CORRECTING and REPLACING: CPI Announces Partnership with Street Charity® to Launch a Groundbreaking New Payments Solution to Combat Hunger

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CPI ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH STREET CHARITY® TO LAUNCH A GROUNDBREAKING NEW PAYMENTS SOLUTION TO COMBAT HUNGER

CPI’s solutions help Street Charity® fight hunger with an innovative payment tool at a time when consumers carry less cash and needs surge

CPI Card Group (Nasdaq: PMTS), a payments technology company providing a comprehensive range of physical and digital payment solutions, is celebrating Earth Day by announcing its partnership with Street Charity ®, a nonprofit focused on combating hunger by leveraging the power of fintech and the reach of quick-serve chain restaurants. To support the national rollout, CPI has donated 25,000 paper cards, along with a monetary contribution.

This announcement comes during the ICMA EXPO 2026 hosted by the International Card Manufacturers Association in Orlando, Fla.

Atlanta-based Street Charity® uniquely fights the issue of hunger and food insecurity by providing $5 Street Charity® Discover® Network Prepaid Cards that can be used only at fast-food and quick-serve restaurants nationwide. As the nonprofit’s impact expands nationwide, CPI is supporting them with a shift from traditional plastic cards to a single-use paper prepaid card and multi-card carrier system to support distribution at scale.

Donors to Street Charity® can receive cards in bulk or subscribe to a monthly fulfillment model. A hybrid distribution ensures that cards are produced accurately, personalized reliably, and delivered on time — a critical capability for Street Charity® to support crisis centers, shelters, and nonprofit partners that help individuals experiencing food insecurity. Donors who don’t typically carry cash also appreciate the ability to give meals rather than money.

“We created Street Charity® in response to seeing more and more people asking for help. With Street Charity® cards, hungry people can eat what they want and where they want — with a big side dish of dignity,” said John Patton, who co-founded the organization with his wife Antuanette Patton. “Working with CPI has helped us streamline our card personalization and fulfillment process across our nonprofit and agency partners, corporate donors, and individual subscribers. The strong partnership we are announcing today means so much to us and to the thousands of people who have been able to give or enjoy the gift of a hot meal.”

“It is fitting to celebrate this powerful Street Charity® program on the eve of Earth Day,” said Chris Green, VP, Digital Sales for CPI. “Not only are we able to serve an urgent need to pay for meals in an increasingly cashless society, but we’re also creating single-use paper prepaid cards in a more sustainable way.”

Since 2022, CPI has produced nearly 100 million eco-focused paper payment cards, which offer a durable design for single-use while avoiding plastic.

Street Charity® distributes the majority of its cards in bulk to partner organizations, including the Latin American Association, Atlanta Dream Center, Agape Family Center, The Salvation Army, and various elementary schools supporting homeless students.

About CPI Card Group Inc.

CPI Card Group (Nasdaq: PMTS) is a payments technology company that is integral to the payments ecosystem. CPI’s connections, people, and solutions enable payments for a broad and expanding customer base including thousands of U.S. financial institutions, processors, fintechs, prepaid program managers and more, and these customers count on us to deliver what's next. We continue to transform alongside the market, and for decades have invested in building deep connections and flexible solutions for our customers. Our proprietary platform and expertise uniquely position CPI to deliver today, tomorrow, and into the future as the market expands and payment methods evolve. Learn more at www.cpicardgroup.com.

About Street Charity®

Founded by John and Antuanette Patton, Street Charity’s mission is to equip people and organizations with innovative tools to help address hunger in their own community. Street Charity® is the only organization to leverage the power of fintech and the infrastructure of quick-serve restaurants to address food insecurity in every corner of the country. Street Charity® Discover® Network Prepaid Cards deliver dignity by allowing all individuals to choose what, where, and when they want to eat. To learn more, visit https://streetcharity.org.

The Street Charity® Discover® Network Prepaid Card is issued by the Central Bank of Kansas City, Member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Discover Network. Discover Network and the Discover Acceptance Mark are service marks used by the Central Bank of Kansas City under license from DFS Services LLC. The card can be used only at quick-serve restaurants in the United States, where Discover is accepted. Certain terms and conditions are associated with the approval, maintenance, and use of the Card. Consult the Cardholder Agreement. Card funds are not FDIC insured. No Cash or ATM Access. For transaction and balance information and customer service, call 1-844-404-0244.

CORRECTING and REPLACING: CPI Announces Partnership with Street Charity® to Launch a Groundbreaking New Payments Solution to Combat Hunger

BRIDPORT, Vt. (AP) — An abrupt swing from hot weather to cold across the Northeast is frustrating some flower and fruit farmers who have had to either harvest blooms extra early or fear they could lose some crops altogether.

Frosty nights aren't unusual this time of year. Across the region, the average date of the last frost ranges from mid-April to early June, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University. But the first half of April was unusually warm for much of the region, and that, coupled with the quick drop in temperature, could cause some problems.

Boston saw temperatures climb into the high 70s (around 26 Celsius) last week, with cities including New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. reaching temperatures in the 90s (around 32 Celsius), according to the National Weather Service. By the weekend, temperatures across the region dropped into the 50s (around 10 Celsius), with some areas in New England seeing snow showers.

And the cold continued into this week: The National Weather Service issued a freeze warning for Monday night and Tuesday morning for parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina.

In Ohio, the warm weather pushed peach and apple trees to start budding early at Apple Hill Orchards, which includes about 80 acres (32 hectares) in Mansfield and 110 acres (45 hectares) in Fredericktown. But the temperature then dropped into the low 20s (around minus 5 Celsius), ruining one variety of peach, said owner Anne Joudrey.

“Farming is farming, and you never know what you’re gonna get, but we had a pretty good bloom, so we were expecting a pretty good crop,” she said Monday.

The apples were doing OK, she said, and it helps that the trees are planted on high ground so cold air drains away.

“We should fare pretty well, hopefully,” she said. “But you never know.”

In Vermont, the temperature swing affected operations at Understory Farm in Bridport, which grows cut flowers. Tulips that were supposed to be ready for Mother's Day in mid-May have already bloomed in the farm's greenhouses, said owner Gregory Witscher.

“That just means that we have to harvest them all at the same time,” he said. “We have to harvest them and store them with the bulbs on in crates in a walk-in cooler for longer.”

Witscher grows about 50 varieties of flowers for wholesale markets. Weather fluctuations require flexibility, he said, and it's become more common for small vegetable and flower farms to have row covers or heaters to protect plants from cold or shade cloth for extreme heat.

“With the hot weather and then the cold weather, I think it's intense, and it makes things challenging,” he said. “The longer I do this, the more I want to have as many options as possible and have a lot of tools and resources available to be extremely nimble.”

Gregory Witscher, owner of Understory Farm, harvests tulips, Monday, April 20, 2026, in Bridport, Vt. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)

A tulip is pictured at Understory Farm, Monday, April 20, 2026, in Bridport, Vt. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)

Farmhand Samantha Martin harvests tulips at Understory Farm, Monday, April 20, 2026, in Bridport, Vt. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)

Tulips are pictured at Understory Farm, Monday, April 20, 2026, in Bridport, Vt. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)

Gregory Witscher, owner of Understory Farm, harvests tulips, Monday, April 20, 2026, in Bridport, Vt. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)