{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"170003","rtpr_id":"nGNXbBPp7d-20261015","ticker":"RPMT","exchange":"OTC","all_tickers":["RPMT"],"title":"REGO Payment Architectures Launches REGO Guardian Global Child-Safety SaaS Licensing Infrastructure, Starting with the $121 Billion Mobile Gaming Industry","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-10-15T10:59:00.097Z","article_body":"BLUE BELL, Pa., Oct. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- REGO Payment Architectures,\nInc. (OTCQB: RPMT) today announced the launch of its REGO Guardian Global\nSolution SaaS Licensing Initiative, introducing a proprietary digital trust\nand child-safety infrastructure designed for integration with existing\ntechnology platforms through application programming interfaces (APIs).\n\n“The global digital economy needs a foundation of trust that keeps pace with\ntechnological innovation”, said Peter Pelullo, Chief Executive Officer of\nREGO Payment Architectures. “REGO Guardian represents our SaaS integrated\nsolution designed to protect children, empower parents, and give technology\ncompanies the API they have been asking for to innovate responsibly.”\n\nREGO's initial licensing initiative will focus on the global mobile gaming\nindustry, forecast to generate $121.1 billion in revenue in 2026, according to\nNewzoo's Global Games Market Report. The broader global gaming industry is\nprojected to reach $213.9 billion in 2026, highlighting the scale of the\ndigital ecosystem in which REGO intends to expand its licensing opportunities.\n\nThe company plans to pursue additional industry-specific licensing\nopportunities across multibillion-dollar digital markets including:  Social\nmedia, Healthcare, Edtech, Government, Apps and the evolution of AI/SI. \n\n\"Children are growing up in a digital world that is evolving faster than the\nsafeguards designed to protect them,\" said Dr. Lisa Strohman, JD, PhD,\nclinical psychologist, attorney, former FBI Visiting Scholar focused on crimes\nagainst children, and Head of Product for REGO Guardian.\n\n\"REGO Guardian is designed to verify parental authority, recognize emerging\nthreats, and provide meaningful safeguards while preserving children's\nprivacy. We are putting parents back in control and giving artificial\nintelligence the guardrails our children deserve—and that the technology\nindustry increasingly needs.\"\n\nGrowing Demand for Digital Child Protection\n\nThe need for comprehensive child-safety infrastructure continues to\naccelerate.\n\nAccording to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC),\nits CyberTipline received more than 1.4 million reports concerning online\nenticement in 2025, representing a 158% increase in reports compared with\n2024.\n\nThese included more than 80,000 reports concerning sextortion, illustrating\nthe serious risks children face across online gaming, social media, messaging,\nand other digital environments.\n\nNCMEC also reported that more than 182,000 reports in 2025 involved\ngenerative AI-related child sexual abuse material, demonstrating how emerging\ntechnologies are creating additional challenges for protecting children\nonline.\n\nThe increase in online enticement reports also reflects expanded reporting\nrequirements under the federal REPORT Act.\n\nREGO Guardian is designed to address these evolving challenges through an\nintegrated architecture combining verified parental authority, portable\npermissions, and contextual AI technology designed to recognize potentially\nharmful patterns of behavior over time.\n\nThree Essential Protections. One Global Solution.\n* Verified Age and Parental Authority: Patented technologies designed to\nauthenticate parental authority and provide trusted age-assurance credentials\nto participating platforms.\n* Portable Parental Permissions and AI-Powered Protection: Enables parents to\napprove, limit, deny, or revoke access while supporting contextual\nidentification of emerging online threats.\n* Privacy Without Children's Biometrics: Designed to verify age and parental\nauthorization without requiring children to submit facial scans, fingerprints,\nor other biometric identifiers.\nThrough its API-based SaaS licensing model, REGO Guardian enables\nparticipating platforms to incorporate child-safety and parental-authorization\ncapabilities without independently developing complex verification\ninfrastructure.\n\nREGO Guardian: Giving parents control, children privacy, and the digital\neconomy a foundation for trust.\n\nAbout REGO Guardian\n\nREGO Guardian, developed by REGO Payment Architectures, Inc. (OTCQB: RPMT), is\nan integrated digital trust and child-safety solution combining patented age\nassurance, verified parental authority, portable permissions,\nprivacy-preserving technology, and AI-powered contextual risk assessment.\n\nREGO Payment Architectures participates in PRIVO's Kids Privacy Assured\nProgram for COPPA Safe Harbor Certification. REGO Guardian's architecture is\ndesigned to support applicable COPPA and GDPR requirements through\nprivacy-by-design principles, data minimization, and verified parental\nconsent.\n\nLearn more at www.regoguardian.com.\n\nSources\n1. Newzoo — 2026 Global Games Market Key Numbers (August 25, 2026)\nGlobal mobile gaming revenue forecast of $121.1 billion and global gaming\nrevenue forecast of $213.9 billion.\nhttps://newzoo.com/articles/2026-global-games-market-key-numbers\n2. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children — 2025 CyberTipline Data\nOnline enticement reports, sextortion reports, and trends in digital child\nexploitation.\nhttps://ncmec.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline/cybertiplinedata\n3. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children — Our Impact\nReporting growth and more than 182,000 reports involving generative AI-related\nchild sexual abuse material in 2025.\nhttps://ncmec.org/ourwork/impact\n4. REGO Guardian — About\nCompany description of its participation in PRIVO's Kids Privacy Assured\nProgram and privacy-first architecture.\nhttps://regoguardian.com/about/\nMedia Contact\n\nDonald Tremblay\ndtremblay1006@gmail.com\n\nInvestor Relations\n\nPeter L. Seltzberg\npseltz5starir@gmail.com\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/d914a2c7-18ea-41c1-8c0f-aad6a4a7f646)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNXbBPp7d-20261015","title":"REGO Payment Architectures Launches REGO Guardian Global Child-Safety SaaS Licensing Infrastructure, Starting with the $121 Billion Mobile Gaming Industry","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"RPMT","created":"2026-10-15T10:59:00.097Z","tickers":["RPMT"],"exchange":"OTC","article_body":"BLUE BELL, Pa., Oct. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- REGO Payment Architectures,\nInc. (OTCQB: RPMT) today announced the launch of its REGO Guardian Global\nSolution SaaS Licensing Initiative, introducing a proprietary digital trust\nand child-safety infrastructure designed for integration with existing\ntechnology platforms through application programming interfaces (APIs).\n\n“The global digital economy needs a foundation of trust that keeps pace with\ntechnological innovation”, said Peter Pelullo, Chief Executive Officer of\nREGO Payment Architectures. “REGO Guardian represents our SaaS integrated\nsolution designed to protect children, empower parents, and give technology\ncompanies the API they have been asking for to innovate responsibly.”\n\nREGO's initial licensing initiative will focus on the global mobile gaming\nindustry, forecast to generate $121.1 billion in revenue in 2026, according to\nNewzoo's Global Games Market Report. The broader global gaming industry is\nprojected to reach $213.9 billion in 2026, highlighting the scale of the\ndigital ecosystem in which REGO intends to expand its licensing opportunities.\n\nThe company plans to pursue additional industry-specific licensing\nopportunities across multibillion-dollar digital markets including:  Social\nmedia, Healthcare, Edtech, Government, Apps and the evolution of AI/SI. \n\n\"Children are growing up in a digital world that is evolving faster than the\nsafeguards designed to protect them,\" said Dr. Lisa Strohman, JD, PhD,\nclinical psychologist, attorney, former FBI Visiting Scholar focused on crimes\nagainst children, and Head of Product for REGO Guardian.\n\n\"REGO Guardian is designed to verify parental authority, recognize emerging\nthreats, and provide meaningful safeguards while preserving children's\nprivacy. We are putting parents back in control and giving artificial\nintelligence the guardrails our children deserve—and that the technology\nindustry increasingly needs.\"\n\nGrowing Demand for Digital Child Protection\n\nThe need for comprehensive child-safety infrastructure continues to\naccelerate.\n\nAccording to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC),\nits CyberTipline received more than 1.4 million reports concerning online\nenticement in 2025, representing a 158% increase in reports compared with\n2024.\n\nThese included more than 80,000 reports concerning sextortion, illustrating\nthe serious risks children face across online gaming, social media, messaging,\nand other digital environments.\n\nNCMEC also reported that more than 182,000 reports in 2025 involved\ngenerative AI-related child sexual abuse material, demonstrating how emerging\ntechnologies are creating additional challenges for protecting children\nonline.\n\nThe increase in online enticement reports also reflects expanded reporting\nrequirements under the federal REPORT Act.\n\nREGO Guardian is designed to address these evolving challenges through an\nintegrated architecture combining verified parental authority, portable\npermissions, and contextual AI technology designed to recognize potentially\nharmful patterns of behavior over time.\n\nThree Essential Protections. One Global Solution.\n* Verified Age and Parental Authority: Patented technologies designed to\nauthenticate parental authority and provide trusted age-assurance credentials\nto participating platforms.\n* Portable Parental Permissions and AI-Powered Protection: Enables parents to\napprove, limit, deny, or revoke access while supporting contextual\nidentification of emerging online threats.\n* Privacy Without Children's Biometrics: Designed to verify age and parental\nauthorization without requiring children to submit facial scans, fingerprints,\nor other biometric identifiers.\nThrough its API-based SaaS licensing model, REGO Guardian enables\nparticipating platforms to incorporate child-safety and parental-authorization\ncapabilities without independently developing complex verification\ninfrastructure.\n\nREGO Guardian: Giving parents control, children privacy, and the digital\neconomy a foundation for trust.\n\nAbout REGO Guardian\n\nREGO Guardian, developed by REGO Payment Architectures, Inc. (OTCQB: RPMT), is\nan integrated digital trust and child-safety solution combining patented age\nassurance, verified parental authority, portable permissions,\nprivacy-preserving technology, and AI-powered contextual risk assessment.\n\nREGO Payment Architectures participates in PRIVO's Kids Privacy Assured\nProgram for COPPA Safe Harbor Certification. REGO Guardian's architecture is\ndesigned to support applicable COPPA and GDPR requirements through\nprivacy-by-design principles, data minimization, and verified parental\nconsent.\n\nLearn more at www.regoguardian.com.\n\nSources\n1. Newzoo — 2026 Global Games Market Key Numbers (August 25, 2026)\nGlobal mobile gaming revenue forecast of $121.1 billion and global gaming\nrevenue forecast of $213.9 billion.\nhttps://newzoo.com/articles/2026-global-games-market-key-numbers\n2. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children — 2025 CyberTipline Data\nOnline enticement reports, sextortion reports, and trends in digital child\nexploitation.\nhttps://ncmec.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline/cybertiplinedata\n3. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children — Our Impact\nReporting growth and more than 182,000 reports involving generative AI-related\nchild sexual abuse material in 2025.\nhttps://ncmec.org/ourwork/impact\n4. REGO Guardian — About\nCompany description of its participation in PRIVO's Kids Privacy Assured\nProgram and privacy-first architecture.\nhttps://regoguardian.com/about/\nMedia Contact\n\nDonald Tremblay\ndtremblay1006@gmail.com\n\nInvestor Relations\n\nPeter L. Seltzberg\npseltz5starir@gmail.com\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/d914a2c7-18ea-41c1-8c0f-aad6a4a7f646)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-10-15T10:59:00.139694633Z","server_sent_at_ms":1792061940139},"received_at":"2026-10-15T10:59:00.190Z","source_url":null},"analysis":{"id":"158216","press_release_id":"170003","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Software","sector":"Information Technology"},"redFlags":["no licensing customers, contracts, or revenue figures disclosed alongside the launch","micro-cap OTCQB issuer with promotional-style market-size framing"],"eventType":"product_launch","narrative":"REGO Payment Architectures launched REGO Guardian, an API-based SaaS licensing infrastructure for child safety and verified parental authority, beginning with the global mobile gaming market.\n\nThe initial target market is mobile gaming, forecast at $121.1 billion in 2026 revenue per Newzoo, with broader gaming at $213.9 billion; further licensing is planned across social media, healthcare, edtech, government, apps, and AI.\n\nNo licensing customers or revenue were disclosed, so the commercial traction behind the launch remains unproven.","sentiment":"bullish","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Micro-cap launches child-safety SaaS targeting the $121B mobile gaming market -- watch for first named licensing customer before treating as commercially meaningful."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"sextortion_reports_2025":"more than 80,000","gen_ai_csam_reports_2025":"more than 182,000","global_gaming_2026_forecast":"$213.9 billion","mobile_gaming_2026_forecast":"$121.1 billion","enticement_report_growth_yoy":"158%","ncmec_online_enticement_reports_2025":"more than 1.4 million"}},"quotedText":"REGO Guardian represents our SaaS integrated solution designed to protect children, empower parents, and give technology companies the API they have been asking for to innovate responsibly.","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Peter Pelullo","role":"CEO of REGO Payment Architectures"},{"name":"Dr. Lisa Strohman","role":"Head of Product for REGO Guardian"},{"name":"Donald Tremblay","role":"Media Contact"},{"name":"Peter L. 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