Stake Acquires Circa to Add No-Fee Rent Payments and Collections

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.

The Tie Acquires Stakin

January 6, 2026

Financial Services

The Tie, an institutional digital-asset solutions provider, has acquired staking provider Stakin (which manages roughly $1.5 billion in assets under delegation) to launch a new Infrastructure Solutions division. The acquisition brings Stakin’s non-custodial, enterprise-grade staking infrastructure into The Tie’s institutional platform to offer a unified gateway and expanded capabilities for hedge funds, asset managers, banks and other institutional clients.

Kraken Acquires Staked

December 21, 2021

Payments & Fintech

Kraken has acquired Staked, a non-custodial staking infrastructure provider, for an undisclosed sum to expand its staking product lineup and offer a non-custodial alternative to its custodial staking services. The deal strengthens Kraken's capabilities across additional proof-of-stake networks and brings Staked's institutional and retail clients into Kraken's broader crypto platform.

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.

Mitratech Acquires Circa and Trakstar

April 14, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Mitratech has acquired Milwaukee-based Circa (Infosoft Group d/b/a Circa) from Gauge Capital and concurrently acquired Trakstar, expanding its HR compliance, DEI, workforce analytics, and talent management capabilities. The transactions bring OFCCP compliance, DEI sourcing, workforce analytics, and performance management technologies into Mitratech’s existing legal, risk, compliance, and HR software platform.

MRI Software Acquires RentPayment Business from Priority Technology Holdings

September 23, 2020

Payments & Fintech

MRI Software has acquired the RentPayment business (RentPayment.com, StorageRentPayment.com and DuesPayment.com) from Priority Technology Holdings. Priority will continue to provide payment infrastructure and processing to the MRI platform; the deal brings a payments platform serving ~2,900 real-estate clients into MRI to scale and expand its global payments capability for residential, affordable and public housing markets.