FORM 10-K ☒ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2025 OR ☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period fromto Commission File Number: 001-34294 RYVYL INC.(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Nevada22-3962936(State or other jurisdiction ofincorporation or organization)(IRS EmployerIdentification No.) (Address of principal executive office)(Zip Code) Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(855) 201-1613 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on whichregisteredCommon Stock, $0.001 par valueRVYLThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC(Nasdaq Capital Market) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined by Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports),and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submittedpursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required tosubmit such files). Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reportingcompany, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reportingcompany,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b–2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filerNon-accelerated filerEmerging growth company If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period forcomplying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectivenessof its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registeredpublic accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☐ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of theregistrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-basedcompensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes☐No☒ The aggregate market value of the 286,630 million shares of voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June30, 2025, was $8,527,243 million based on the closing price of $29.75 per share of the registrant’s common stock as quoted on theNasdaq Capital Market on that date. As of March 31, 2026, the Registrant had 1,279,765 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, outstanding. TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I Item 1.Business5Item 1A.Risk Factors9Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments17Item 1C.Cybersecurity17Item 2.Properties18Item 3.Legal Proceedings18Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures18 PART II Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities19Item 6.[Reserved]19Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations20Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk24Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data25Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosures25Item 9A.Controls and Procedures25Item 9B.Other Information25Item 9CDisclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections25 PART III Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance26Item 11.Executive Compensation30Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters34Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence35Item 14.Principal Accounting Fees and Services35 PART IV Item 15.Exhibits and Financial Sta