American Express Acquires Nipendo

U.S. Bank Acquires Bento Technologies (Bento for Business)

August 11, 2021

Payments & Fintech

U.S. Bank has agreed to acquire Bento Technologies (Bento for Business), a fintech company that provides card-based payments and automated expense management for small and mid-size businesses. The acquisition is intended to integrate Bento’s accounts-payable and expense management capabilities with U.S. Bank’s existing payments and receivables solutions to offer a more comprehensive cash-management experience for SMB clients.

Preludd Payment Services Acquires Amadis

May 23, 2023

Payments & Fintech

Preludd Payment Services has acquired Amadis, a provider of EMV card-present payment acceptance software and SoftPOS solutions, to broaden its payment platform capabilities and accelerate global expansion. The deal combines Preludd's cloud-based white-label gateway and POS management services with Amadis' EMV/SoftPOS software expertise to create a stronger global payments solutions provider.

Accenture Acquires Impendi to Boost Private Equity Sourcing & Procurement Capabilities

January 17, 2024

Consulting

Accenture has acquired Impendi, a New York–based sourcing and procurement services firm focused on private equity clients, to expand Accenture's private equity offerings and procurement analytics capabilities. Impendi—founded in 2014 with roughly 130 sourcing and procurement professionals across the U.S. and India—will join Accenture's Sourcing and Procurement practice to accelerate advisory, execution and analytics services for private equity portfolio companies.

Pendo Acquires Mind the Product

February 1, 2022

Professional Services

Pendo has acquired Mind the Product, a London-based community that provides content, training and conferences serving more than 300,000 product managers worldwide. The roughly 20-person Mind the Product team (and its subscription base of 3,000+ members, ProductTank meetups, conferences and community assets) will join Pendo to expand the company's content, training and events capabilities and complement Pendo’s product experience platform.

Pendo Acquires Zelta AI to Accelerate AI-Powered Customer Intelligence

July 31, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Pendo, the product experience platform, has acquired New York City–based startup Zelta AI and will integrate the team and technology into its Pendo Listen product to provide AI-driven insights from customer feedback across 150+ sources. The deal strengthens Pendo's AI capabilities for product discovery and feedback analysis, and the Zelta team will help establish an AI center of excellence in Pendo's New York office.

Electronic Merchant Systems Acquires PaymentCloud

January 30, 2024

Payments & Fintech

Electronic Merchant Systems (EMS), a Cleveland-based payment technology provider, has acquired Los Angeles-based PaymentCloud. The deal brings PaymentCloud's merchant-focused distribution and marketing capabilities into EMS's infrastructure to scale onboarding, processing and inside sales channels while integrating PaymentCloud leadership into EMS management.