Catalyst Acquires Strategic Ownership Stake In Neural Payments To Accelerate Payments Innovation For Credit Unions
Catalyst Corporate Federal Credit Union has acquired a strategic ownership stake in Neural Payments, deepening their partnership and accelerating real-time, embedded payments for credit unions.
Catalyst Corporate Federal Credit Union has acquired a strategic ownership stake in Neural Payments. The investment deepens a proven partnership and reinforces a shared commitment to bringing fast, fraud-protected payments to credit unions of all sizes.
Deepening A Proven Partnership
Catalyst and Neural Payments already partner to deliver embedded digital payments inside mobile and online banking. With this investment, Neural Payments will accelerate development and its growth with Catalyst’s member institutions, and Catalyst gains a direct voice in a product roadmap built around credit union needs.
Neural Payments solutions play an integral part in Catalyst’s Open Payments Hub, its effort to bring digital, instant and traditional payments together into one cohesive solution for credit unions.
“Catalyst has been an ideal strategic partner from the beginning. This investment reflects a shared vision for the future of digital payments and allows us to move faster in delivering embedded, real-time payment experiences that credit unions must deliver to remain competitive.”
Mick Oppy, Co-Founder and CEO, Neural Payments
Catalyst President and CEO Bruce Fox described it as building “a future ready payments foundation” for credit unions.
A Multi-Year Roadmap For Credit Unions
Together, the two companies give credit unions a modular digital payments platform for peer-to-peer, one-to-many payouts, instant payments and future use cases, with no new integrations or partners needed. The shared roadmap includes:
- Expanded instant payments, including real-time funding and payouts for consumer and business transactions.
- Auto lending and dealer payments, for faster settlement at the point of sale.
- Business disbursements and outbound payments embedded directly in digital banking.
- Future-ready digital wallet capabilities, including stablecoin and tokenized value as demand evolves.
- More payment rails, with access to FedNow, RTP, ACH, wire, and debit and credit networks through one interface.
Learn how the Neural Payments Hub works or book a demo.
Frequently Asked Questions
Did Catalyst invest in Neural Payments?
Yes. In March 2026, Catalyst Corporate Federal Credit Union announced it had acquired a strategic ownership stake in Neural Payments.
What does the Catalyst investment mean for credit unions?
It lets Neural Payments accelerate development while Catalyst helps shape the roadmap around credit union needs. Credit unions get a modular digital payments platform covering P2P, one-to-many payouts, instant payments and future use cases, without new integrations or partners.
What is on the Catalyst and Neural Payments roadmap?
Expanded instant payments including real-time funding and payouts, auto lending and dealer payments, business disbursements embedded in digital banking, future-ready digital wallet capabilities including stablecoin and tokenized value, and access to FedNow, RTP, ACH, wire, and debit and credit networks through one interface.
How do credit unions access Neural Payments through Catalyst?
Neural Payments is part of Catalyst's Open Payments Hub, which brings digital, instant and traditional payments together for credit unions in the Catalyst ecosystem.
Sources
- Catalyst Acquires Strategic Ownership Stake in Neural Payments · Catalyst Corporate Federal Credit Union
- Neural Payments on LinkedIn · LinkedIn
