Xero to Acquire Melio to Accelerate Global Growth

Deluxe Acquires Celero Commerce for $625 Million

June 18, 2026

Payments & Fintech

Deluxe (NYSE: DLX) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Celero Commerce for $625 million in an all-cash deal, plus certain seller transaction expenses and other adjustments. The acquisition is aimed at accelerating Deluxe’s transformation toward higher-growth Payments and Data segments and modernizing its payments technology infrastructure.

PairSoft Acquires Nimbello to Expand AI-Powered Procure-to-Pay SaaS Offerings

March 19, 2026

Cloud & SaaS

PairSoft announced it has acquired Nimbello, an accounts payable automation and payments provider specializing in purchase-order-based invoice matching. The acquisition enhances PairSoft’s native ERP integrations (including Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP, NetSuite, Oracle, Sage Intacct, and others) and adds Nimbello’s AI capabilities for invoice processing and general ledger coding.

Mollie To Acquire GoCardless

December 14, 2025

Payments & Fintech

Mollie has signed an agreement to acquire bank payments company GoCardless to create a unified European payments and bank payment platform. The combined platform will combine card payments, local payment methods, and bank payments under a single provider and is expected to be finalized in mid-2026, subject to regulatory approvals.

MoonPay Acquires Helio

January 13, 2025

Payments & Fintech

MoonPay has acquired blockchain payment processor Helio for $175 million. The deal integrates Helio’s Solana-powered checkout technology into MoonPay’s payments infrastructure to expand its crypto merchant payment capabilities across e-commerce platforms like Shopify and Discord.

Papaya Global Acquires Azimo

March 28, 2022

Financial Services

Papaya Global has agreed to acquire Azimo, the London-based digital cross-border payments service, to expand its payroll payments capabilities and gain multiple payment licences and a global payment network. The deal will bring Azimo's payment licences (UK, Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong) and its team into Papaya, enabling faster, near-instant payments to global employees and new payroll-related services for Papaya customers.

Xero Acquires Planday for €183.5M

March 8, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Xero, the New Zealand-founded cloud accounting platform, has agreed to acquire Danish staff rota and workforce management SaaS provider Planday for €183.5 million (€155.7m upfront plus up to €27.8m earnout). The deal is expected to close in March 2022 and aims to integrate Planday’s scheduling and workforce tools into Xero’s small-business ecosystem to drive product capability expansion and revenue growth across key European markets.