UPDATE — AppTech Successfully Boards its First International Airport Onto its Newly Acquired FinZeo Platform for Payment Processing

AppTech Payments Corp. (Nasdaq: APCX) (“AppTech” or the “Company”), a pioneering Fintech company powering frictionless commerce between business-to-business and business-to-consumer, announces Reno-Tahoe International Airport as the first international airport to adopt its newly acquired FinZeo platform, which manages a majority of financial transactions within the airport’s facilities. The Company anticipates additional airports to fully adopt the platform in the coming weeks.

AppTech CEO Luke D’Angelo commented, “This milestone represents the first of an estimated forty domestic and international airports adopting our FinZeo platform to manage its financial activity in 2024. We believe that FinZeo provides optimal efficiency and safety for both the vendor and the consumer. In addition, we believe this onboarding lays the foundation for a profitable 2024.”

FinZeo is a unified platform designed to enable ISO/ISVs to fundamentally change the way companies of all sizes manage payments and banking. It drives operational efficiencies and growth while providing the economic convenience that merchants demand. ISO/ISVs can shop from a robust suite of solutions and choose the services they want to include in their customized, white-labeled portals.

About AppTech Payments Corp.

AppTech Payments Corp. (NASDAQ: APCX) provides digital financial services for corporations, small and midsized enterprises (“SMEs”) and consumers through the Company’s scalable cloud-based platform architecture and infrastructure, coupled with our Specialty Payments development and delivery model. AppTech maintains exclusive licensing and partnership agreements in addition to a full suite of patented technology capabilities. For more information, please visit www.apptechcorp.com.

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