Payments & Financial Infrastructure
Usio Inc Executive Compensation (FY25)
USIO · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2024 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 10, 2026
159 figures on this page: 148 cited to the filing that reported them, 11 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Figures cover fiscal 2024 through fiscal 2025. Separately, the company reported 4 named executive officers for fiscal 2025, and Louis Hoch, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive and Operating Officer, received $1,371,589 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Hoch's total was 1.7% higher than the $1,348,447 reported for fiscal 2024. The say-on-pay proposal drew 78.9% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held June 10, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
This company is not required to report a chief executive pay ratio.
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Louis Hoch: $1,348,447 → $1,371,589 (1.7% higher)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Usio Inc's chief executive and what were they paid?
Louis Hoch, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive and Operating Officer, received $1,371,589 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Hoch's total was 1.7% higher than the $1,348,447 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Usio Inc's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 78.9% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held June 10, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Louis Hoch Chairman, President, and Chief Executive and Operating Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Greg Carter EVP, Payment Acceptance | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael White Chief Accounting Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Houston Frost SVP, Chief Product Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Louis Hoch Chairman, President, and Chief Executive and Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Greg Carter EVP, Chief Revenue Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Houston Frost SVP, Chief Product Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael White Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.
Equity awards granted
Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Carter | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Houston Frost | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Louis A. Hoch | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Michael White | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2023, 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.
Outstanding awards
Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
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A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Severance and change in control
The terms as written in the agreements.
Louis Hoch
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive and Operating Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
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| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
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Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blaise C. Bender | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Bradley Rollins | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Elizabeth Michelle Miller | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Ernesto R. Beyer and Louis A. Hoch served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director fee schedule
The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
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Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
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| 2025 | June 10, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | June 10, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | June 18, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | July 12, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2021 | June 21, 2022 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2020 | June 10, 2021 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2019 | June 9, 2020 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2018 | June 11, 2019 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2017 | June 11, 2018 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2016 | June 6, 2017 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2015 | June 9, 2016 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Usio Inc disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Written compensation analysis
A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable pay
What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.
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Two datasets covering compensation-adviser changes and what followed a contested vote. Both are part of the Velarion platform.
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159 figures on this page: 148 cited to the filing that reported them, 11 calculated from figures it prints.
148 cited to the filing
11 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001437749-26-020174Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001437749-26-013853Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Director Compensation · Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End · Summary Compensation Table for the Years Ended December 31, 2025 and 2024
- 0001437749-25-020079Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001437749-25-013907Summary Compensation Table for the Years Ended December 31, 2024, and 2023
- 0001437749-24-020777
- 0001437749-23-019776
- 0001437749-22-015548
- 0001437749-21-014596
- 0001437749-20-012745
- 0001088034-19-000027
- 0001088034-18-000013
- 0001171843-17-003561Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001171843-16-010678
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APA
Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
year = {2026},
version = {2026Q3},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
publisher = {Zenodo},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}