MPAY Acquires Southland Data Processing

Payscale Acquires Datapeople

September 16, 2025

Software

Payscale Inc. has acquired Datapeople, an AI-powered recruiting platform that helps hiring teams create clearer, more compliant job postings. The acquisition expands Payscale's product capabilities by aligning talent acquisition and job-posting workflows with compensation benchmarking and pay-transparency compliance.

Payentry Acquires Corporate Payroll Services (CPS)

September 11, 2025

Accounting & Tax

Payentry and Corporate Payroll Services (CPS) announced a merger under the Payentry brand, with CPS to be integrated and rebranded in mid–late 2026. The combination expands Payentry's payroll and human capital management capabilities, increases service capacity, and gives CPS clients access to Payentry's SaaS tools and HR compliance resources.

Acrisure Acquires Heartland Payroll Solutions from Global Payments for $1.1B

May 28, 2025

Payments & Fintech

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.

MPAY Acquires Web Payroll & Tax Solutions

October 21, 2024

Staffing & HR

MPAY has acquired Web Payroll & Tax Solutions, a San Antonio-based payroll and digital payment provider, effective October 1, 2024. The deal expands MPAY's Payentry platform footprint and strengthens its presence in Texas as part of MPAY's ongoing roll-up strategy and third acquisition in 2024.

Payroll Growth Partners Acquires School Payroll Services and Integrates It into the PayBridge Family

January 18, 2024

Professional Services

Payroll Growth Partners (PGP) has acquired School Payroll Services (SPS) and will integrate SPS into its PayBridge platform, giving SPS access to PGP/PayBridge payroll technology including the WageLink app and early wage access. The deal is an add-on designed to expand PayBridge's capabilities and reach in the K-12 charter school market by improving time & attendance, substitute scheduling and other payroll services for educators.

PayDay Employer Solutions Acquires StarPay Payroll & HR Solutions

December 14, 2021

Staffing & HR

PayDay Employer Solutions, a Bellmawr, New Jersey-based payroll and employer services provider, has acquired StarPay Payroll & HR Solutions of Long Island (Melville/Plainview, New York). The seller will retain StarPay's local service team and owner Cheryl Frankel in a client-facing role, and the deal expands PayDay's client roster to more than 3,000 companies while preserving StarPay's existing software and reporting.