Bead and Strictly Expand Payment Acceptance for Enterprise Merchants
Strictly Merchants Can Now Accept Digital Wallets, Buy-Now-Pay-Later and Digital Assets (Cryptocurrency) Alongside
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Strictly Merchants Can Now Accept Digital Wallets, Buy-Now-Pay-Later and Digital Assets (Cryptocurrency) Alongside Compliant Surcharging, Settled in U.S. Dollars
DOVER, DE / ACCESS Newswire / July 30, 2026 / Bead, Inc. (“Bead”), a payments infrastructure company, and Strictly, an enterprise payment solutions provider, today announced the integration of Bead’s payment infrastructure into the Strictly platform. Eligible merchants processing on Strictly can accept digital wallets, including PayPal and Venmo, Buy-Now-Pay-Later through Klarna, digital assets (cryptocurrency), and additional payment methods as enabled by the platform, with transactions settling in U.S. dollars.
Through the integration, Strictly continues to expand its enterprise payments platform by giving merchants access to a broader range of payment options without requiring changes to their existing payment environment.
Bead integrates alongside a merchant’s existing payment processor and gateway rather than replacing them, allowing merchants to add modern payment methods without disrupting their existing payments infrastructure.
Consumer payment preferences keep diversifying. Enterprise merchants want to offer more choice without adding operational complexity or changing how they receive funds.
Strictly’s enterprise merchants can now expand beyond traditional card payments while preserving their existing payment infrastructure. Consumers gain more ways to pay using the payment methods they already prefer, while merchants continue to receive settlement in U.S. dollars without holding cryptocurrency, establishing or managing digital wallet accounts, or changing their existing operations.
Strictly is known for helping enterprise merchants control the cost of acceptance through compliant surcharging and Dual Pricing, on a unified, API-first platform spanning card-present and card-not-present channels. Bead’s infrastructure extends that value proposition beyond cost control to payment choice, allowing Strictly’s merchants to meet growing consumer demand for digital wallets, Buy-Now-Pay-Later, and digital assets through the same platform they already use.
“Payment choice has become a competitive advantage,” said Jay Sykes, CEO of Bead. “Consumers already use PayPal, Venmo, Klarna, and digital assets in their everyday lives. Merchants shouldn’t have to rebuild their payment stack to accept them. This integration lets Strictly’s enterprise merchants expand choice and still get settled in U.S. dollars.”
“At Strictly, our mission has always been to give merchants more control over how they accept payments while reducing complexity and cost. Integrating Bead allows our partners to offer cryptocurrency alongside traditional payment methods through the same enterprise platform, with settlement in U.S. dollars in as little as 24 to 48 hours and no need for merchants to manage digital assets themselves. It’s another step toward giving businesses the flexibility to accept the payment method their customers prefer while keeping the experience simple, secure, and seamless,” said Orlando Alvarez, CEO of Strictly.
Sykes added, “The future of payments isn’t one payment method replacing another. It’s giving merchants the flexibility to accept whatever payment their customers prefer while keeping operations simple.”
Bead is available now through authorized payment partners.
Partners interested in expanding merchant acceptance can reach Bead at partners@bead.xyz or visit bead.xyz.
About Bead
Bead, Inc. is a payments infrastructure company that enables eligible merchants to accept digital assets (cryptocurrency), digital wallets, and Buy-Now-Pay-Later through a single API, with transactions settling in U.S. dollars. Processing and settlement are provided through regulated financial partners.
For more information, contact partners@bead.xyz or visit bead.xyz.
About Strictly
Strictly is an enterprise payment technology company delivering a unified omnichannel commerce platform for businesses across automotive, healthcare, retail, and other enterprise industries. Through a single API-first platform, Strictly enables in-store, online, mobile, and recurring payments while offering compliant surcharging, Dual Pricing, ACH, digital wallets, financing, and cryptocurrency acceptance. Built with enterprise-grade security, Strictly is PCI DSS Level 1 certified and designed to meet the highest standards for payment security, encryption, and data protection. Trusted by enterprise merchants and payment partners across North America, Strictly helps businesses reduce payment costs, simplify operations, and deliver a seamless payment experience across every channel.
Media Contacts
Bead, Inc.
Jay Sykes, CEO
jay@bead.xyz
bead.xyz
Strictly
Carolina Aponte, Media Contact
carolina.aponte@vanxsolutions.com
786-963-5999
strictlyzero.com
Payment method availability varies by merchant and is subject to eligibility and compliance review. Bead is not a bank.
SOURCE: Bead
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