• Director Albert L. Lord reported open-market purchases of 60,000 AppTech Payments common shares through the Suzanne D. Lord 2025 Spousal Estate Reduction Trust.
• Indirect holdings in the trust increased to 1.28 million shares.
• Purchases were reported at weighted-average prices of USD 0.35, USD 0.37, USD 0.36.

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