Heartland Payment Systems Acquires ECSI

Heartland Payment Systems Acquires TouchNet Information Systems

June 30, 2014

Payments & Fintech

Heartland Payment Systems acquired TouchNet Information Systems, a provider of integrated commerce and payments solutions for higher-education institutions, for $375 million. The deal adds TouchNet's U.Commerce platform, ~180 employees and more than 600 higher-education clients to Heartland's Campus Solutions business, positioning Heartland as a leader in the higher-education payments market.

Heartland Payment Systems Acquires MCS Software

April 10, 2014

Payments & Fintech

Heartland Payment Systems (Heartland School Solutions) acquired MCS Software, a Madisonville, Louisiana-based provider of K-12 school foodservice POS, back-office and online payment solutions. The deal expands Heartland’s School Solutions division by adding MCS’s software products and its nationwide customer base of more than 4,000 K-12 schools, strengthening Heartland’s position in the K-12 payments and nutrition management market.

Heartland Payment Systems Acquires School-Link Technologies

October 11, 2011

Education

Heartland Payment Systems’ School Solutions division acquired School-Link Technologies, a provider of K-12 school nutrition and point-of-sale (POS) solutions, to strengthen its K-12 payments and school nutrition product suite. The deal is part of a series of acquisitions (including LunchBox, Comalex and MySchoolBucks) that position Heartland as a market leader serving over 19,000 U.S. public schools.

Acrisure Acquires Heartland Payroll Solutions from Global Payments for $1.1B

May 28, 2025

Payments & Fintech

Acrisure has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Global Payments’ payroll business, Heartland Payroll Solutions, for $1.1 billion, a deal expected to close in the second half of 2025 subject to regulatory approvals. The acquisition will expand Acrisure’s payroll and HCM capabilities—bringing Heartland Payroll’s ~50,000 clients into Acrisure’s fintech ecosystem and advancing its strategy to broaden financial and back-office offerings for SMBs.

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.

ECI Software Solutions Acquires ES Tech Group

October 7, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

ECI Software Solutions has completed the acquisition of ES Tech Group, a U.K.-based B2B eCommerce software and services company. The deal expands ECI's cloud-based eCommerce portfolio and brings ES Tech's platform and growth-agency capabilities into ECI's suite to better serve SME manufacturers, distributors and wholesalers.