Cornerstone Global Management Acquires Paydrop

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.

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.

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.

Payroc Acquires Gateway Payments, LLC

February 28, 2020

Payments & Fintech

Payroc, a Tinley Park-based merchant acquirer and payment processor, has acquired the assets and operations of Gateway Payments, LLC, an independent sales organization based in Destin, Florida. The deal (closed Feb. 28) brings Gateway Payments' sales personnel and merchant portfolio in Gulf Coast markets into Payroc's merchant acquiring platform to accelerate regional growth.

Paystone Acquires Canadian Payment Services

January 26, 2022

Payments & Fintech

Paystone, a London, Ontario-based payments and customer engagement company, acquired Canadian Payment Services (CPS), a Canadian merchant services provider. The deal expands Paystone's merchant base and capabilities—adding CPS's ~10,000 merchants and enabling Paystone to offer its proprietary SaaS products and payment services to a larger Canadian footprint.

Banc of California Acquires Deepstack Payments Platform from Global Payroll Gateway

September 15, 2022

Payments & Fintech

Banc of California acquired the payments platform and technology assets of Global Payroll Gateway, Inc. and its subsidiary Deepstack Technologies for $24 million in cash and stock. The acquisition, which brings Deepstack's team (11 employees) and IP into Banc of California, expands the bank's payments capabilities and aims to grow fee-based, non-interest income.