Pathward and TabaPay Extend Partnership Through 2031 With Expanded Scope

Pathward N.A., a subsidiary of Pathward Financial, Inc. (Nasdaq: CASH), extended its partnership with money movement platform TabaPay through 2031. The announcement was made on Aug 05, 2026. The broadened agreement adds lending disbursements, cross-border money movement, and preferred account funding to the collaboration.

Pathward provides acquiring sponsorship for TabaPay and, in certain cases, credit sponsorship for lending partners whose money movement TabaPay powers. The two companies first partnered in 2020, initially focused on push-to-card payments via Mastercard Move and Visa Direct. Under the new agreement, the collaboration also supports PULSE Disbursements to route push payments to Discover Network branded cards.

The expanded scope covers direct-to-consumer use cases including early and earned wage access and installment loans, with disbursement and repayment flowing through ACH and push-to-card rails.