A bank born in an Illinois town of 2,000 people now spans 10 states. Its wager is that local relationships can survive a $20 billion merger - and become more useful when banking, wealth and payments sit under one roof.
Boost Payment Solutions is a New York-based fintech that quietly removes the friction from large commercial card payments. Founded in 2009 by payments veteran Dean M. Leavitt, Boost uses patented straight-through processing and a rules-based payment engine to let buyers pay with cards while suppliers get paid automatically, with the data and reconciliation already handled. Operating in dozens of countries and partnered with Visa and Mastercard, Boost has positioned itself as a leading independent infrastructure layer for B2B card payments.