March 05, 2020

Central Payments announces first wave of fintech companies joining the Spring 2020 Cohort of its accelerator program, Falls Fintech.

March 11, 2020

Central Payments announced today its seven-member advisory board for Falls Fintech, the organization’s early-stage, onsite accelerator for upstart financial technology companies.

December 11, 2019

Central Payments adds Schumacher and promotes Cooper, Cotton, and Rhody to leadership team.

October 23, 2019

Central Payments announced today the release of Central Payments Xchange (CPX), its open API, bank-as-a-service platform, and the formation of Falls Fintech, a 10-week accelerator.

January 14, 2019

Our commitment to payments began modestly in 2002 when we offered one of the industry’s first stored-value cards in CBKC branches. Our ambitions culminated in 2014 when we formed Central Payments and charged the new division with leading the bank’s nationwide presence in the payments industry.

January 08, 2019

Central Payments, the payments division of Central Bank of Kansas City,  today named Gretel Friedman Vice President of Business Development. Friedman takes over an active pipeline that has generated industry-leading growth for the burgeoning issuer and partnerships with award-winning fintech companies.

December 11, 2018

Central Payments President Trent Sorbe chats about how the company helps businesses find faster ways to disperse money to their customers. The interview was part of a video series produced by Mobile Payments Today and powered by Galileo Processing.

September 19, 2018

Central Payments, the payments division of Central Bank of Kansas City (CBKC), is adding industry veterans to its leadership team. The country’s fastest growing prepaid card issuer recently hired Alice Beyer as Vice President of Operations and Nikkee Rhody as Sr. Director of Business Development and Marketplace Strategy. The company has also brought on Kelli Jamison as Director of Client Relations and promoted Kelli DeCosse to Director of Program Management.

June 28, 2018

Prepaid debit card issuer Central Payments said Thursday it is expanding to meet demand for its products. The company issued nearly 500,000 cards in 2017 and is projecting to more than double that amount this year.

November 02, 2017

This will be Trent's seventh speaking appearance as a subject matter expert at the forum. 

July 20, 2017

Central Bank of Kansas City (CBKC) continues its ascension as a top-of-mind payments issuer by announcing today that its Central Payments division and two of its partners have won four prestigious Pay Awards, including two Best-in-Category honors. 

March 15, 2017

New Prepaid Card Program and App Now Available to ICBA Members Nationwide