Top Payments & Fintech Acquirers (2002-2026)

Tracked deals

596

596 tracked deals across 2002-2026.

Buyer mix

Strategic-led

493 strategic · 162 pe

Top trend

Volume peaked in 2025

109 tracked deals announced in 2025.

Primary Insight

What Stands Out

  • Crypto payments infrastructure is a recurring theme: MoonPay acquired Glide to support crypto deposits onboarding and also acquired Entendre to bring AI accounting agents into stablecoin/fintech operations.
  • Fiat-to-on-chain and card/escrow plumbing matter: Nium acquired Cypher to strengthen fiat-to-on-chain money movement using a non-custodial wallet and card-issuing foundation.
  • Open banking and credit data remain strategic: PayPoint acquired AperiData to add Open Banking and real-time credit reference/transaction-level assessment capabilities.
  • Business payments and receivables automation show up in cash-flow tooling: Telpay acquired Notch Financial to add invoicing and payment collection capabilities.
  • Geography varies by subsector—South Africa (Pepkor/Flash + Shop2Shop), Canada (Telpay/Notch Financial), Brazil (Tilt/Blipay), and Saudi Arabia (Beehive/“Themar” crowdfunding platform).

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Top Buyers

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Buyer # Deals Focus Type
Fiserv, Inc. 9 Global provider of payments and financial services techno... Strategic
MoonPay 7 Provider of crypto payments infrastructure and on/offramp... Strategic
Parthenon Capital 7 Middle-market private equity firm that invests in service... PE
Celero Commerce 6 Vertically-focused commerce solutions provider offering p... Strategic (PE-backed)
NMI 6 Full commerce enablement technology company and payment p... Strategic (PE-backed)
Great Hill Partners 5 Boston-based growth-oriented private equity firm investin... PE
Payroc WorldAccess, LLC 5 Global payments acquirer, processor, and payments technol... Strategic (PE-backed)
Payroc WorldAccess, LLC (Payroc) 5 Global merchant acquirer, payment processor and payment f... Strategic (PE-backed)
Repay Holdings Corporation 5 Public payments technology and processing company providi... Strategic
Shift4 5 Integrated payments and commerce technology provider offe... Strategic

Acquisition Volume in Payments & Fintech by Year

Last 10 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 10 years for Top Payments & Fintech Acquirers (2002-2026). 3 2017 3 2018 28 2019 57 2020 81 2021 97 2022 46 2023 72 2024 109 2025 ~124 est. 89 2026
Actual Full-year estimate

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Circle Internet Group Acquires Tazapay
    September 11, 2026
    Buyer
    Circle Internet Group
    Target
    Tazapay
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Singapore
    Type
    Buyout

    Circle Internet Group has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Singapore-based Tazapay, a B2B cross-border payments infrastructure provider. The deal is expected to close in 2027, subject to customary conditions and regulatory approvals, including approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

  • PayNearMe Acquires Marr Labs to Expand Agentic AI in Payments
    September 9, 2026
    Buyer
    PayNearMe
    Target
    Marr Labs
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    California, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    PayNearMe acquired the technology assets and hired key employees of Marr Labs, an AI company that builds agentic solutions for automated voice, messaging, and workflows in complex regulated environments. The deal aims to integrate Marr Labs’ agentic AI expertise into PayNearMe’s Payment Experience Management (PEM) platform to improve the end-to-end payment experience.

  • OpenPayd Acquires 43 U.S. State Money Transmitter Licenses via MSB USA
    September 5, 2026
    Buyer
    OpenPayd
    Target
    MSB USA
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    OpenPayd finalized its acquisition/integration of MSB USA, bringing 43 U.S. state money transmitter licenses under the OpenPayd group. The expanded regulatory footprint is intended to strengthen OpenPayd’s ability to serve global clients operating in or expanding into the U.S., leveraging compliant payment infrastructure for fiat and digital assets.

  • Basware to Acquire Trustpair
    August 28, 2026
    Buyer
    Basware
    Target
    Trustpair
    Seller
    Trustpair's shareholders (including Axeleo Capital, Breega and Tikehau Capital)
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    France
    Type
    Buyout

    Basware signed a binding agreement to acquire Trustpair to extend its Invoice Lifecycle Management platform into payment fraud prevention. The combined solution is positioned to provide end-to-end invoice-to-payment assurance, with Basware validating invoice legitimacy and Trustpair validating that payments go to the intended supplier account.

  • Priority Commerce (Priority Technology Holdings) to Acquire IntelliPay
    August 26, 2026
    Buyer
    Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (Priority Commerce)
    Target
    IntelliPay
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (Priority Commerce) announced it entered into a membership interest purchase agreement to acquire IntelliPay. The deal is intended to create Priority Commerce Government, extending Priority Commerce’s enterprise payments business into the public sector (state and local municipalities, educational institutions, and healthcare organizations).

  • Nayax Acquires IPS Group for $350 Million
    August 25, 2026
    Buyer
    Nayax
    Target
    IPS Group
    Seller
    Windjammer Capital Investors
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    California, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Nayax has agreed to acquire IPS Group, a smart parking technology provider, from Windjammer Capital Investors for $350 million in cash. The deal is intended to expand Nayax’s unattended commerce platform into parking and curb-management services, pairing IPS infrastructure with Nayax’s payments processing and global distribution.

  • StoneX Group To Acquire Banco Travelex To Expand Brazil Payments, PIX And Foreign Exchange Platform
    August 21, 2026
    Buyer
    StoneX Group
    Target
    Banco Travelex
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Brazil
    Type
    Buyout

    StoneX Group has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Banco Travelex, expanding its payments and foreign exchange capabilities in Brazil and adding regulated banking infrastructure in an FX market. The deal is expected to expand StoneX’s ability for clients to hold local and foreign currency accounts in Brazil and to roll out products including non-resident accounts and proprietary PIX capabilities, subject to Central Bank of Brazil approval.

  • AlphaPay (Payment Asia Group) Completes Acquisition of Motion Pay
    August 19, 2026
    Buyer
    Payment Asia Group, AlphaPay
    Target
    Motion Pay
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    British Columbia, Canada
    Type
    Buyout

    Payment Asia Group’s Canadian business, AlphaPay, completed the strategic acquisition and integration of Motion Pay, a Canada-based payment service provider. The deal is accompanied by Payment Asia Group’s newly obtained Canadian Money Services Business (MSB) licence, strengthening its compliance and cross-border payment capabilities in North America.

  • Citi Agrees to Acquire Kard Financial
    August 14, 2026
    Buyer
    Citi
    Target
    Kard Financial
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Citi has agreed to acquire Kard Financial to expand its customer engagement, rewards, and commerce media capabilities. The deal will combine Citi’s payments infrastructure and U.S. cardholder base with Kard’s machine-learning personalization and merchant-funded offer platform.

  • Abry Partners Invests in Edenred Pay North America to Accelerate B2B Invoice-to-Pay Growth
    July 31, 2026
    Buyer
    Abry Partners
    Target
    Edenred Pay North America
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Growth capital

    Edenred announced a strategic partnership with Abry Partners in which Abry will invest in Edenred Pay North America, a B2B payments automation platform focused on invoice-to-pay in the United States. Under the deal, Abry will make an initial $75 million cash investment and receive convertible preferred shares with potential conversion into up to 40% of common shares on a fully diluted basis.

  • New Silver Acquires Mayflower Venture Partners
    July 27, 2026
    Buyer
    New Silver
    Target
    Mayflower Venture Partners
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Massachusetts, United States
    Type
    Addon

    New Silver, a tech-enabled real estate lending platform, announced the acquisition of Mayflower Venture Partners, a Quincy, Massachusetts-based direct lender focused on fix-and-flip and new construction loans in New England. The deal is intended to deepen New Silver’s New England presence while giving Mayflower’s clients access to a broader suite of loan products, technology (including AI-assisted underwriting), and increased capital capacity.

  • Pepkor To Combine Flash With Shop2Shop, Acquiring 57.1% Of The Resulting FintechCo
    July 23, 2026
    Buyer
    Pepkor
    Target
    Flash, Shop2Shop
    Seller
    Shop2Shop existing shareholders
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    South Africa
    Type
    Buyout

    Pepkor has entered agreements to combine its Flash value-added services distribution business and digital products platform with Shop2Shop to form FintechCo, a South African merchant-focused commerce and financial technology platform. Pepkor will acquire a 57.1% controlling stake by investing R1.57 billion in cash into Shop2Shop and contributing its Flash shares; Shop2Shop shareholders will retain 42.9%.

  • MoonPay Acquires Glide to Strengthen Crypto Deposits Infrastructure
    July 17, 2026
    Buyer
    MoonPay
    Target
    Glide
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Type
    Buyout

    MoonPay acquired Glide, a crypto deposits technology startup, in an all-equity deal announced July 16, 2026. Glide’s routing and self-custodial escrow smart-contract technology is being folded into MoonPay Deposits to reduce onboarding friction for crypto apps. Financial terms were not disclosed, and Glide’s team (including co-founders) is joining MoonPay.

  • Stripe and Advent International Joint Offer to Acquire PayPal
    July 15, 2026
    Buyer
    Stripe, Advent International
    Target
    PayPal Holdings
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Stripe and private equity firm Advent International reportedly submitted a joint offer to acquire PayPal Holdings for $60.50 per share, valuing PayPal at more than $53 billion. The proposal would take PayPal private with the two parties each holding an equal stake, and is backed by approximately $50 billion in committed bank financing, though PayPal has not yet responded.

  • Nium Acquires Cypher to Expand Fiat-to-On-Chain Payments Infrastructure
    July 8, 2026
    Buyer
    Nium
    Target
    Cypher
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    California, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Nium has acquired Cypher, a crypto-native non-custodial wallet and card issuing company, to strengthen its fiat-to-on-chain money movement infrastructure. The deal expands Nium’s ability to extend its security, compliance, and reliability framework from traditional payments to on-chain transactions and accelerate product delivery for crypto-native users.

  • Telpay Acquires Notch Financial to Expand Cash Flow Management Platform
    July 7, 2026
    Buyer
    Telpay Inc.
    Target
    Notch Financial
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Manitoba, Canada
    Type
    Buyout

    Telpay, a Canadian business payments company, acquired Notch Financial (Notch), an accounts receivable automation software provider. The deal adds modern invoicing, payment collection, and ordering capabilities to Telpay’s cash flow platform, aiming to provide Canadian businesses a more complete view of money coming in.

  • Monetary Metals Acquires TJS USA Inc
    July 7, 2026
    Buyer
    Monetary Metals
    Target
    TJS USA Inc.
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Arizona, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Monetary Metals, the global gold yield marketplace platform, acquired TJS USA Inc., a provider of gold asset assurance. The all-share transaction values TJS at $28.5 million and combines Monetary Metals’ gold yield platform with TJS’s in-house technology for verifying and monitoring physical precious metals.

  • Beehive Group Holdings acquires majority stake in Themar debt crowdfunding platform
    July 1, 2026
    Buyer
    Beehive Group Holdings Limited
    Target
    Themar Al Aamal Commercial Company LLC, Themar Al Aamal for Crowdfunding Company CJSC
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Saudi Arabia
    Type
    Buyout

    Beehive Group Holdings Limited has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Themar Al Aamal Commercial Company LLC, the holding company behind the SAMA-regulated Saudi debt crowdfunding platform Themar Al Aamal for Crowdfunding Company CJSC. The deal makes Beehive the first digital SME financing platform regulated across three GCC markets (UAE, Oman, and Saudi Arabia) and is intended to scale regulated SME financing in Saudi Arabia.

  • SoFi Acquires Composer to Add AI Investing Strategies
    July 1, 2026
    Buyer
    SoFi
    Target
    Composer
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    SoFi is acquiring Composer, a tool that helps users turn investing ideas into full AI-assisted strategies. SoFi plans to integrate Composer’s strategy-creation workflow into its consumer finance/investing product stack for its 14 million-member base.

  • Tilt Acquires Blipay to Expand Nonprime Consumer Credit in Brazil
    July 1, 2026
    Buyer
    Tilt
    Target
    Blipay
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    São Paulo, Brazil
    Type
    Buyout

    Tilt, a cash-flow underwriting and nonprime consumer fintech, completed its acquisition of Blipay, a Brazilian salary-advance lender with more than 6 million registered users. The deal gives Tilt immediate presence in Brazil, expanding its international footprint to a fourth market outside the United States.

  • PayPoint Acquires AperiData
    June 26, 2026
    Buyer
    PayPoint
    Target
    AperiData
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    PayPoint completed its acquisition of AperiData to strengthen its Open Banking and digital payments capabilities. AperiData provides real-time credit reference and transaction-level financial assessment tools that PayPoint plans to integrate into its multichannel payments services across the UK.

  • MoonPay Acquires Entendre to Expand Agentic Finance for Stablecoin Companies
    June 23, 2026
    Buyer
    MoonPay
    Target
    Entendre
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    New York, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    MoonPay has acquired Entendre, a company building AI accounting agents for stablecoin payment and fintech businesses. The acquisition extends MoonPay’s infrastructure into the financial operations layer, automating reconciliation, treasury, and close workflows for high-volume, multi-entity, multi-currency organizations.

  • Parvis Invest Acquires FavorPoint Capital to Expand into U.S. Private Markets
    June 23, 2026
    Buyer
    Parvis Invest Inc.
    Target
    FavorPoint Capital, LLC, FavorPoint Capital
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Parvis Invest entered into a definitive share purchase agreement to acquire 100% of FavorPoint Capital, a FINRA-registered broker-dealer headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. The transaction is designed to support Parvis’s expansion into American private markets by giving Parvis’s issuers a regulated FINRA-based distribution pathway to U.S. accredited investors.

  • Deluxe Acquires Celero Commerce for $625 Million
    June 18, 2026
    Buyer
    Deluxe
    Target
    Celero Commerce
    Seller
    LLR
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Tennessee, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    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.

  • CapitalSage Vantage Signs Agreement to Acquire Chimoney (Chi Technologies Inc.)
    June 17, 2026
    Buyer
    CapitalSage Vantage Limited, CapitalSage Holdings (subsidiary parent group)
    Target
    Chi Technologies Inc. (Chimoney)
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Ontario, Canada
    Type
    Buyout

    CapitalSage Vantage Limited has signed an agreement to acquire Chi Technologies Inc. (operating as Chimoney), a Toronto-headquartered cross-border payments infrastructure provider, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. The deal is designed to give CapitalSage immediate, regulated Canadian payments infrastructure and accelerate its Africa–Canada corridor ambitions while Chimoney continues operating within the CapitalSage ecosystem post-close.

  • Adyen Acquires Orb For $335 Million to Expand Enterprise Billing Infrastructure
    June 14, 2026
    Buyer
    Adyen
    Target
    Orb
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Adyen entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Orb, an enterprise billing and revenue intelligence platform, for $335 million. Orb will operate as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary under an incubator model after closing, with the deal expected to close on July 1, 2026 subject to regulatory approvals.

  • Levata Acquires POSDATA Group to Expand into Payment Technologies
    June 11, 2026
    Buyer
    Levata
    Target
    POSDATA Group
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Kentucky, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Levata announced the acquisition of POSDATA Group, a distributor and deployment partner for enterprise payment technologies. The deal extends Levata’s platform with certified payment terminal distribution, encryption key injection, and nationwide deployment and exchange capabilities for enterprise retail and hospitality customers.

  • Nuvei to Acquire Payoneer for $2.75 Billion
    June 10, 2026
    Buyer
    Nuvei, Neon Maple Parent Inc.
    Target
    Payoneer Global Inc.
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Nuvei (privately held, owned by Advent International) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire cross-border payments platform Payoneer for approximately $2.75 billion in an all-cash transaction. The deal values Payoneer at $7.40 per share and is expected to close in mid-2027, subject to shareholder approval, regulatory clearances, and customary closing conditions.

  • NMI Acquires Fee Navigator
    June 6, 2026
    Buyer
    NMI
    Target
    Fee Navigator
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Pennsylvania, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    NMI, a provider of embedded payments infrastructure, announced it has acquired Fee Navigator, an AI-powered pricing intelligence platform for payments companies. Fee Navigator’s technology analyzes merchant statements and recommends optimized pricing strategies for ISOs, ISO agents, ISVs, and other payments partners.

  • XFolio AI Acquires Absolute Payment Solutions to Unify Treasury and Payments for UK Corporates
    June 5, 2026
    Buyer
    XFolio AI
    Target
    Absolute Payment Solutions (APS)
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    XFolio AI, a Paris-based treasury and cash management technology group, has acquired Absolute Payment Solutions (APS), a Pay.UK-accredited Bacs service provider in the United Kingdom. The deal combines APS’s Bacs infrastructure with XFolio’s treasury technology to deliver an integrated platform for treasury, payments, open banking, risk management, and multi-rail payment connectivity.

  • Airwallex Acquires Leapfin
    June 4, 2026
    Buyer
    Airwallex
    Target
    Leapfin
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    California, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Airwallex announced its acquisition of Leapfin, a financial data automation platform focused on revenue recognition and reconciliation. The deal is intended to integrate Leapfin’s technology and AI agents into Airwallex’s platform to help customers close the financial lifecycle from payment acceptance through record-to-report.

  • Embed Financial Group Cayman Holdings (EFGH) to Combine With WinVest Acquisition Corp for NYSE Listing
    May 28, 2026
    Buyer
    Embed Financial Group Cayman Holdings (EFGH), WinVest Acquisition Corp
    Target
    WinVest Acquisition Corp
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Singapore
    Type
    Growth capital

    Embed Financial Group Cayman Holdings (EFGH) filed an F-4 with the U.S. SEC for a proposed business combination with WinVest Acquisition Corp. The two-step merger would result in both EFGH and WinVest becoming wholly owned subsidiaries of a newly incorporated Cayman Islands exempted company (Pubco), which intends to list on the NYSE at an enterprise value of about USD 425 million.

  • Periscope Equity Invests in Amusement Connect
    May 28, 2026
    Buyer
    Periscope Equity
    Target
    Amusement Connect
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Missouri, United States
    Type
    Recapitalization

    Periscope Equity has made a strategic investment in Amusement Connect, a cashless specialty payments platform purpose-built for the amusement industry. The recapitalization is intended to accelerate product innovation, expand sales and marketing efforts, and support international market growth.

  • MoonPay Acquires Decent.xyz and Launches MoonPay Trade
    May 25, 2026
    Buyer
    MoonPay
    Target
    Decent.xyz
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Unknown
    Type
    Buyout

    MoonPay announced it has acquired and integrated Decent.xyz, a cross-chain routing technology company originally backed by Y Combinator. The acquisition supports MoonPay Trade, a new API platform intended to give applications, financial institutions, and enterprises access to digital assets and onchain liquidity across 200+ blockchains using a unified execution and compliance infrastructure.

  • Sageview Capital Leads Growth Equity Investment in Alacriti
    May 20, 2026
    Buyer
    Sageview Capital, BMO Capital Partners, Curql Fund
    Target
    Alacriti
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    New Jersey, United States
    Type
    Growth capital

    Payments-focused fintech Alacriti announced a strategic growth equity investment led by Sageview Capital to accelerate modernization of payments infrastructure. The round also included participation from BMO Capital Partners and Curql Fund, expanding Alacriti’s OrbiPay platform across AI-driven intelligence, fraud prevention, and programmable money capabilities such as stablecoins and tokenized deposits.

  • Betr Acquires Ascent Capital Management To Accelerate Prediction Markets Launch
    May 20, 2026
    Buyer
    Betr
    Target
    Ascent Capital Management Inc.
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Florida, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Betr acquired Ascent Capital Management, securing National Futures Association (NFA) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) registration to expand regulated prediction markets within its gaming super app. The deal makes Betr a CFTC-registered introducing broker, enabling Betr to accelerate plans to launch Polymarket-powered prediction markets inside the Betr app.

  • NMI Acquires Dwolla to Expand Embedded A2A and Real-Time Money Movement Capabilities
    May 19, 2026
    Buyer
    NMI
    Target
    Dwolla
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Iowa, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    NMI, an embedded payments infrastructure provider, announced it has acquired Dwolla, an API-first account-to-account (A2A) payments and real-time/open banking money movement provider. The deal expands NMI’s embedded, white-labeled platform with modern A2A infrastructure, real-time payments, payouts, and related funds-flow capabilities. Dwolla’s CEO, Dave Glaser, will join NMI as Chief Operating Officer, and about 60 Dwolla employees will move to NMI.

  • National Australia Bank Acquires Banked to Expand Real-Time Payments Capabilities
    May 14, 2026
    Buyer
    National Australia Bank (NAB)
    Target
    Banked
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    California, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    National Australia Bank (NAB) announced it has acquired Banked, a fintech that enables businesses and customers to make and receive payments instantly using account-to-account technology. The acquisition is intended to strengthen NAB’s real-time payments capabilities, including “Pay by Bank” transactions that let merchants receive funds directly from customers’ bank accounts.

  • Payward to Acquire Reap Technologies Holdings to Expand Stablecoin Card and Cross-Border Payments
    May 7, 2026
    Buyer
    Payward, Inc.
    Target
    Reap Technologies Holdings Limited
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Hong Kong
    Type
    Buyout

    Payward, Inc. (Kraken’s parent) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Reap Technologies Holdings Limited, a stablecoin-native card issuing and payments infrastructure company, for up to $600 million in cash and Payward stock. The deal expands Payward Services—its B2B financial infrastructure platform—into the global cards and stablecoin payments space, with Reap to continue operating as a standalone platform within Payward’s ecosystem.

  • LLR Partners Invests in FastSpring Alongside Accel-KKR
    May 5, 2026
    Buyer
    LLR Partners, Accel-KKR
    Target
    FastSpring
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    California, United States
    Type
    Growth capital

    LLR Partners announced a strategic investment in FastSpring, an all-in-one digital commerce platform that acts as a merchant of record providing payments, subscriptions, and international tax management for AI, SaaS, gaming, and software companies. LLR joins existing financial backer Accel-KKR to support FastSpring’s continued product innovation and go-to-market expansion.

  • Francisco Partners Acquires Moneris Solutions Corporation for C$2 Billion
    May 4, 2026
    Buyer
    Francisco Partners
    Target
    Moneris Solutions Corporation
    Seller
    Bank of Montreal, Royal Bank of Canada
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Ontario, Canada
    Type
    Buyout

    Francisco Partners has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Moneris Solutions Corporation, the Canadian commerce solutions and payments processor, from Bank of Montreal (BMO) and Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) for approximately C$2.0 billion in cash (each bank receives 50%). The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected to close by the end of the first quarter of the banks’ fiscal year 2027. RBC and BMO will also enter into long-term exclusive customer referral arrangements with Moneris upon closing.

  • Barclays Completes Acquisition of Best Egg to Expand U.S. Personal Lending Platform
    May 1, 2026
    Buyer
    Barclays Bank Delaware (operating as Barclays US Consumer Bank)
    Target
    Best Egg, Inc.
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Delaware, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Barclays has completed its acquisition of Best Egg, a U.S. direct-to-consumer personal loan origination platform. The deal was executed through Barclays Bank Delaware and adds a scaled, capital-light personal lending capability to Barclays US Consumer Bank, with Best Egg continuing to operate under its existing brand.

  • Exodus Movement Acquires Baanx US Corp for $30M
    May 1, 2026
    Buyer
    Exodus Movement, Inc.
    Target
    Baanx US Corp.
    Seller
    W3C Corp.
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Nebraska, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Exodus Movement acquired the outstanding shares of Baanx US Corp. and certain other assets for a total purchase price of $30 million ($5 million at transfer of specified assets plus $25 million deferred over four years). Exodus said closing the Baanx US deal completes the final step to integrate Baanx into its self-custodial payments platform at scale.

  • Bakkt Completes Acquisition of Distributed Technologies Research (DTR)
    April 30, 2026
    Buyer
    Bakkt, Inc.
    Target
    Distributed Technologies Research (DTR)
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Zug, Switzerland
    Type
    Buyout

    Bakkt, Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of Distributed Technologies Research (DTR), a developer of agentic payments and stablecoin infrastructure. The deal combines Bakkt’s regulated institutional rails and licensing footprint with DTR’s AI-native engine and compliance stack to create an integrated 24/7 digital settlement layer for institutions and fintechs.

  • CoreGo Receives Majority Growth Investment From Bregal Milestone to Expand European Event Payments Platform
    April 29, 2026
    Buyer
    Bregal Milestone
    Target
    CoreGo
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Finland
    Type
    Growth capital

    Bregal Milestone made a majority growth investment in CoreGo, a Helsinki-founded provider of open-loop payments and integrated event technology solutions for festivals, sports events, and venues across Europe. The investment is intended to support CoreGo’s European expansion, advancement of AI capabilities, and further development of its product suite. Financial terms were not disclosed.

  • MoonPay Acquires Sodot and Launches MoonPay Institutional
    April 29, 2026
    Buyer
    MoonPay
    Target
    Sodot
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Israel
    Type
    Buyout

    MoonPay, a crypto payments network, announced the acquisition of Sodot, a crypto key management infrastructure company, for use as the foundation of MoonPay Institutional. The new business led by former acting CFTC Chairman Caroline D. Pham is designed to provide institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure, including wallet infrastructure and key management, custody, trade execution, liquidity aggregation, and white-label stablecoin issuance.

  • Goldman Sachs Alternatives Leads $50M Series C in Kashable
    April 28, 2026
    Buyer
    Goldman Sachs Alternatives
    Target
    Kashable
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Growth capital

    Kashable, a credit fintech focused on employer-offered lending, raised $60 million in venture capital in a Series C round. Goldman Sachs Alternatives led the round with up to $50 million (including an initial $25 million and an additional $25 million subject to conditions), with the remaining $10 million coming from existing investors Revolution Ventures and EJF Ventures.

  • Western & Southern Financial Group Acquires Till Financial
    April 27, 2026
    Buyer
    Western & Southern Financial Group
    Target
    Till Financial
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Western & Southern Financial Group announced it has acquired Till Financial, a fintech platform focused on “family banking” for families raising financially capable kids. The deal expands Western & Southern’s digital, direct-to-consumer strategy and diversifies its portfolio beyond traditional insurance and financial products.

  • Adyen to Acquire Talon.One
    April 23, 2026
    Buyer
    Adyen N.V.
    Target
    Talon.One GmbH
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Germany
    Type
    Buyout

    Adyen N.V. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Talon.One GmbH for total consideration of €750 million. The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.

  • Pushpay Acquires Nurture.io
    April 22, 2026
    Buyer
    Pushpay
    Target
    Nurture.io
    Industry
    Payments & Fintech
    Location
    Washington, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Pushpay announced it will acquire Nurture.io, a pastoral care and engagement platform purpose-built for churches. The acquisition is intended to add an “intelligent pastoral care layer” to Pushpay’s existing portfolio by aggregating engagement and pastoral signals from a church’s tech stack.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What parts of fintech do these acquisitions focus on most?

They commonly target payments and financial infrastructure, including crypto deposits/onboarding, fiat-to-on-chain money movement, Open Banking/data layers, and cash-flow or receivables automation.

Which buyers appear repeatedly on this Payments & Fintech acquisitions page?

Recurring buyer names listed include Shift4 Payments, Inc., Global Payments Inc., NatWest Group, Bitcoin Depot, PayPoint, Housatonic Partners, Goal Acquisitions Corp., and Remitly Global, Inc.

Are deals limited to the United States?

No. Recent examples shown include South Africa, Canada (Manitoba), Brazil (São Paulo), Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom, alongside U.S.-based transactions.

Do the acquisitions tend to be about technology integration or standalone products?

The summaries emphasize integration into broader platforms—such as incorporating acquired crypto, onboarding, Open Banking, invoicing/collection, or strategy/workflow tooling into existing payments and financial products.

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