Company: APCXW
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001683168-25-002670
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Company: AppTech Payments Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
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 were employed as executives during the year that ended December 31, 2024, and each earned no compensation for their work as Directors.                                                                                                   |
| (2) | The amounts reported in this column represent the aggregate grant date fair value of Restricted Stock Units in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 and also reflect the fees earned in restricted stock units for the end of December 2024.                             |
| (3) | The amounts reported in this column represent the aggregate grant date fair value of option awards computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. |

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<div align='center'>PROPOSAL 2

ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION (SAY-ON-PAY PROPOSAL)</div>

General

The Board understands our
investors' interests in how we compensate our executives. In recognition of that interest and as required by Section 14A of the Exchange
Act, as created by Section 951 of the Dodd-Frank Act, we are providing our stockholders with the opportunity to vote to approve, on an
advisory (nonbinding) basis, the compensation of executives. Officers as disclosed in this Proxy Statement in accordance with the SEC’s
rules. This is commonly referred to as a “Say-On-Pay” proposal.

This vote is not intended
to address any specific item of compensation but rather the overall compensation of our named executive officers and the philosophy, policies,
and practices described in this Proxy Statement. The compensation of our named executive officers subject to the vote is disclosed in
the “Executive Compensation” section, including the compensation tables and the related narrative disclosure contained in
this Proxy Statement. As discussed in those disclosures, we believe that our compensation policies and decisions are focused on incentivizing
management to achieve defined corporate goals that are strongly aligned with our stockholders’ interests. Compensation of our named
executive officers is designed to enable us to attract and retain talented and experienced executives to lead us successfully in a competitive
environment.

Accordingly, the Board is
asking the stockholders to indicate their support for the compensation of our named executive officers as described in this Proxy Statement
by casting a non-binding advisory vote “FOR” the following resolution:

“RESOLVED, that the
compensation paid to our named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange