Highlights
- Early Warning Services, the Scottsdale-based operator of Zelle and Paze, signed a multi-year jersey patch deal with the Phoenix Suns.
- Paze's logo replaces PayPal on the upper left side of all Suns uniforms beginning the 2026-27 NBA season.
- The partnership also names Paze the Suns' official online checkout partner, official digital wallet, and entitlement partner of the season ticket membership program.
- Early Warning Services, which employs more than 900 people, has operated for nearly four decades and counts Bank of America, Capital One, Chase, and Wells Fargo among Paze's bank partners.
Early Warning Services, LLC, the Scottsdale company behind both Zelle and Paze, will put its digital wallet brand on Phoenix Suns jerseys this season under a multi-year agreement announced Sept. 28, replacing PayPal as the team's official jersey patch partner.
Paze's logo will appear on the upper left side of all Suns uniforms beginning the 2026-27 NBA season, according to the official press release. The deal extends beyond the jersey: Paze also becomes the Suns' official online checkout partner, official digital wallet, and entitlement partner of the team's season ticket membership program.
Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury CEO Josh Bartelstein called it a hometown alignment. "Paze will have a meaningful presence across our business and with our fans and members, from ticketing and online checkout to opportunities to enhance the fan experience at our arena. It's an honor to have a hometown partner on our jerseys," he said in a statement.
The Suns are the second NBA team to carry Paze on their jerseys, joining the Atlanta Hawks. Paze combines debit and credit cards into a single digital wallet, eliminating manual card entry at checkout, and is supported by Bank of America, Capital One, Chase, and Wells Fargo, among other major banks.
Early Warning Services, which has operated for nearly four decades, employs more than 900 people and is headquartered in Scottsdale. The company's other flagship product, Zelle, is the dominant peer-to-peer payments rail in U.S. banking.
Who is behind Paze?
Paze is owned by Early Warning Services, LLC, an Arizona-based financial technology company also responsible for Zelle. Early Warning Services is based in Scottsdale, employs more than 900 people, and has operated for nearly four decades. Its bank-owned structure means Paze's major financial institution partners, including Bank of America, Capital One, Chase, and Wells Fargo, are also its backers.
To mark the launch, fans can take 50% off merchandise at shop.suns.com using the promo code PAZE50 from Sept. 29 through Oct. 1.
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