secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AppTech Payments Corp. (APCX)
CIK:        0001070050
Form:       8-K/A
Filed at:   2026-05-19T20:34:15+00:00
Accession:  0001683168-26-004120
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AppTech appoints Robert Lipstein as independent director, designates Albert Lord as Executive Chairman
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- Albert L. Lord designated Executive Chairman; steps down from Compensation Committee, no longer independent.
- Employment arrangements formalized for CEO Thomas DeRosa ($384K base salary) and COO Anthony Shall ($240K base).
- Robert J. Lipstein, retired KPMG partner, appointed as independent Class II director and Audit Committee chair.
- Lipstein also serves on boards of Seacoast Banking, Firstrust Savings Bank; will resign from Onfolio Holdings by May 31, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070050/000168316826004120/0001683168-26-004120-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070050/000168316826004120/apptech_8ka1.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-26-004120

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