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We just made the Inc. Magazine 5000 list 🙌 Aeropay ranked 380 out of 5,000 companies, putting us in the top 8% of the fastest-growing private companies in the US. Out of the millions of private businesses in this country, only 5,000 make this list each year. We landed near the very top of it. Thank you to our team, our partners, and everyone who bet on pay by bank before it was obvious. This one's for you.

39 days. We pulled our own transaction data from the World Cup to see what holds, what bends, and what breaks when payment infrastructure runs under sustained demand for that long. Volume, risk, and trust, all tested at once. We've spent nearly a decade building for markets like this. Swipe through 👇 and if you want the full thing (the data, the leaders, the insights), you can find this free guide in the comments.

Chicago made us. It's only right that Chicago gets to vote on this one. Aeropay is a finalist for 1871's 2026 Momentum Awards in the CityLIGHTS category, recognizing the companies pushing this city's tech scene forward. We started here. We hired here. Every product decision we've made has been shaped by a team that calls this city home. Being named alongside the other finalists is a nice reminder of how much good work is happening in Chicago right now. Public voting is open August 5–19. Let's show them what Chicago's got. 👉 Vote for Aeropay here: https://lnkd.in/g-kBTitT 🏙️ See who else made the CityLIGHTS list: https://lnkd.in/gXu2YFAw

There are worse places to get rained on than a Wrigley rooftop. We co-hosted an event with IXOPAY last Friday and filled it with the clients and partners we spend most of the year meeting over video. Cold beer, cobranded hats, and a Cubs game somewhere past the drizzle. It was a blast. We'll take a soggy rooftop with good company over a clear day on Zoom. Thanks to IXOPAY, including for going in on this with us, and to everyone who showed up and stuck it out in the rain. Buran Shakjiri George Hansen Megan Uithoven Nathan Paredes Robert Braun Jacq Birkel Mike Jank

The best QBRs end with fireworks 🎇 Last week the PrizePicks team flew to Chicago to spend the day with us for a quarterly business review. Our Customer Success team hosted alongside Pay Ops, Fraud, and Product, because good service isn't one team's job. Everyone in one room, giving each other the kind of attention a standing call can't quite match. Then we headed to the South Side and got a win. Thank you to the PrizePicks team for investing the time to do this in person. We think relationships are the backbone of this business, and we're thrilled you agree.

This is how you show up for TechChicago Week 👇 Our CEO Daniel Muller took the stage for "Race to Move Money" at Chicago Builds: Future of Money. Jacq Birkel spent a day with founders and fintech leaders at WMNfintech, backed by 1871, BMO Harris, and William Blair. And to close out the week, Jacq and Holly Glowaty joined Midwest Fintech on stage at Midwest Acquirers Association Conference, with Robert Braun, Andrew Hurley, and more of the team working the floor. A week of panels, and a few things came up again and again: 💳 card networks tightening the screws on high-risk merchants 📉 margins getting squeezed from both ends 🛡️ compliance quietly becoming fintech's real moat We put our 5 biggest takeaways in the comments so you don't miss anything.

MWAA is a wrap 🎬 Our team spent the week at the Midwest Acquirers Association conference, connecting with partners and talking about where payments are headed. Jacq Birkel and Holly Glowaty joined the stage with Midwest Fintech for a panel on scaling infrastructure partnerships and building sales motions that work, while Robert Braun and Andrew Hurley kept the conversations going on the conference floor. Thanks to everyone who shared ideas, made time to connect, and made it a great few days.

This past Wednesday, our CEO Daniel Muller joined the "Race to Move Money" panel at Chicago Builds: Future of Money, part of TechChicago Week by P33. He sat down with Daniel Lev (Coinflow), moderated by Jackson Bubala (Motivate Venture Capital), to talk through how payment rails are evolving and where the U.S. still has room to catch up. Thanks to Landon W. Campbell and team for having us.

Payment costs are easy to underestimate. A few basis points here. A failed transaction there. Card fees that quietly cut into margin. On their own, those costs can feel small. At scale, they can become one of the biggest drains on revenue you already earned-pay by bank can cost up to 50% less than card interchange alone. See exactly what yours adds up to. In a few clicks, estimate: - What you're losing to card fees - What legacy ACH is costing you in failed payments - The revenue lift from higher approval rates Find your number below.