Global Payments Acquires Worldpay from GTCR and FIS in $24.25 Billion Three-Way Transaction

Paya (GTCR-backed) Acquires The Payment Group from Thompson Street Capital Partners

October 1, 2020

Payments & Fintech

Atlanta-based payments provider Paya, backed by private equity firm GTCR, has acquired The Payment Group (TPG) from Thompson Street Capital Partners for $21 million. The acquisition strengthens Paya’s government and utilities payments footprint—notably expanding its presence in Texas—and brings TPG’s ~600 municipal customers onto Paya’s platform.

Shift4 Completes Acquisition of Global Blue

July 3, 2025

Payments & Fintech

Shift4 Payments completed its all-cash tender offer and subsequent squeeze-out merger to acquire Global Blue for $7.50 per common share in cash. The acquisition integrates Global Blue’s tax-free shopping, dynamic currency conversion, and payments technology into Shift4’s unified commerce platform.

Payroc Acquires Worldnet

April 21, 2022

Payments & Fintech

Payroc WorldAccess (Payroc), a PE-backed global payments acquirer, has acquired Worldnet, a provider of unified omnichannel payments gateway solutions for ISVs. The deal — completed with support from Payroc’s sponsor Parthenon Capital — expands Payroc’s embedded payments and ISV capabilities and brings Worldnet’s online, in‑store, unattended, and mobile payment technology onto Payroc’s platform.

Global Payments Acquires MineralTree

September 8, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Global Payments Inc. has agreed to purchase MineralTree for $500 million in cash. The acquisition expands Global Payments’ B2B payments and software-led accounts payable automation capabilities, with closing expected in Q4 2021 subject to approvals.

Shift4 Completes Acquisition of Global Blue

July 3, 2025

Payments & Fintech

Shift4 Payments completed a tender offer through its subsidiary GT Holding 1 GmbH to acquire Global Blue Group Holding AG for $7.50 per share, receiving valid tenders representing approximately 97.37% of outstanding shares. Shift4 will integrate Global Blue's tax-free shopping, dynamic currency conversion and payments technology into its commerce platform to expand capabilities and global merchant reach; Ant International and Tencent will become strategic partners in the combined ecosystem.

Payoneer and FTAC Olympus Acquisition Corp. Complete Business Combination

June 28, 2021

Payments & Fintech

Payoneer completed its business combination with FTAC Olympus Acquisition Corp., resulting in the formation of the public company Payoneer Global Inc. The combined entity began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbols PAYO (common stock) and PAYOW (warrants). The transaction included a $300 million PIPE investment from multiple institutional investors.