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2026-10-01

$36M of new funding is targeting payments and card operations

1 funded company building into payments and card operations. The work in scope is what the Head of Payments owns today.

The funding

Relay$36MSeries Cannounced 2026-09-30

Secure digital payments for diesel fuel, scales, lumpers, and more. Relay Payments connects carriers, brokers, and merchants on a modern payment network.

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What it means

Capital arriving in a function is a reliable leading indicator. It does not mean the incumbents are wrong, and it does not mean these companies will succeed. It means that within the next few quarters the people who run this work will be asked what their function is doing about it, and the honest answer has to start with where that function actually stands.

So we built the assessment for it. Not a purchase decision, a structured set of questions to take to your own team.

Mastering Payments and Card Operations
12 modules. 144 chapters. Downloadable templates for every module, and an implementation playbook built for you after enrolment. 11 reviews.
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$36M funded in Payments and card operations | The Art of Service