Acrisure Acquires Heartland Payroll Solutions from Global Payments for $1.1B
May 28, 2025
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.
- Buyers
- Acrisure
- Targets
- Heartland Payroll Solutions
- Sellers
- Global Payments, Inc.
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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