# Aurora Payments

> Aurora Payments, rebranded as Flute in June 2026, supplies U.S. businesses and software partners with card and ACH acceptance, terminals, invoicing, recurring billing, reporting and embedded payments. Backed by Corsair, the company combines industry-specific distribution with proprietary payments technology, including the ARISE platform launched in 2024.

- **Founded:** 2005
- **Headquarters:** Tempe, United States
- **Founders:** Brian Goudie (Founding alliance partner; CEO of the 2018 Aurora group), Jeff Brodsly (Founding alliance partner; Chosen Payments CEO), Sabin Burrell (Founding alliance partner; BlueSquare co-founder and CEO), Adam Spencer (Founding alliance partner; former BBVA Compass executive)
- **Products:** ARISE Payment Platform, NailSoft, Network Tokenization, Flute unified platform, Payment hardware
- **Notable:** Launched proprietary ARISE platform in April 2024., Acquired NailSoft in April 2023., Announced ARISE network tokenization in April 2025.

## Products & services

- **ARISE Payment Platform** — Proprietary cloud payments platform combining virtual terminals, card and ACH payments, invoicing, reporting, customer tools and API integrations.
- **NailSoft** — Salon management and POS software with booking, marketing and integrated payments; acquired April 2023.
- **Network Tokenization** — ARISE capability replacing card data with network-issued tokens and updating expired or reissued credentials.
- **Flute unified platform** — Payments, working capital, reporting, merchant servicing, invoicing, recurring billing and dispute tools in one account.
- **Payment hardware** — Portable and mounted terminals plus mobile payment options. Aurora announced terminal work with Sunmi and Proxet in July 2024.

## Achievements

- Launched proprietary ARISE platform in April 2024.
- Acquired NailSoft in April 2023.
- Announced ARISE network tokenization in April 2025.
- Rebranded as Flute and announced a unified payments platform in June 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Aurora Payments announced its rebrand as Flute on June 1, with Derek Dean identified as CEO.
- **2025-04** — Aurora announced ARISE network tokenization on April 2.

## Links

- Website: https://flute.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tryflute/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/risewithaurora
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tryflute/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tryflute

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Last updated: 2026-10-25