Modern Treasury Acquires Beam to Add Stablecoin Payments

Nava Acquires Beam to Expand Open, End-to-End Benefits Delivery Stack

February 9, 2026

Government & Public Sector

Nava Public Benefit Corporation has acquired Beam, a cloud-based SaaS platform that supports safety-net, emergency aid, and cash assistance programs, and will integrate Beam into Nava's open-source Strata suite. The acquisition broadens Nava's end-to-end benefits delivery capabilities — Beam has disbursed more than $400 million to over 300,000 recipients across 39 states — and brings Beam's team and technology into Nava to accelerate modern, open government benefits delivery.

Paystand Acquires Bitwage

November 7, 2025

Payments & Fintech

Paystand, a blockchain-powered B2B payments network, has acquired Bitwage, a platform for stablecoin-enabled cross-border payouts. The acquisition embeds Bitwage’s payout engine into Paystand’s AR/AP and treasury stack to enable enterprise-grade stablecoin settlement, faster cross-border payouts, and automated on-chain reconciliation for global customers.

Ripple Acquires GTreasury for $1 Billion

October 16, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Ripple announced its $1 billion acquisition of GTreasury, described as the global leader in treasury management systems. The deal is intended to expand Ripple’s access to the multi-trillion-dollar corporate treasury market and combine GTreasury’s treasury/risk/compliance capabilities with Ripple’s digital-asset and payments infrastructure.

Stripe Acquires Stablecoin Platform Bridge for $1.1 Billion

October 20, 2024

Payments & Fintech

Stripe has acquired stablecoin payments platform Bridge for $1.1 billion, marking the largest acquisition in both Stripe's history and the crypto industry. Bridge provides APIs and software that enable businesses to accept stablecoin payments; the deal accelerates Stripe's push into crypto-backed payment rails and stablecoin support.

Paystand Acquires Teampay

April 25, 2024

Payments & Fintech

Paystand has acquired Teampay to combine blockchain-enabled B2B payments with Teampay's spend and expense management platform, creating a no-fee, end-to-end payments and spend management suite for CFOs. The combined network will serve more than 1 million businesses and expand Paystand's AR capabilities into AP and corporate expense controls; financial terms were not disclosed.

Merge Acquires Beam

April 25, 2019

Marketing & Advertising

Keystone Capital–backed Merge has acquired Beam, a Boston-based experience design, digital marketing, and technology consultancy. The add-on expands Merge's experience strategy, design, CRM, and platform development capabilities; terms were not disclosed.