TELUS International Acquires Playment

Celero Commerce Acquires TransNational Payments

October 28, 2020

Payments & Fintech

Celero Commerce, a PE-backed vertically focused commerce solutions provider, acquired TransNational Payments, a provider of electronic payments technology and business-management SaaS. The deal expands Celero's merchant and financial-institution footprint—bringing the combined company to roughly 40,000 merchants and more than $14 billion in card volume processed annually—and adds proprietary SaaS capabilities and distribution channels to Celero's platform.

Thunes Acquires Tilia LLC

April 23, 2024

Payments & Fintech

Thunes, a Singapore-headquartered global cross-border payments company, signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tilia LLC, an all-in-one payments platform licensed across 48 U.S. states. The acquisition aims to accelerate Thunes' growth in the United States and expand its capabilities and customer offerings in the online gaming, virtual worlds and creator-economy markets; Tilia will remain based in San Francisco and enter an exclusive five-year partnership with Linden Lab post-closing.

TELUS Corporation Acquires TELUS Digital

October 31, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

TELUS Corporation completed the acquisition of all outstanding shares of TELUS Digital for US$4.50 per share (approximately US$539 million aggregate consideration), taking TELUS Digital private and making TELUS the 100% owner. The deal is intended to accelerate integration of AI-powered digital customer experience, SaaS capabilities and cross‑company growth opportunities across TELUS’ telecommunications, health, agriculture and consumer goods businesses while delivering operational synergies.

PracticeTek Acquires GrowthPlug

September 22, 2022

Healthcare Services

PracticeTek has acquired GrowthPlug, an AI-driven practice marketing and automation SaaS, adding the business to PracticeTek’s portfolio of healthcare software solutions. GrowthPlug will continue to be led by CEO Sudhir Bhatti and COO Shavita Bhatti; investor Elevate Capital exits its stake as part of the transaction.

Paymentology and Tutuka Merge to Create Global Issuer-Processor

December 6, 2021

Payments & Fintech

Paymentology and Tutuka have merged to form a unified global issuer-processor operating under the Paymentology name, combining their platforms, teams and reach to serve banks, fintechs and telcos across 49 countries. The combined business brings together Paymentology's multi-cloud processing platform with Tutuka's global experience to offer single-API card issuing and processing at scale.

Visa Acquires Tink

March 10, 2022

Payments & Fintech

Visa has completed its acquisition of Tink, a Stockholm-based open banking platform that provides APIs for account aggregation, payment initiation and financial data services. Tink will operate as a standalone subsidiary led by its existing management team and the deal is intended to expand Visa's open banking capabilities and connectivity across Europe and beyond.