“Can a specialized cross-border payout platform own the payments and compliance layer for sports, creator economy, and esports industries globally?”
Payment Labs, operating as Payment Pro Logistics LLC d/b/a Payment Labs out of California, was founded to simplify global payment management for industries with complex payout needs — sports, esports, NIL athlete payments, content creators, and royalty distributions. The platform handles payins and payouts across 150+ currencies in 180+ countries, with embedded tax compliance (W8/W9, withholdings, 1099 reporting). It raised a $3.25M seed round to expand into sports and creator economy verticals. The company operates multiple branded properties (prizepayments.com, mallo.io), suggesting vertical-specific product differentiation.
Payment Labs discloses Evolve Bank & Trust as its banking provider, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
Payment Labs does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through Evolve Bank & Trust.
Payment Labs moves money over ACH, Fedwire and SWIFT.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 3 layers in Payment Labs's stack: Money movement (ACH, Fedwire and SWIFT); Banking / BaaS (Evolve Bank & Trust); Sponsor bank (Evolve Bank & Trust).
Payment Labs is headquartered in California, USA.
Payment Labs has raised $3.25M in total (latest round: Seed).
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