riverArk

Cash App for unattended

Accept Cash App at every machine.
No cash box. No chargebacks.

riverArk puts a Cash App checkout on the screen of your vending machine, kiosk or car wash bay. Customers scan and pay from their dollar balance. The payment is final before the machine vends, and dollars land in your own account in seconds.

Works with Cash App, Strike, and every Lightning wallet.

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$2.50 receivedPaid with Cash App · Vended

Your customers already have it

Roughly 58 million monthly Cash App users
can pay at your machines from their dollar balance.

Verified Cash App users pay a Bitcoin invoice straight from dollars. No card to insert, no coins to count. They scan, they confirm, the machine vends.

How it works

Pick it. Scan it. Vended.

Nothing for the customer to download and nothing for you to collect. The payment clears before the product drops.

Customer picks an item

Your machine shows a payment QR for the exact price, right on its own screen.

They scan with Cash App

Verified Cash App users confirm from their dollar balance. Strike and any Lightning wallet work too.

Paid, then it vends

The payment is final before the machine vends. Dollars settle to your own Strike account in seconds.

Cash and cards vs riverArk

Built for the small ticket.

Keep your coin mech and card reader. Add a tender with nothing to collect and nothing to dispute.

Cash and cards
riverArk
Collecting
✕Cash boxes to empty, count and deposit
✓Nothing to collect
Small tickets
✕Fixed per-swipe fees. On low-ticket sales, card fees can run as high as 10 to 12% of the sale
✓A percentage of the sale. No fixed fee per transaction
Disputes
✕Chargebacks on sales nobody can defend
✓None. Payment is final before it vends
Getting paid
✕Route pickups and card batches that land in days
✓Dollars in seconds, in your own account
$0

No monthly fee. No plans. No hardware lease.

You pay a percentage of each payment, and the rate drops as your monthly volume grows. The customer covers conversion, so you receive the full sale amount.

3.75% up to $250 a month2.75% to $5002.50% to $2,5002.25% to $50,0002.00% to $250,0001.50% to $1M1.00% above $1M
Conversion Protection, optional. Add a small premium the paying customer covers. At the recommended 2%, your net cost at volume approaches zero. Surcharge rules vary by state.

Get started

Two ways onto your machines.

Vending machines come ready through Custom Vending. For everything else, tell us what you run and we'll map the fastest path.

Vending

OMNI Series by Custom Vending

OMNI Series machines take Cash App and Bitcoin through riverArk. Order the machine, connect your riverArk and Strike accounts, and start selling.

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A 0% riverArk rate for your first six months.For Custom Vending operators who sign up by October 15, 2026.

Every other machine

Kiosks, car washes, laundry and more

Tell us what you run and which machine platform it's on. We'll show you the fastest way to put Cash App on your screens.

Kiosks Car wash Laundry Micro-markets EV charging Amusement Lockers
Make machines or machine software?Integration partners earn a share of every payment their operators run.
See the integrator program

Questions

Do my customers need Bitcoin?+

No. Verified Cash App users pay from their dollar balance. The first time, Cash App asks them to verify once. Strike and any Lightning wallet work too.

Which machines work?+

For vending, OMNI Series machines by Custom Vending. For kiosks, car washes, laundry and other machines, it depends on your machine platform. Talk to us and we'll check yours. Developers can build against the public API today.

Is there a monthly fee or a plan?+

No. You pay the riverArk rate on each payment, from 3.75% at the smallest volumes down to 1.00% above $1M a month. The customer covers conversion, so you receive the full sale amount.

Can a payment be charged back?+

No. Every payment is final before the machine vends.

Does riverArk hold my money?+

Never. Payments settle in dollars straight to your own account. riverArk never takes custody of your funds.

What do I need to sign up?+

A riverArk account and a Strike business account for your dollars. Strike approval typically takes 1 to 2 days with complete documents. We walk you through both.

Your customers have Cash App.
Let your machines take it.

No monthly fee. No chargebacks. Dollars in your own account in seconds.

Cash App is a trademark of Block, Inc. riverArk is not affiliated with or endorsed by Block, Inc. OMNI Series and Custom Vending are trademarks of their respective owner.