# Kurv

> Kurv, formerly Electronic Merchant Systems, provides U.S. merchants with payment processing, point-of-sale tools, a merchant app and portal, and risk and support services. It also supplies independent sales agents and software platforms with onboarding, portfolio-management and embedded-payment infrastructure.

- **Founded:** 1988
- **Headquarters:** Cleveland, United States
- **Founders:** Jim Weiland (Founder; retained a board seat and minority ownership after the 2024 investment)
- **Products:** Kurv Merchant App, Kurv Merchant Portal, Kurv Agent, Embedded Payments, Payment processing and POS
- **Notable:** Began as a three-person sales office and expanded nationwide., EMS reported approximately $6 billion in transaction volume and 25,000 merchants in August 2024., Kurv Agent became available nationwide in July 2026.

## Products & services

- **Kurv Merchant App** — Mobile payment acceptance, invoices, payment links, inventory and reporting; Android Tap to Pay announced December 2025. Feature access depends on plan.
- **Kurv Merchant Portal** — Omnichannel dashboard with four published software tiers, from Start at $0 monthly to Perform at $59.95 monthly, plus applicable transaction and processing charges.
- **Kurv Agent** — Nationwide portal for digital applications, e-signatures, underwriting routing, portfolio monitoring and residual reporting.
- **Embedded Payments** — White-label payment infrastructure, APIs, webhooks and onboarding support for software platforms.
- **Payment processing and POS** — Card and wallet acceptance, gateways, virtual terminals, recurring payments and hardware options.

## Achievements

- Began as a three-person sales office and expanded nationwide.
- EMS reported approximately $6 billion in transaction volume and 25,000 merchants in August 2024.
- Kurv Agent became available nationwide in July 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Announced renewal of its Cleveland Browns partnership on September 29.
- **2026-07** — Launched Kurv Agent nationwide on July 22.
- **2025-12** — Announced the Merchant App with Tap to Pay on Android on December 1.

## Links

- Website: https://kurvpay.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kurvpay
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/kurvpayments
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kurvpayments

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Last updated: 2026-10-23