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RYVYL Announces Retirement of Chairman and Co-founder Ben Errez; Repositions Business to Focus on Crypto Treasury Management

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SAN DIEGO, CA, Aug. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — RYVYL Inc. (NASDAQ: RVYL) (“RYVYL” or the “Company”) today announced the retirement of Chairman and Co-founder Ben Errez, effective August 31, 2025. RYVYL is repositioning its business to focus on crypto treasury management, beginning with a core strategy centered on building a crypto treasury to support long-term growth.

“We thank Ben for his exceptional leadership and commitment to RYVYL,” said Fredi Nisan, CEO, Co-founder and Director of RYVYL. “Serving in multiple executive capacities, including Chairman. Ben was instrumental in shaping RYVYL’s strategic vision, scaling our operations, and driving innovation across our platform. RYVYL will continues to enjoy Ben’s talents as he independently advises the company through the end of the year. We thank him for his dedication, vision, and years of impactful service.”

On June 16, 2025, the Company announced strategic actions and an enhanced business plan to include a digital asset acquisition strategy. The company plans to accumulate crypto as a reserve asset, viewing it as both a long-term store of value and a means to strengthen financial resilience and strategic flexibility.

“Our decision to shift our business reflects a deliberate, long-term approach to integrating digital assets into our treasury,” continued Nisan. “We see crypto as a promising reserve asset class that complements our goal of enhancing balance sheet strength and positioning the Company for future financial innovation.”

About RYVYL

RYVYL Inc. (NASDAQ: RVYL) was born from a passion for empowering a new way to conduct business-to-business, consumer-to-business, and peer-to-peer payment transactions around the globe. By leveraging electronic payment technology for diverse international markets, RYVYL is a leading innovator of payment transaction solutions reinventing the future of financial transactions. Since its founding as GreenBox POS in 2017 in San Diego, RYVYL has developed applications enabling an end-to-end suite of turnkey financial products with enhanced security and data privacy, world-class identity theft protection, and rapid speed to settlement. As a result, the platform can log immense volumes of immutable transactional records at the speed of the internet for first-tier partners, merchants, and consumers around the globe. www.ryvyl.com

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David Barnard, Alliance Advisors Investor Relations, 415-433-3777, ryvylinvestor@allianceadvisors.com

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