Fiserv Acquires Smith Consulting Group

McKinsey & Company Acquires S4G Consulting

May 3, 2022

Consulting

McKinsey & Company has acquired Madrid-based S4G Consulting, a Salesforce Platinum Partner that specializes in Salesforce CRM implementations and digital commerce transformation. The deal expands McKinsey's capability in rapid Salesforce implementation and tech-enabled CRM services to accelerate end-to-end growth transformations for clients.

CohnReznick Acquires Smith Schafer & Associates

January 1, 2026

Professional Services

CohnReznick acquired Minneapolis-based Smith Schafer & Associates effective January 1, 2026, marking the firm's entry into Minnesota and expanding its Midwest footprint. Smith Schafer brings three local offices, 12 partners and 89 employees, and expertise across professional services firms, construction, manufacturing, and transportation to strengthen CohnReznick's advisory, assurance, and tax capabilities.

Accenture Acquires SKS Group

February 16, 2023

Consulting

Accenture has completed its acquisition of SKS Group, a Germany-based consulting firm that helps banks across Germany, Austria and Switzerland modernize technology and meet regulatory requirements using SAP S/4HANA. Approximately 500 SKS Group professionals join Accenture Technology; financial terms were not disclosed.

SBI Acquires Sales Readiness Group

July 10, 2023

Consulting

SBI, a go-to-market growth advisory, has acquired Sales Readiness Group (SRG), a sales training firm founded in 2008. The purchase adds customized, skills-based sales training and e-learning capabilities to SBI's consulting and commercial talent productivity offerings.

Cornerstone Advisors Acquires BankSmart

July 12, 2023

Professional Services

Cornerstone Advisors, a management and technology consultancy for banks, credit unions and fintechs, has acquired BankSmart, a boutique consulting firm specializing in bank operations, vendor selection, project management and payments. Cornerstone said it will integrate BankSmart’s team and its "SmartKits" operational tools into Cornerstone’s product suite to expand services and deliver new products to community-focused financial institutions nationwide.

Fiserv Acquires Pineapple Payments from PSG

March 31, 2021

Payments & Fintech

Fiserv has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pineapple Payments, a Pittsburgh-based payments technology provider, from growth equity firm PSG. The deal will bring Pineapple into Fiserv's Global Business Solutions division (Partner Solutions unit) to expand Fiserv's delivery of omni-channel payment solutions and broaden distribution to ISVs and SMB merchants; the transaction is expected to close in Q2 2021.