Scale Bank Acquires Great Plains Transportation Services and Partners Funding
October 1, 2025
Scale Bank has acquired Great Plains Transportation Services and Partners Funding, two Fairmont, Minnesota-based invoice factoring providers, bringing their combined team of 39 professionals and ~2,800 customers into Scale Bank’s Scale Funding and Provident Commercial Finance divisions. The acquisition expands Scale Bank’s factoring capabilities and strengthens its lending presence in the trucking and transportation end market while complementing its financing to staffing and oil & gas service companies.
- Buyers
- Scale Bank
- Targets
- Great Plains Transportation Services, Partners Funding
- Sellers
- Jan Bosma, Sherri DeJong
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Location
- Minnesota, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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