transactions in the Company’s ecosystem and merchant’s annual sales volume, among other indicators. In addition, the Company considers external bureau information to enhance the model and the decision making process.
The amortized cost of the loans receivable classified by the Company’s credit quality internal indicator was as follows:
| June 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| (In millions) | ||
| 1-14 days past due | $229 | $125 |
| 15-30 days past due | 155 | 146 |
| 31-60 days past due | 226 | 175 |
| 61-90 days past due | 241 | 167 |
| 91-120 days past due | 225 | 178 |
| 121-150 days past due | 254 | 155 |
| 151-180 days past due | 225 | 138 |
| 181-210 days past due | 180 | 129 |
| 211-240 days past due | 191 | 118 |
| 241-270 days past due | 177 | 121 |
| 271-300 days past due | 173 | 109 |
| 301-330 days past due | 163 | 112 |
| 331-360 days past due | 137 | 90 |
| Total past due | 2,576 | 1,763 |
| To become due | 6,771 | 4,810 |
| Total | $9,347 | $6,573 |
As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, renegotiations represented 1.7% and 1.4% of the loans receivable portfolio, respectively.
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NOTE 6. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Goodwill and intangible assets
The composition of goodwill and intangible assets is as follows:
| June 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| (In millions) | ||
| Goodwill | $160 | $149 |
| Intangible assets with indefinite lives | ||
| Trademarks | 4 | 4 |
| Amortizable intangible assets | ||
| Naming rights | 31 | — |
| Licenses and others | 18 | 18 |
| Non-compete agreements | 3 | 3 |
| Customer lists | 15 | 14 |
| Trademarks | 7 | 7 |
| Hubs network | 4 | 3 |
| Others | 3 | 3 |
| Total intangible assets | 85 | 52 |
| Accumulated amortization | (46) | (40) |
| Total intangible assets, net | $39 | $12 |
Goodwill
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the six-month period ended June 30, 2025 and the year ended December 31, 2024 are as follows:
| Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Mexico | Argentina | Chile | Colombia | Other countries | Total | |
| (In millions) | |||||||
| Balance, beginning of the year | $56 | $39 | $14 | $33 | $5 | $2 | $149 |
| Currency translation adjustments | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 11 |
| Balance, end of the period | $63 | $42 | $14 | $34 | $5 | $2 | $160 |
| Year Ended December 31, 2024 | |||||||
| Brazil | Mexico | Argentina | Chile | Colombia | Other countries | Total | |
| (In millions) | |||||||
| Balance, beginning of the year | $64 | $44 | $10 | $37 | $6 | $2 | $163 |
| Business acquisitions | 6 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | 12 |
| Currency translation adjustments | (14) | (7) | — | (4) | (1) | — | (26) |
| Balance, end of the year | $56 | $39 | $14 | $33 | $5 | $2 | $149 |
15 | MercadoLibre, Inc.
Intangible assets with finite useful life
Intangible assets with finite useful life are comprised of naming rights, customer lists, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, hubs network, acquired software licenses and other acquired intangible assets including developed technologies and trademarks. Aggregate amortization expense for intangible assets for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 amounted to $4 million and $2 million, respectively, while aggregate amortization expense for intangible assets totaled $2 million and $1 million for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
The following table summarizes the remaining amortization of intangible assets (in millions) with finite useful life as of June 30, 2025:
| For year to be ended December 31, 2025 | $6 |
|---|---|
| For year to be ended December 31, 2026 | 7 |
| For year to be ended December 31, 2027 | 7 |
| For year to be ended December 31, 2028 | 7 |
| Thereafter | 8 |
| $35 |
NOTE 7. INTANGIBLE ASSETS AT FAIR VALUE
The following tables present the digital assets name, cost basis, fair value, and number of units for each significant digital asset holding as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
| Digital asset name | June 30, 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost basis (1) · Fair value · Number of units held | |||
| (In millions, except for number of units held) | |||
| Bitcoin | $22 | $61 | 570.4 |
| Ether | 3 | 8 | 3,050.2 |
| Digital asset name | December 31, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost basis (1) · Fair value · Number of units held | |||
| (In millions, except for number of units held) | |||
| Bitcoin | $6 | $39 | 412.7 |
| Ether | 3 | 10 | 3,049.8 |
(1) Cost basis of the digital assets is net of $21 million of impairment losses recognized prior to the adoption of ASU 2023-08.
NOTE 8. SEGMENTS
The Company manages the business country-by-country to understand and focus on the specific needs and opportunities in those markets. The Company’s chief executive officer is responsible for allocating resources and assessing performance and is therefore its chief operating decision maker (“CODM”). The Company’s segments include Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and other countries (which includes Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay and the U.S.).
The CODM makes decisions considering all business lines within a country as whole, taking into account the synergies between the different lines in each of the countries’ integrated digital ecosystems.
The CODM evaluates the performance of the Company’s operating segments based on their direct contribution.
Direct contribution consists of net revenues and financial income from external customers less segment costs, which include expenses, such as shipping operation costs (including warehousing costs), carrier and other operating costs, provision for doubtful accounts, cost of goods sold, collection fees, funding cost, salaries and wages, marketing expenses and hosting expenses. All corporate related costs have been excluded from the segment’s direct contribution.
16 | MercadoLibre, Inc.
The following tables summarize the financial performance of the Company’s reporting segments:
| Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil · Mexico · Argentina · Other Countries · Total | ||||||
| (In millions) | ||||||
| Net service revenues and financial income | $5,632 | $2,418 | $2,759 | $475 | $11,284 | |
| Net product revenues | 923 | 310 | 150 | 58 | 1,441 | |
| Net revenues and financial income | 6,555 | 2,728 | 2,909 | 533 | 12,725 | |
| Local operating expenses | (5,291) | (2,138) | (1,561) | (438) | (9,428) | |
| Depreciation and amortization | (181) | (105) | (39) | (22) | (347) | |
| Total segment costs | (5,472) | (2,243) | (1,600) | (460) | (9,775) | |
| Direct contribution | 1,083 | 485 | 1,309 | 73 | 2,950 | |
| Operating expenses and indirect costs of net revenues and financial expenses | (1,362) | |||||
| Income from operations | 1,588 | |||||
| Other income (expenses): | ||||||
| Interest income and other financial gains | 81 | |||||
| Interest expense and other financial losses | (75) | |||||
| Foreign currency losses, net | (172) | |||||
| Net income before income tax expense | $1,422 | |||||
| Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil · Mexico · Argentina · Other Countries · Total | ||||||
| (In millions) | ||||||
| Net service revenues and financial income | $4,805 | $1,970 | $1,406 | $366 | $8,547 | |
| Net product revenues | 552 | 202 | 72 | 33 | 859 | |
| Net revenues and financial income | 5,357 | 2,172 | 1,478 | 399 | 9,406 | |
| Local operating expenses | (3,976) | (1,667) | (838) | (332) | (6,813) | |
| Depreciation and amortization | (144) | (87) | (35) | (20) | (286) | |
| Total segment costs | (4,120) | (1,754) | (873) | (352) | (7,099) | |
| Direct contribution | 1,237 | 418 | 605 | 47 | 2,307 | |
| Operating expenses and indirect costs of net revenues and financial expenses | (1,053) | |||||
| Income from operations | 1,254 | |||||
| Other income (expenses): | ||||||
| Interest income and other financial gains | 64 | |||||
| Interest expense and other financial losses | (77) | |||||
| Foreign currency losses, net | (92) | |||||
| Net income before income tax expense | $1,149 | |||||
17 | MercadoLibre, Inc.
| Three Months Ended June 30, 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil · Mexico · Argentina · Other Countries · Total | ||||||
| (In millions) | ||||||
| Net service revenues and financial income | $2,959 | $1,311 | $1,446 | $248 | $5,964 | |
| Net product revenues | 514 | 195 | 81 | 36 | 826 | |
| Net revenues and financial income | 3,473 | 1,506 | 1,527 | 284 | 6,790 | |
| Local operating expenses | (2,834) | (1,178) | (847) | (245) | (5,104) | |
| Depreciation and amortization | (98) | (60) | (19) | (11) | (188) | |
| Total segment costs | (2,932) | (1,238) | (866) | (256) | (5,292) | |
| Direct contribution | 541 | 268 | 661 | 28 | 1,498 | |
| Operating expenses and indirect costs of net revenues and financial expenses | (673) | |||||
| Income from operations | 825 | |||||
| Other income (expenses): | ||||||
| Interest income and other financial gains | 44 | |||||
| Interest expense and other financial losses | (36) | |||||
| Foreign currency losses, net | (117) | |||||
| Net income before income tax expense | $716 | |||||
| Three Months Ended June 30, 2024 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil · Mexico · Argentina · Other Countries · Total | ||||||
| (In millions) | ||||||
| Net service revenues and financial income | $2,489 | $1,084 | $816 | $203 | $4,592 | |
| Net product revenues | 297 | 117 | 47 | 20 | 481 | |
| Net revenues and financial income | 2,786 | 1,201 | 863 | 223 | 5,073 | |
| Local operating expenses | (2,039) | (964) | (464) | (187) | (3,654) | |
| Depreciation and amortization | (71) | (43) | (18) | (10) | (142) | |
| Total segment costs | (2,110) | (1,007) | (482) | (197) | (3,796) | |
| Direct contribution | 676 | 194 | 381 | 26 | 1,277 | |
| Operating expenses and indirect costs of net revenues and financial expenses | (551) | |||||
| Income from operations | 726 | |||||
| Other income (expenses): | ||||||
| Interest income and other financial gains | 39 | |||||
| Interest expense and other financial losses | (39) | |||||
| Foreign currency losses, net | (58) | |||||
| Net income before income tax expense | $668 | |||||
18 | MercadoLibre, Inc.
The following table summarizes net revenues and financial income per reporting segment, which have been disaggregated by similar products and services for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:
| Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Mexico | Argentina | Other Countries (6) | Total | ||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |
| (In millions) | ||||||||||
| Commerce services (1) | $3,087 | $2,724 | $1,470 | $1,217 | $846 | $437 | $326 | $252 | $5,729 | $4,630 |
| Commerce product sales (2) | 909 | 540 | 300 | 195 | 148 | 70 | 56 | 31 | 1,413 | 836 |
| Total commerce revenues | 3,996 | 3,264 | 1,770 | 1,412 | 994 | 507 | 382 | 283 | 7,142 | 5,466 |
| Financial services and income (3) | 1,251 | 1,196 | 366 | 261 | 1,322 | 707 | 144 | 108 | 3,083 | 2,272 |
| Credit revenues (4) | 1,294 | 885 | 582 | 492 | 591 | 262 | 5 | 6 | 2,472 | 1,645 |
| Fintech product sales (5) | 14 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 23 |
| Total fintech revenues | 2,559 | 2,093 | 958 | 760 | 1,915 | 971 | 151 | 116 | 5,583 | 3,940 |
| Total net revenues and financial income | $6,555 | $5,357 | $2,728 | $2,172 | $2,909 | $1,478 | $533 | $399 | $12,725 | $9,406 |
| Three Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Mexico | Argentina | Other Countries (6) | Total | ||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |
| (In millions) | ||||||||||
| Commerce services (1) | $1,616 | $1,411 | $803 | $686 | $440 | $261 | $169 | $144 | $3,028 | $2,502 |
| Commerce product sales (2) | 507 | 290 | 189 | 113 | 80 | 46 | 35 | 19 | 811 | 468 |
| Total commerce revenues | 2,123 | 1,701 | 992 | 799 | 520 | 307 | 204 | 163 | 3,839 | 2,970 |
| Financial services and income (3) | 645 | 609 | 200 | 138 | 688 | 412 | 77 | 56 | 1,610 | 1,215 |
| Credit revenues (4) | 698 | 469 | 308 | 260 | 318 | 143 | 2 | 3 | 1,326 | 875 |
| Fintech product sales (5) | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 13 |
| Total fintech revenues | 1,350 | 1,085 | 514 | 402 | 1,007 | 556 | 80 | 60 | 2,951 | 2,103 |
| Total net revenues and financial income | $3,473 | $2,786 | $1,506 | $1,201 | $1,527 | $863 | $284 | $223 | $6,790 | $5,073 |
(1) Includes final value fees and flat fees paid by sellers derived from intermediation services and related shipping and storage fees, classified fees derived from classified advertising services and ad sales.
(2)Includes revenues from inventory sales and related shipping fees.
(3)Includes revenues from commissions the Company charges for transactions off-platform derived from use of the Company’s payment solution and asset management product, revenues as a result of offering installments for the payment to its Mercado Pago users, either when the Company finances the transactions directly or when the Company sells the corresponding financial assets, interest earned on cash and investments as part of Mercado Pago activities, including those required due to fintech regulations, net of interest gains pass through our Brazilian users in connection with our asset management product, Mercado Pago debit card commissions and insurtech fees.
(4)Includes interest earned on loans and advances granted to merchants and consumers, and interest and commissions earned on Mercado Pago credit card transactions.
(5)Includes sales of mobile point of sales devices.
(6)Revenues from external customers in the U.S. amounted to $20 million and$10 million for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and $13 million and$10 million for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2024, respectively.
19 | MercadoLibre, Inc.
The following table summarizes the allocation of property and equipment, net based on geography:
| June 30, 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Mexico | Argentina | U.S. | Other Countries | Total | |
| (In millions) | ||||||
| Property and equipment | $1,309 | $985 | $487 | $10 | $209 | $3,000 |
| Accumulated depreciation | (552) | (315) | (223) | (7) | (104) | (1,201) |
| Total property and equipment, net | $757 | $670 | $264 | $3 | $105 | $1,799 |
| December 31, 2024 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Mexico | Argentina | U.S. | Other Countries | Total | |
| (In millions) | ||||||
| Property and equipment | $1,078 | $713 | $434 | $10 | $178 | $2,413 |
| Accumulated depreciation | (497) | (239) | (199) | (6) | (92) | (1,033) |
| Total property and equipment, net | $581 | $474 | $235 | $4 | $86 | $1,380 |
The following table summarizes the allocation of the operating lease right-of-use assets based on geography:
| June 30, 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Mexico | Argentina | U.S. | Other Countries | Total | |
| (In millions) | ||||||
| Right of use asset | $1,002 | $941 | $77 | $4 | $117 | $2,141 |
| Accumulated amortization | (220) | (175) | (40) | (1) | (41) | (477) |
| Total right of use asset, net | $782 | $766 | $37 | $3 | $76 | $1,664 |
| December 31, 2024 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Mexico | Argentina | U.S. | Other Countries | Total | |
| (In millions) | ||||||
| Right of use asset | $618 | $616 | $76 | $4 | $115 | $1,429 |
| Accumulated amortization | (139) | (116) | (36) | (1) | (39) | (331) |
| Total right of use asset, net | $479 | $500 | $40 | $3 | $76 | $1,098 |
The following table summarizes the allocation of the goodwill and intangible assets based on geography:
| June 30, 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Mexico | Argentina | U.S. | Other Countries | Total | |
| (In millions) | ||||||
| Intangible assets at fair value | $— | $— | $— | $69 | $— | $69 |
| Goodwill and intangible assets | 102 | 47 | 23 | — | 73 | 245 |
| Accumulated amortization | (9) | (5) | (8) | — | (24) | (46) |
| Total goodwill and intangible assets, net | $93 | $42 | $15 | $69 | $49 | $268 |
20 | MercadoLibre, Inc.
| December 31, 2024 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Mexico | Argentina | U.S. | Other Countries | Total | |
| (In millions) | ||||||
| Intangible assets at fair value | $— | $— | $— | $49 | $— | $49 |
| Goodwill and intangible assets | 64 | 43 | 23 | — | 71 | 201 |
| Accumulated amortization | (6) | (4) | (7) | — | (23) | (40) |
| Total goodwill and intangible assets, net | $58 | $39 | $16 | $49 | $48 | $210 |
21 | MercadoLibre, Inc.
NOTE 9. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
Assets and liabilities measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis
The following table summarizes the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
| Balances as ofJune 30, 2025 | Quoted Prices inactive markets for identical Assets(Level 1) | Significant otherobservable inputs(Level 2) | Unobservableinputs(Level 3) | Balances as ofDecember 31, 2024 | Quoted Prices inactive markets for identical Assets(Level 1) | Significant otherobservable inputs(Level 2) | Unobservableinputs(Level 3) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In millions) | ||||||||
| Cash and Cash Equivalents: | ||||||||
| Money Market | $947 | $947 | $— | $— | $572 | $572 | $— | $— |
| Foreign government debt securities (1) | 5 | 5 | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents: | ||||||||
| Money Market (2) | 301 | 301 | — | — | 297 | 297 | — | — |
| Foreign government debt securities (1) | 6 | 6 | — | — | 469 | 469 | — | — |
| Investments: | ||||||||
| U.S. government debt securities (1) | 1,259 | 1,259 | — | — | 1,087 | 1,087 | — | — |
| Foreign government debt securities (1) (3) | 4,262 | 4,262 | — | — | 4,114 | 4,114 | — | — |
| Corporate debt securities | 281 | 281 | — | — | 262 | 262 | — | — |
| Other Assets: | ||||||||
| Derivative Instruments | 33 | — | 33 | — | 58 | — | 58 | — |
| Intangible assets at fair value | 69 | 69 | — | — | 49 | 49 | — | — |
| Total Assets | $7,163 | $7,130 | $33 | $— | $6,912 | $6,854 | $58 | $— |
| Salaries and social security payable: | ||||||||
| Long-term retention program | $114 | $— | $114 | $— | $163 | $— | $163 | $— |
| Other Liabilities: | ||||||||
| Meli Dólar liability (1) | 51 | — | 51 | — | 31 | — | 31 | — |
| Derivative Instruments | 96 | — | 96 | — | 31 | — | 31 | — |
| Contingent consideration | 4 | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | 4 |
| Total Liabilities | $265 | $— | $261 | $4 | $229 | $— | $225 | $4 |
(1) Measured at fair value with impact on the statement of income for the application of the fair value option. (See Note 2 – Summary of significant accounting policies – Fair value option applied to certain financial instruments).
(2) As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, includes $301 million and $283 million, respectively, of money market funds from securitization transactions. (See Note 4 – Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents and investments).
(3)As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, includes $12 million and $12 million, respectively, of investments from securitization transactions. (See Note 4 – Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents and investments).
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The Company’s assets and liabilities measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis were valued using i) Level 1 inputs: unadjusted quoted prices in active markets (Level 1 instrument valuations are obtained from observable inputs that reflect quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets in active markets); ii) Level 2 inputs: obtained from readily-available pricing sources for comparable instruments as well as instruments with inactive markets at the measurement date; and iii) Level 3 inputs: valuations based on unobservable inputs reflecting Company’s assumptions. The unobservable inputs of the fair value of contingent considerations classified as Level 3 refer to the amounts to be paid according to the agreement of an acquisition, the likelihood of achievement of the targets included in that arrangement (expected to be 100%), and the Company’s historical experience with similar arrangements. Reasonable variation on those unobservable inputs would not significantly change the fair value of those instruments. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had not changed the methodology nor the assumptions used to estimate the fair value of the financial instruments.
There were no transfers to and from Levels 1, 2 and 3 during the six-month period ended June 30, 2025, nor during the year ended December 31, 2024.
The Company’s election of the fair value option applies to: i) foreign government debt securities, ii) U.S. government debt securities and iii) Meli Dólar liability. The Company recognized fair value changes of foreign and U.S. government debt securities, which include the related interest income of those instruments, in net service revenues and financial income if it is related to Mercado Pago’s operations or in interest income and other financial gains if not. Such fair value changes and interest income amount to gains of $261 million and $136 million, and $141 million and $72 million in net service revenues and financial income for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $42 million and $22 million, and $22 million and $12 million in interest income and other financial gains for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The Meli Dólar liability has not presented changes in its fair value for the six-month period ended June 30, 2025. No Meli Dólar liability existed during the six-month period ended June 30, 2024.
As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the cost of the Company’s investment in corporate debt securities classified as available for sale amounted to $277 million and $259 million, respectively, and the estimated fair value amounted to $281 million and $262 million, respectively. The cost of these securities is determined under a specific identification basis. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 the gross unrealized gains accumulated amounted to $4 million and $3 million, respectively. For the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025 and for the six-month period ended June 30, 2024, the proceeds from sales of corporate debt securities amounted to $37 million, $14 million and $3 million, respectively. There wereno sales of corporate debt securities during the three-month period ended June 30, 2024.
The following table summarizes the net carrying amount of the corporate debt securities classified as available for sale, classified by its contractual maturities:
| June 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| (In millions) | ||
| One year or less | $76 | $87 |
| One year to two years | 44 | 45 |
| Two years to three years | 47 | 21 |
| Three years to four years | 93 | 63 |
| Four years to five years | 21 | 46 |
| Total available for sale investments | $281 | $262 |
The following table summarizes the net carrying amount of the debt securities not classified as available for sale (U.S. and foreign government debt securities), classified by its contractual maturities or Management’s expectation to convert the investments into cash:
| June 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| (In millions) | ||
| One year or less | $4,416 | $4,711 |
| One year to two years | 483 | 475 |
| Two years to three years | 176 | 152 |
| Three years to four years | 235 | 231 |
| Four years to five years | 130 | 104 |
| More than five years | 92 | 1 |
| Total debt securities not classified as available for sale | $5,532 | $5,674 |
23 | MercadoLibre, Inc.
Financial assets and liabilities not measured and recorded at fair value
The following table summarizes the estimated fair value of the financial assets and liabilities of the Company not measured at fair value as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
| Balances as ofJune 30, 2025 | Estimated fair value as of June 30, 2025 | Balances as ofDecember 31, 2024 | Estimated fair value as of December 31, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In millions) | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $2,056 | $2,056 | $2,059 | $2,059 |
| Restricted cash and cash equivalents | 3,573 | 3,573 | 1,298 | 1,298 |
| Investments | 153 | 153 | 160 | 160 |
| Accounts receivables, net | 313 | 313 | 255 | 255 |
| Credit card receivables and other means of payment, net | 6,552 | 6,552 | 5,288 | 5,288 |
| Loans receivable, net | 6,884 | 6,804 | 4,895 | 4,840 |
| Other assets | 287 | 287 | 114 | 114 |
| Total Assets | $19,818 | $19,738 | $14,069 | $14,014 |
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $3,875 | $3,875 | $3,196 | $3,196 |
| Funds payable to customers | 9,379 | 9,379 | 6,954 | 6,954 |
| Amounts payable due to credit and debit card transactions | 2,631 | 2,631 | 1,964 | 1,964 |
| Salaries and social security payable | 556 | 556 | 564 | 564 |
| Loans payable and other financial liabilities | 7,188 | 7,129 | 5,593 | 5,499 |
| Other liabilities | 305 | 305 | 356 | 356 |
| Total Liabilities | $23,934 | $23,875 | $18,627 | $18,533 |
As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the carrying value of the Company’s financial assets with determinable fair value (except for loans receivable) not measured at fair value approximated their fair value mainly because of their short-term maturity or because the effective interest rates are not materially different from market interest rates. If these financial assets were measured at fair value in the financial statements, cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents would be classified as Level 1 (where cost and fair value are aligned) and the remaining financial assets would be classified as Level 2. The estimated fair value of the loans receivable would be classified as Level 3 based on the Company’s assumptions.
As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the carrying value of the Company’s financial liabilities (except for the 2.375% Sustainability Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Sustainability Notes”) and the 3.125% Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes”)) not measured at fair value approximated their fair value mainly because of their short-term maturity or because the effective interest rates are not materially different from market interest rates. If these financial liabilities were measured at fair value in the financial statements, these would be classified as Level 2. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the estimated fair value of the 2026 Sustainability Notes would be $362 million and $351 million, respectively, and the estimated fair value of the 2031 Notes would be $487 million and $475 million, respectively, which is based on Level 2 inputs.
NOTE 10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Litigation and Other Legal Matters
The Company is subject to certain contingent liabilities with respect to existing or potential claims, lawsuits and other proceedings. The Company accrues liabilities when it considers that future costs will probably be incurred and such costs can be reasonably estimated. Proceeding-related liabilities are based on developments to date and historical information related to actions filed against the Company. As of June 30, 2025, the Company had accounted for estimated liabilities involving proceeding-related contingencies and other estimated contingencies of$161 million (net of judicial deposits) within non current other liabilities to cover legal actions against the Company for which Management has assessed the likelihood of a final adverse outcome as probable. Expected legal costs related to litigations are accrued when the legal service is actually provided.
In addition, as of June 30, 2025, the Company and its subsidiaries are subject to certain legal actions considered by the Company’s Management and its legal counsels to be reasonably possible of resulting in a loss for an estimated aggregate amount up to$380 million. No loss amounts have been accrued for such reasonably possible legal actions.
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For further information related to contingent liabilities please refer to Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2024 10-K.
Tax Claims
Interstate rate of ICMS-DIFAL on interstate sales
Interstate rate of ICMS-DIFAL on interstate sales without Complementary Law
The writ of mandamus related to the interstate rate of ICMS-DIFAL (Imposto sobre Circulação de Mercadorias, Serviços de Transporte Interestadual, Intermunicipal e Comunicação on interstate sales at a differential rate) without the existence of a complementary law is described in Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2024 10-K. In June 2025, the Superior Court of Justice ruled against the Company on the Special Appeal relating to one of the cases related to the Distrito Federal (where the risk of losing had been considered probable). The case will be closed following withdrawal by the State of the funds previously required to be deposited by the Company (which amount to less than $1 million as of June 30, 2025). The other cases pending as of December 31, 2024 had no updates during the six-month period ended June 30, 2025. The Company maintains a $2 million provision as of June 30, 2025 for the disputed amounts related to thethree ongoing cases where the risk of losing is considered by Management to be probable, based on the opinion of external legal counsel, which are presented net of the corresponding judicial deposits of $2 million.
Exclusion of ICMS tax benefits from federal taxes base
The tax claims related to the exclusion of ICMS tax benefits from the tax base of the Corporate Income Tax (“IRPJ”) and of the Social Contribution on Net Profits (“CSLL”) and the federal contributions PIS and COFINS is described in Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 202410-K.
On April 4, 2025, the case related to the exclusion of ICMS tax benefits in the the tax base of IRPJ and CSLL prior to the enactment of Law 14,789 (up to December 2023), whose risk of losing was deemed not more likely than not, became final and unappealable in favor of the Company. The Company had recorded a corresponding income tax benefit arising from the ICMS tax incentives from September 2021 up to December 2023, which amounted to$38 million considering the exchange rate as of June 30, 2025.
In June 2025, regarding the writ of mandamus filed to set aside the federal contributions PIS and COFINS under Law 14,789 (from January 2024 onwards), the Company was granted an injunction to suspend the inclusion of presumed ICMS credits in the PIS and COFINS calculation basis, setting aside the effects of Law 14,789/2023. Management’s opinion, based on the opinion of external legal counsel, is that the risk of losing the case is possible but not probable based on the technical merits of the Company’s tax position. Accordingly, the Company has not recorded any expense or liability for the disputed amounts. As of June 30, 2025, the total disputed amount was$16 million.
Buyer protection program
The buyer protection program (“BPP”) is designed to protect buyers in the Marketplace from losses due primarily to fraud or counterparty non-performance for all transactions completed through the Company’s online payment solution Mercado Pago (except for certain excluded categories). The Company’s BPP provides protection to consumers by reimbursing them for the total value of a purchased item and the value of any shipping service paid if it does not arrive, arrives incomplete or damaged, does not match the seller’s description or if the buyer regrets the purchase. The Company is entitled to recover from the third-party carrier companies performing the shipping service certain amounts paid under the BPP. Furthermore, in some specific circumstances, the Company enters into insurance contracts with third-party insurance companies in order to cover contingencies that may arise from the BPP.
The maximum potential exposure under this program is estimated to be the volume of payments on the Marketplace, for which claims may be made under the terms and conditions of the Company’s BPP. Based on historical losses to date, the Company does not believe that the maximum potential exposure is representative of the actual potential exposure. The Company records a liability with respect to losses under this program when they are probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated.
As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, Management’s estimate of the maximum potential exposure related to the Company’s buyer protection program is $6,500 million and $5,769 million, respectively, for which the Company recorded a provision of $13 million and $14 million, respectively.
Commitments
The Company has committed to purchase cloud platform and other technology services for a total minimum aggregate purchase commitment of $3,198 million. As of June 30, 2025, the remaining purchase commitment is $2,777 million.
The Company has signed a 10-year agreement with Gol Linhas Aereas S.A. under which the Company is committed to contract a minimum amount of air logistics services for a total cost of $331 million (portion allocated to the services component of the agreement). As of June 30, 2025, the remaining purchase commitment is $263 million.
Since October 2023, the Company has signed 3-year agreements with certain shipping companies in Brazil, under which the Company committed to contract a minimum amount of logistics services for a total cost of $55 million. As of June 30, 2025, the remaining commitment amounted to $35 million.
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As of June 30, 2025, the Company has lease agreements for new warehouses in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina, for a total amount of $1,333 million, that have not yet commenced. Lease terms under the agreements are between 3 to 15 years.
The Company has unconditional purchase obligations related to capital expenditures for a total amount of $34 million. As of June 30, 2025, the remaining purchase commitment is $11 million.
NOTE 11. LONG TERM RETENTION PROGRAM
The following table summarizes the long term retention program accrued compensation expense for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, which are payable in cash according to the decisions made by the Board of Directors (the “Board”):
| Six Months Ended June 30, | Three Months Ended June 30, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |
| (In millions) | ||||
| LTRP 2019 | $2 | $13 | $— | $6 |
| LTRP 2020 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 6 |
| LTRP 2021 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 6 |
| LTRP 2022 | 27 | 22 | 13 | 10 |
| LTRP 2023 | 47 | 38 | 24 | 16 |
| LTRP 2024 | 40 | 28 | 20 | 15 |
| LTRP 2025 | 37 | — | 21 | — |
| Total LTRP | $188 | $127 | $96 | $59 |
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NOTE 12. LOANS PAYABLE AND OTHER FINANCIAL LIABILITIES
The following tables summarize the Company’s Loans payable and other financial liabilities as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
| June 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| (In millions) | ||
| Loans from banks | $996 | $946 |
| Bank overdrafts | 8 | 26 |
| Secured lines of credit | 152 | 110 |
| Financial Bills | 97 | 7 |
| Deposit Certificates | 1,415 | 1,068 |
| Commercial Notes | 10 | 5 |
| Finance lease liabilities | 42 | 41 |
| Collateralized debt | 707 | 610 |
| 2026 Sustainability Notes | 367 | 4 |
| 2031 Notes | 8 | 8 |
| Other lines of credit | 16 | 3 |
| Current loans payable and other financial liabilities | $3,818 | $2,828 |
| Loans from banks | $373 | $217 |
| Secured lines of credit | 4 | 6 |
| Financial Bills | 431 | 271 |
| Deposit Certificates | 4 | 2 |
| Commercial Notes | 198 | 170 |
| Finance lease liabilities | 72 | 81 |
| Collateralized debt | 1,868 | 1,232 |
| 2026 Sustainability Notes | — | 362 |
| 2031 Notes | 533 | 546 |
| Other lines of credit | 1 | — |
| Non-Current loans payable and other financial liabilities | $3,484 | $2,887 |
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| Type of instrument | Currency | Interest | Weighted Average Interest Rate | Maturity | June 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In millions) | ||||||
| Loans from banks | ||||||
| Chilean Subsidiaries | Chilean Pesos | Fixed | 6.33% | July 2025 - June 2026 | $189 | $134 |
| Brazilian Subsidiary | Brazilian Reais | — | — | — | — | 44 |
| Brazilian Subsidiary (1) | US Dollar | Fixed | 5.47% | October 2025 - March 2026 | 293 | 211 |
| Brazilian Subsidiary (1) | Euros | Fixed | 4.16% | September 2025 - November 2026 | 222 | 190 |
| Brazilian Subsidiary | Brazilian Reais | Variable | TJLP + 0.80% | July 2025 - May 2031 | 21 | 20 |
| Mexican Subsidiaries | Mexican Pesos | Variable | TIIE + 1.85% - 3.50% | July 2025 - March 2030 | 565 | 512 |
| Uruguayan Subsidiary | Uruguayan Pesos | Fixed | 9.30% | July - November 2025 | 79 | 52 |
| Bank overdrafts | ||||||
| Uruguayan Subsidiary | Uruguayan Pesos | Fixed | 10.41% | July 2025 | 8 | 15 |
| Chilean Subsidiary | Chilean Pesos | — | — | — | — | 11 |
| Secured lines of credit | ||||||
| Argentine Subsidiaries | Argentine Pesos | Fixed | 33.63% | July 2025 | 144 | 102 |
| Mexican Subsidiary | Mexican Pesos | Fixed | 11.00% | July 2025 - July 2027 | 12 | 14 |
| Financial Bills | ||||||
| Brazilian Subsidiary | Brazilian Reais | Variable | CDI + 0.45% - 1.40% | July 2025 - April 2028 | 528 | 278 |
| Deposit Certificates | ||||||
| Brazilian Subsidiary | Brazilian Reais | Variable | CDI + 0.13% - 0.65% | July 2025 - January 2026 | 549 | 331 |
| Brazilian Subsidiary | Brazilian Reais | Variable | 95.5% to 120.1% of CDI | July 2025 - June 2027 | 819 | 703 |
| Brazilian Subsidiary | Brazilian Reais | Fixed | 13.92% - 15.73% | July - December 2025 | 51 | 36 |
| Commercial Notes | ||||||
| Brazilian Subsidiary | Brazilian Reais | Variable | DI + 0.88% | July 2025 - August 2027 | 69 | 60 |
| Brazilian Subsidiary | Brazilian Reais | Variable | IPCA + 6.41% | July 2025 - August 2029 | 139 | 115 |
| Finance lease liabilities | 114 | 122 | ||||
| Collateralized debt | 2,575 | 1,842 | ||||
| 2026 Sustainability Notes | US Dollar | Fixed | 2.375% | July 2025 - January 2026 | 367 | 366 |
| 2031 Notes | US Dollar | Fixed | 3.125% | July 2025 - January 2031 | 541 | 554 |
| Other lines of credit | 17 | 3 | ||||
| $7,302 | $5,715 | |||||
(1) The carrying amount includes the effect of the derivative instruments that qualified for fair value hedge accounting. See Note 15 – Derivative instruments for further detail.
See Note 13 – Securitization transactions and Note 14 – Leases to these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for details regarding the Company’s collateralized debt securitization transactions and finance lease obligations, respectively.
2.375% Sustainability Senior Notes Due 2026 and 3.125% Senior Notes Due 2031
On January 14, 2021, the Company closed a public offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 2.375% Sustainability Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Sustainability Notes”) and $700 million aggregate principal amount of 3.125% Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes” and collectively, the “Notes”).
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During 2024, the Company repurchased $27 million and $81 million in principal amount of the outstanding 2026 Sustainability Notes and 2031 Notes, respectively. The total amount paid during 2024 for those repurchases amounted to $98 million. For the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2024, the Company recognized $5 million as a gain in Interest income and other financial gains in the interim condensed consolidated statements of income. During the three-month period ended June 30, 2025, the Company repurchased $13 million in principal amount of the outstanding 2031 Notes. The total amount paid amounted to $12 million. For the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025, the Company recognized $1 million as a gain in Interest income and other financial gains in the interim condensed consolidated statements of income.
Certain of the Company’s subsidiaries (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) fully and unconditionally guarantee the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest, and all other amounts in respect of each of the Notes (the “Subsidiary Guarantees”). The initial Subsidiary Guarantors were MercadoLibre S.R.L., Ibazar.com Atividades de Internet Ltda., eBazar.com.br Ltda., Mercado Envios Servicos de Logistica Ltda., Mercado Pago Instituição de Pagamento Ltda. (formerly known as “MercadoPago.com Representações Ltda.”), MercadoLibre Chile Ltda., MercadoLibre, S.A. de C.V., Institución de Fondos de Pago Electrónico (formerly known as “MercadoLibre, S. de R.L. de C.V.”), DeRemate.com de México, S. de R.L. de C.V. and MercadoLibre Colombia Ltda. On October 27, 2021, MercadoLibre, S.A. de C.V., Institución de Fondos de Pago Electrónico became an excluded subsidiary pursuant to the terms of the Notes and it was released from its Subsidiary Guaranty. On October 27, 2021, MP Agregador, S. de R.L. de C.V. became a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes. On July 1 and October 1, 2022, Ibazar.com Atividades de Internet Ltda. and Mercado Envios Servicos de Logistica Ltda. were merged into eBazar.com.br Ltda, respectively. On May 2, 2025, as a result of the spin-off of DeRemate.com de México, S. de R.L. de C.V. completed in January 2025 (the “DeRemate Spinoff”), MPFS, S. de R.L. de C.V. became a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes.
For additional information regarding the 2026 Sustainability Notes and the 2031 Notes please refer to Note 18 to the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024, contained in the Company’s 2024 10-K.
Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement
On September 27, 2024, the Company entered into a $400 million amended and restated revolving credit agreement (the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”) with the lenders party thereto and the Company’s subsidiaries MercadoLibre S.R.L., Ebazar.com.br Ltda., Mercado Pago Instituição de Pagamento Ltda., DeRemate.com de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., MP Agregador, S. de R.L. de C.V., MercadoLibre Chile Ltda., and MercadoLibre Colombia Ltda. as initial guarantors. On July 23, 2025, as a result of the DeRemate Spinoff, MPFS, S. de R.L. de C.V. became a guarantor under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement in accordance with its terms. The Company’s obligations under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement are guaranteed by the guarantors, as stated before.
The interest rates under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement are based on Term SOFR (“Secured Overnight Funding Rate”) plus an interest margin of 1.00% per annum, which may be decreased to 0.90% per annum or increased to 1.15% per annum depending on the Company’s debt rating, as further provided under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. Any loans drawn from the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement must be repaid on or prior to September 27, 2028, which will be automatically extended to September 27, 2029 upon satisfaction, on or prior to August 28, 2027, of the Maturity Extension Conditions (as defined in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement), as further provided in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. The Company is also obligated to pay a commitment fee on the unused amounts of the facility at a rate per annum equal to 25% of the then Applicable Margin, depending on the Company’s debt rating, as further provided under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
As of June 30, 2025, no amounts have been borrowed under the facility.
NOTE 13. SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS
The process of securitization consists of the issuance of securities collateralized by a pool of assets through a special purpose entity (“SPEs”), often under a VIE.
The Company securitizes financial assets associated with its credit card receivables and loans receivable portfolio. The Company’s securitization transactions typically involve the legal transfer of financial assets to bankruptcy remote SPEs. The Company generally retains economic interests in the collateralized securitization transactions, which are retained in the form of subordinated interests. For accounting purposes, the Company is generally precluded from recording the transfers of assets in securitization transactions as sales and is required to consolidate the SPE.
The Company securitizes certain credit card receivables related to users’ purchases through a Chilean SPE. Under this SPE contract, the Company has determined that it has no obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the SPE that could be significant because it does not retain any equity certificate of participation or subordinated interest in the SPE. As the Company does not control the vehicle, its assets, liabilities and related results are not consolidated in the Company’s financial statements.
Additionally, the Company securitizes certain credit card receivables related to users’ purchases through Brazilian SPEs. Under these SPE contracts, the Company has determined that it has the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the SPEs that could be significant because it retains subordinated interest in the SPEs. As the Company controls the vehicles, the assets, liabilities and related results are consolidated in its financial statements.
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The Company securitizes certain loans receivable through Brazilian, Argentine, Mexican and Chilean SPEs, formed to securitize loans receivable provided by the Company to its users or purchased from financial institutions that grant loans to the Company’s users through Mercado Pago. According to the SPE contracts, the Company has determined that it has both the power to direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact the entity’s performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the entity that could be significant because it retains the equity certificates of participation and would therefore also be consolidated.
When the Company controls the vehicle, it accounts for the securitization transactions as if they were secured financing and therefore the assets, liabilities and related results are consolidated in its financial statements.
The following table summarizes the Company’s collateralized debt under securitization transactions, as of June 30, 2025:
| SPEs | Collateralized debt(In millions) | Interest rate | Currency | Maturity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercado Crédito I Brasil Fundo de Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios Não Padronizados | $105 | CDI + 2.25% | Brazilian Reais | March 2027 |
| Mercado Crédito I Brasil Fundo de Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios Não Padronizados | 18 | CDI + 5.25% | Brazilian Reais | June 2029 |
| Mercado Crédito Fundo de Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios Não Padronizado | 25 | CDI + 3.00% | Brazilian Reais | April 2028 |
| Mercado Crédito II Brasil Fundo De Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios Nao Padronizados | 193 | CDI + 1.75% | Brazilian Reais | October 2031 |
| Mercado Crédito II Brasil Fundo De Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios Nao Padronizados | 73 | CDI + 5.25% | Brazilian Reais | July 2028 |
| Seller Fundo De Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios | 188 | CDI + 1.60% | Brazilian Reais | March 2026 |
| Seller Fundo De Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios | 93 | CDI + 1.80% | Brazilian Reais | May 2026 |
| Seller Fundo De Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios | 37 | CDI + 1.40% | Brazilian Reais | September 2026 |
| Seller Fundo De Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios | 19 | CDI + 1.60% | Brazilian Reais | November 2026 |
| Seller Fundo De Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios | 277 | CDI + 0.85% | Brazilian Reais | May 2028 |
| Seller II Fundo De Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios Segmento Meios De Pagamento De Resp Ltda | 184 | CDI + 0.85% | Brazilian Reais | July 2027 |
| Mercado Crédito XXIII | 2 | Badlar rates plus 200 basis points with a min 15% and a max 60% | Argentine Pesos | May - July 2025 (1) |
| Mercado Crédito XXV | 8 | Badlar rates plus 200 basis points with a min 15% and a max 60% | Argentine Pesos | July - August 2025 (1) |
| Mercado Crédito XXVI | 14 | Badlar rates plus 200 basis points with a min 15% and a max 60% | Argentine Pesos | August - October 2025 (1) |
| Mercado Crédito XXVII | 13 | Badlar rates plus 200 basis points with a min 15% and a max 60% | Argentine Pesos | August - October 2025 (1) |
| Mercado Crédito XXVIII | 18 | Badlar rates plus 200 basis points with a min 15% and a max 60% | Argentine Pesos | September - November 2025 (1) |
| Mercado Crédito XXIX | 19 | Badlar rates plus 200 basis points with a min 15% and a max 60% | Argentine Pesos | September - November 2025 (1) |
| Mercado Crédito XXX | 35 | Badlar rates plus 200 basis points with a min 15% and a max 60% | Argentine Pesos | October - December 2025 (1) |
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| SPEs | Collateralized debt(In millions) | Interest rate | Currency | Maturity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercado Crédito XXXI | 39 | Badlar rates plus 200 basis points with a min 15% and a max 60% | Argentine Pesos | October - December 2025 (1) |
| Mercado Crédito XXXII | 42 | Badlar rates plus 200 basis points with a min 15% and a max 60% | Argentine Pesos | November 2025 - January 2026 (1) |
| Mercado Crédito XXXIII | 45 | Badlar rates plus 200 basis points with a min 15% and a max 60% | Argentine Pesos | November 2025 - February 2026 (1) |
| Mercado Crédito XXXIV | 52 | Badlar rates plus 200 basis points with a min 10% and a max 50% | Argentine Pesos | January - March 2026 (1) |
| Mercado Crédito XXXV | 66 | Badlar rates plus 200 basis points with a min 10% and a max 40% | Argentine Pesos | February - March 2026 (1) |
| Mercado Crédito XXXVI | 66 | TAMAR rates plus 100 basis points with a min 15% and a max 50% | Argentine Pesos | March - July 2026 (1) |
| Mercado Crédito XXXVII | 72 | TAMAR rates plus 100 basis points with a min 15% and a max 50% | Argentine Pesos | April - August 2026 (1) |
| Mercado Crédito XXXVIII | 69 | TAMAR rates plus 100 basis points with a min 15% and a max 50% | Argentine Pesos | May - August 2026 (1) |
| Mercado Crédito XXXIX (2) | 59 | TAMAR rates plus 100 basis points with a min 25% and a max 50% | Argentine Pesos | July - October 2026 (1) |
| Fideicomiso Irrevocable de Administración y Fuente de Pago 3756 | 274 | The equilibrium interbank interest rate published by Banco de Mexico in the Diario Oficial plus 2.20% | Mexican Pesos | November 2029 |
| Fideicomiso Irrevocable de Administración y Fuente de Pago 6189 | 32 | The equilibrium interbank interest rate published by Banco de Mexico in the Diario Oficial plus 7.0% | Mexican Pesos | April 2027 |
| Fideicomiso Irrevocable de Administración y Fuente de Pago 6189 | 241 | The equilibrium interbank interest rate published by Banco de Mexico in the Diario Oficial plus 2.80% | Mexican Pesos | April 2027 |
| Fideicomiso Irrevocable de Administración y Fuente de Pago Número 4372 | 177 | The equilibrium interbank interest rate published by Banco de Mexico in the Diario Oficial plus 2.50% | Mexican Pesos | August 2027 |
| Frontal Trust Mercado Pago Créditos Fondo de Inversión | 10 | TAB 30 + 2.10% | Chilean Pesos | November 2027 |
| Frontal Trust Mercado Pago Créditos Fondo de Inversión | 2 | TAB 30 + 3.90% | Chilean Pesos | November 2027 |
| Frontal Trust Mercado Pago Créditos Fondo de Inversión | 8 | TAB 30 + 4.25% | Chilean Pesos | November 2027 |
| $2,575 | ||||
(1) Minimum and maximum maturity depending on the applicable interest rate within the range.
(2) As of June 30, 2025, Loans payables owned by this trust were obtained through private placements. Mercado Crédito XXXIX trust made the public debt issuance in the Argentine stock market on July 28, 2025.
In June 2025, the Company renegotiated key terms of several collateralized debt structures in Brazil to reduce funding costs and increase flexibility in asset eligibility. As a result, the Company achieved interest rate reductions across three SPEs in Brazil: Mercado Crédito I Brasil Fundo de Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios Não Padronizados reduced its interest rate spread from 2.50% to 2.25%, Mercado Crédito Fundo de Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios Não Padronizado from 3.50% to 3.00% (and extended its maturity from August 2025 to April 2028), and Mercado Crédito II Brasil Fundo De Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios Nao Padronizado from 2.35% to 1.75% (while also extending its maturity from January 2030 to October 2031).
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This secured debt is issued by the SPEs and includes collateralized securities used to fund the Company’s Fintech business. The third-party investors in the securitization transactions have legal recourse only to the assets securing the debt and do not have recourse to the Company. Additionally, the cash flows generated by the SPEs are restricted to the payment of amounts due to third-party investors, but the Company retains the right to residual cash flows.
The assets and liabilities of the SPEs through which the Company securitizes financial assets as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are as follows:
| June 30,2025 | December 31,2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Assets · (In millions) | ||
| Current assets: | ||
| Restricted cash and cash equivalents | $371 | $492 |
| Loans receivable, net of allowances | 2,021 | 1,410 |
| Intercompany receivables | 1,263 | 743 |
| Other assets | — | 1 |
| Total current assets | 3,655 | 2,646 |
| Non-current assets: | ||
| Long-term investments | 12 | 12 |
| Loans receivable, net of allowances | 166 | 102 |
| Total non-current assets | 178 | 114 |
| Total assets | $3,833 | $2,760 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Current liabilities: | ||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $1 | $1 |
| Loans payable and other financial liabilities | 707 | 610 |
| Intercompany liabilities | 72 | 24 |
| Other liabilities | — | 1 |
| Total current liabilities | 780 | 636 |
| Non-current liabilities: | ||
| Loans payable and other financial liabilities | 1,868 | 1,232 |
| Total non-current liabilities | 1,868 | 1,232 |
| Total liabilities | $2,648 | $1,868 |
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NOTE 14. LEASES
The Company leases certain fulfillment, cross-docking and services centers, office space, aircraft, aircraft hangars, machines, and vehicles in the various countries in which it operates. The lease agreements do not contain any residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.
Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:
| June 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| (In millions) | ||
| Operating Leases | ||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | $1,664 | $1,098 |
| Operating lease liabilities | $1,677 | $1,135 |
| Finance Leases | ||
| Property and equipment, at cost | $218 | $200 |
| Accumulated depreciation | (102) | (77) |
| Property and equipment, net | $116 | $123 |
| Loans payable and other financial liabilities | $114 | $122 |
The following table summarizes the weighted average remaining lease term and the weighted average incremental borrowing rate for operating leases and the weighted average discount rate for finance leases as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
| June 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Weighted average remaining lease term | ||
| Operating leases | 8 Years | 8 Years |
| Finance leases | 3 Years | 3 Years |
| Weighted average discount rate (1) | ||
| Operating leases | 10% | 10% |
| Finance leases | 11% | 10% |
(1) Includes discount rates of leases in local currency and U.S. dollar.
The components of lease expense were as follows:
| Six Months Ended June 30, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| (In millions) | ||
| Operating lease cost | $209 | $101 |
| Finance lease cost: | ||
| Depreciation of property and equipment | $21 | $19 |
| Interest on lease liabilities | 6 | 9 |
| Total finance lease cost | $27 | $28 |
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The following table summarizes the fixed, future minimum rental payments, excluding variable costs, which are discounted by the Company’s incremental borrowing rates and internal rates of return to calculate the lease liabilities for the operating and finance leases, respectively:
| Period Ending | Operating Leases | Finance Leases |
|---|---|---|
| (In millions) | ||
| One year or less | $363 | $47 |
| One year to two years | 338 | 45 |
| Two years to three years | 317 | 30 |
| Three years to four years | 289 | 9 |
| Four years to five years | 242 | — |
| Thereafter | 893 | — |
| Total lease payments | 2,442 | 131 |
| Less imputed interest | (765) | (17) |
| Total | $1,677 | $114 |
NOTE 15. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
Cash flow hedges
As of June 30, 2025, the Company used foreign currency exchange contracts to hedge the foreign currency effects related to the forecasted purchase of MPOs devices in U.S. dollars owed by a Brazilian subsidiary and hosting and licenses expenses payable in U.S. dollars owed by Brazilian and Mexican subsidiaries, whose functional currencies are the Brazilian Real and the Mexican Peso, respectively. The Company designated the foreign currency exchange contracts as cash flow hedges, the derivatives’ gain or loss is initially reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss and subsequently reclassified into the interim condensed consolidated statements of income in the “Cost of net revenues and financial expenses,” “Product and technology development” expenses and “Foreign currency losses, net” line items, in the same period the forecasted transaction affects earnings. As of June 30, 2025, the Company estimated that the whole amount of net derivative gains or losses related to its cash flow hedges included in accumulated other comprehensive loss will be reclassified into the interim condensed consolidated statements of income within the next 12 months.
Fair value hedges
The Company has entered into swap contracts to hedge the interest rate and the foreign currency exposure of its fixed-rate, foreign currency financial debt held by its Brazilian subsidiaries. The Company designated the swap contracts as fair value hedges. The derivatives’ gain or loss is reported in the interim condensed consolidated statements of income in the same line items as the change in the value of the financial debt due to the hedged risks. Since the terms of the interest rate swaps match the terms of the hedged debts, changes in the fair value of the interest rate swaps are offset by changes in the fair value of the hedged debts attributable to changes in interest rates. Accordingly, the net impact in current earnings is that the interest expense associated with the hedged debts is recorded at the floating rates.
The Company also uses future contracts to hedge the interest rate exposure of its asset-backed loan portfolio originated in Brazil. In these cases, where the assets included in the portfolio shared the same risk exposure, the Company designated the future contracts as fair value hedges under the portfolio layer method. The derivatives’ gain or loss is reported in the interim condensed consolidated statements of income in the same line items as the change in the value of the financial assets due to the hedged risks. Accordingly, the Company unlocks its portfolio’s fixed-rate to mitigate the effect of interest rate fluctuations.
Net investment hedge
The Company used cross currency swap contracts to reduce the foreign currency exchange risk related to its investment in its Brazilian foreign subsidiaries and the interest rate risk. This derivative was designated as a net investment hedge and, accordingly, gains and losses are reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss. The derivatives’ gain or loss is initially reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss and subsequently reclassified into the interim condensed consolidated statements of income in the “Interest expense and other financial losses” and “Foreign currency losses, net” line items, in the same period that the interest expense affects earnings. As of June 30, 2025, there are no outstanding derivatives designated as net investment cash flow hedges.
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Derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments
The Company entered into certain foreign currency exchange contracts to hedge the foreign currency fluctuations related to certain transactions denominated in U.S. dollars of certain of its Brazilian subsidiaries, whose functional currencies are the Brazilian Real. These transactions were not designated as hedges for accounting purposes. As of June 30, 2025, there are no outstanding derivatives hedging the foreign currency fluctuation not designated as hedging instruments.
Finally, as of June 30, 2025, the Company entered into swap contracts to hedge the interest rate fluctuation of a certain portion of its financial debt in its Brazilian subsidiaries and VIEs. These transactions were not designated as hedges for accounting purposes.
The following table presents the notional amounts of the Company’s outstanding derivative instruments:
| Notional Amount as of | ||
|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |
| (In millions) | ||
| Designated as hedging instrument | ||
| Foreign exchange contracts | $548 | $85 |
| Cross currency swap contracts | 500 | 400 |
| Future contracts | 209 | 86 |
| Not designated as hedging instrument | ||
| Interest rate swap contracts | $117 | $103 |
Derivative instrument contracts
The fair values of the Company’s outstanding derivative instruments as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 were as follows:
| Derivative instruments | Balance sheet location | June 30, | December 31, |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2024 | |||
| (In millions) | |||
| Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges | Other current assets | $1 | $6 |
| Interest rate swap contracts not designated as hedging instruments | Other current assets | 10 | 9 |
| Cross currency swap contracts designated as fair value hedge | Other current assets | 1 | 23 |
| Interest rate swap contracts not designated as hedging instruments | Other non-current assets | 21 | 20 |
| Cross currency swap contracts designated as fair value hedge | Other current liabilities | 28 | 2 |
| Interest rate swap contracts not designated as hedging instruments | Other current liabilities | 18 | 15 |
| Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges | Other current liabilities | 37 | — |
| Interest rate swap contracts not designated as hedging instruments | Other non-current liabilities | 13 | 14 |
The effects of derivative contracts on the interim condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 were as follows:
| December 31,2024 | Amount of loss recognized in other comprehensive income | Amount of loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss | June 30,2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In millions) | ||||
| Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges | $5 | $(42) | $3 | $(34) |
| $5 | $(42) | $3 | $(34) | |
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| December 31,2023 | Amount of gain recognized in other comprehensive loss | Amount of loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss | June 30,2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In millions) | ||||
| Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges | $(4) | $10 | $1 | $7 |
| Cross currency swap contracts designated as net investment hedge | (3) | 2 | 1 | — |
| $(7) | $12 | $2 | $7 | |
The effect of the Company’s fair value hedge relationships over its fixed-rate financial debt on the interim condensed consolidated statements of income for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025 is a net loss of $49 million and $19 million, respectively, and affected Cost of net revenues and financial expenses and Foreign exchange losses, net. For the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2024, the Company recognized a net gain of $26 million and $22 million, respectively, that affected Cost of net revenues and financial expenses and Foreign exchange losses, net.
The carrying amount of the hedged items for fair value hedges over its fixed-rate financial debt included in the “Loans payable and other financial liabilities” line items of the interim condensed consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 was $515 million and $401 million, respectively.
The effects of the Company’s fair value hedge relationships over its fixed-rate financial debt on the interim condensed consolidated balance sheets related to cumulative basis adjustments for fair value hedges as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are $1 million and $2 million, respectively, reducing the carrying value of the hedged debt as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
The effects of derivative contracts not designated as hedging instruments on the interim condensed consolidated statements of income for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 were as follows:
| Six Months Ended June 30, | Three Months Ended June 30, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |
| (In millions) · (In millions) | ||||
| Interest rate contracts not designated as hedging instruments recognized in Interest expense and other financial losses | $1 | $(6) | $— | $(4) |
| Foreign exchange contracts not designated as hedging instruments recognized Interest expense and other financial losses | (1) | — | (1) | — |
| $— | $(6) | $(1) | $(4) | |
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