Global Payments Acquires Worldpay in Three-Way Transaction with FIS and GTCR

Shift4 Payments Acquires Global Blue

July 3, 2025

Payments & Fintech

Shift4 Payments completed a tender offer and subsequent squeeze-out merger to acquire Global Blue Group Holding AG, taking the company private for $7.50 per share. The acquisition adds Global Blue's tax-refund, dynamic currency conversion and payments technology to Shift4's commerce platform, expanding Shift4's capabilities and global reach in retail, travel and hospitality.

Paya (GTCR-backed) Acquires The Payment Group from Thompson Street Capital Partners

October 1, 2020

Payments & Fintech

Atlanta-based payments provider Paya, backed by private equity firm GTCR, has acquired The Payment Group (TPG) from Thompson Street Capital Partners for $21 million. The acquisition strengthens Paya’s government and utilities payments footprint—notably expanding its presence in Texas—and brings TPG’s ~600 municipal customers onto Paya’s platform.

Payoneer Completes Business Combination with FTAC Olympus Acquisition Corp.

June 28, 2021

Payments & Fintech

Payoneer Inc. completed a business combination with special purpose acquisition company FTAC Olympus Acquisition Corp., creating the new public entity Payoneer Global Inc. The combined company began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbols PAYO and PAYOW and the transaction included a $300 million PIPE from investors including Wellington Management, Dragoneer, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, Millennium, T. Rowe Price and Winslow Capital.

Shift4 Completes Acquisition of Global Blue

July 3, 2025

Payments & Fintech

Shift4 Payments completed a tender offer through its subsidiary GT Holding 1 GmbH to acquire Global Blue Group Holding AG for $7.50 per share, receiving valid tenders representing approximately 97.37% of outstanding shares. Shift4 will integrate Global Blue's tax-free shopping, dynamic currency conversion and payments technology into its commerce platform to expand capabilities and global merchant reach; Ant International and Tencent will become strategic partners in the combined ecosystem.

Fiserv Completes Acquisition of Payfare

March 3, 2025

Payments & Fintech

Fiserv, through its affiliate 1517452 B.C. Ltd., has completed the acquisition of Payfare Inc. under a plan of arrangement. Payfare’s Class A shares will be delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange and withdrawn from OTCQX, and the company will integrate Payfare’s instant-pay and mobile banking capabilities to expand Fiserv’s payments and fintech offerings.

Global Payments Acquires MineralTree

September 8, 2021

Payments & Fintech

Global Payments Inc. agreed to acquire MineralTree, a provider of accounts payable automation and B2B payments SaaS, for $500 million in cash. The acquisition expands Global Payments' B2B payments and AP automation capabilities and is expected to close pending customary approvals.