Now accepting founding members

Stop giving
2.5% of every sale
to a card network.

Acquis is a payment platform that settles transactions in 3–5 seconds, costs a fraction of a penny per transaction instead of 2.5%, and gives your customers automatic rewards — without any crypto knowledge required from them.

Reserve founding member access → See how it works ↓
2.5%
You pay today per sale
0.2%
You pay on Acquis
3sec
Settlement vs 1–3 days
56
Patent claims filed

The problem

Every card swipe is a hidden tax
you've just accepted as normal.

2.5%
Average card network fee
Visa and Mastercard extract $65 billion annually from US merchants. That's your money — for infrastructure built in the 1970s.
1–3
Days to get your money
Your customer paid. The money exists. But you wait days for it to actually arrive — while they take the float and earn interest on your revenue.
$0
Loyalty from standard cards
Visa and Mastercard reward the cardholder — not you. Your customers collect points that they spend at your competitors. You get nothing.
$0.0001
What it actually costs on Acquis
Fixed in US dollar terms. Regardless of transaction size. On Hedera — the network used by Google, IBM, and Boeing. 25,000× cheaper than card processing.

How it works

Simple for you.
Invisible to your customer.

01
You give customers an Acquis Card — your brand on it
A physical tap-to-pay card or a digital card on their phone. Your name, your design. Customers load it like any prepaid card — they never need to know anything about the technology behind it.
02
Customer taps. Smart rules check everything instantly.
A distributed validator network checks the transaction against your rules before a single penny moves. Spending limits, category restrictions, fraud protection — enforced at the infrastructure level, not bypassable by software.
03
Money hits your account in 3–5 seconds
Not tomorrow. Not in 3 business days. Seconds. Settled on the Hedera network — final, irrevocable, no chargebacks. Cost: less than one cent per transaction regardless of sale size.
04
Your customer earns reward points — automatically
The moment payment settles, reward tokens are credited to the customer. Fixed $0.01 value each, redeemable at your business. Early customers earn 4× points permanently. Zero liability on your books.
05
You see everything in one dashboard
Real-time transaction feed, rewards activity, settlement confirmations, customer spending patterns — all in one place. White-label ready. Your brand throughout.

Your savings

See what you're losing.

Drag the slider to your annual revenue. Every number updates instantly.

Annual revenue $500,000
$100K$10M
Card networks (2.5%)
$12,500
What you pay Visa/MC
Acquis (0.2%)
$1,000
Settlement cost
You keep
$11,500
Every year
You save 92% — $11,500 stays in your business every year

Settlement spread only · monthly SaaS from $199/mo billed separately

Hedera testnet live — prototype running
56-claim patent filed · USPTO
FinCEN MSB registered
Founding spots limited

Founding member access

Reserve your spot.
Before this is public.

We're opening Acquis to a small group of founding merchants before the public launch. Your $299 reservation fee is fully credited toward your first months of platform access. You pay less. You get locked in. You start saving sooner.

$299 fully credited toward your first months — you pay less than list price by joining now
Founding member rate locked permanently — never pay more as we grow
Early adopter 4× reward multiplier for your customers — locked in for life
Direct line to the founding team — your feedback shapes the product
Priority onboarding — first in line when we go live
Full refund if we don't reach launch within 12 months
Standard access from $199/month
$299
one-time founding member reservation
✓ Fully credited toward platform access
Acquis Card SDK — physical + digital
Hedera HTS settlement (3–5 seconds)
AQS stablecoin rewards program
RTP / FedNow push payments
SmartNode custom rules
Full merchant dashboard
Priority onboarding support

Full refund guarantee if we don't reach launch within 12 months. Your spot holds your place in line and locks your founding rate permanently. We'll be in touch within 24 hours.

🎉
You're on the list.
We'll send confirmation to your email within the hour. You're locked in as a founding member — the rate, the multiplier, and the priority onboarding are yours permanently.

We'll be in touch within 24 hours with next steps.

Questions

Straight answers.

Do my customers need to know anything about crypto or blockchain? +
No. Zero. They tap a card that has your business name on it — exactly like a gift card or store card. The blockchain infrastructure is invisible. 28% of Americans own crypto but only 0.2% of transactions use it at checkout because the wallet UX is too hard. Acquis eliminates that problem entirely — customers never see a wallet, never buy cryptocurrency, never do anything different from tapping any other card.
What is the $299 and what does it get me? +
It's a reservation fee that secures your founding member status — and it is fully credited toward your first months of platform access. You're not paying for something and also paying again later. The $299 counts as payment toward your subscription. You also permanently lock in the founding rate and the 4× early adopter reward multiplier for your customers.
What if you don't launch? Can I get my money back? +
Yes, full refund. If Acquis does not reach launch within 12 months of your reservation, you receive a complete refund of your $299. No questions asked. We're committed to this — and we already have a 56-claim patent filed, a working prototype on the Hedera testnet, and FinCEN MSB registration in place.
What type of businesses is this for? +
Any business that accepts customer payments — restaurants and QSR, retail, outdoor and home services (landscaping, HVAC, pool care), healthcare and wellness, professional services, property management. If you currently use Stripe, Square, or a card terminal and pay 2.5% per transaction, Acquis replaces that infrastructure and keeps 90%+ of what you're currently paying card networks in your pocket.
How is this different from Stripe or Square? +
Stripe and Square process payments on Visa and Mastercard rails — which means 2.5% fees and 1–3 day settlement are baked in, regardless of how slick the software is. Acquis doesn't use Visa or Mastercard at all. Payments settle directly on Hedera's distributed ledger at $0.0001 per transaction. The savings aren't a discount — they're structural. The card network fee is simply gone.
When do you go live? +
We're targeting Q3 2026 for first merchant go-live with physical card issuance and full Hedera mainnet settlement. The testnet prototype is running now. Founding members get priority onboarding and are first in line when we flip to production.