Tracked deals
20
20 tracked deals across 2018-2026.
Payments & Fintech Buyers & Acquisitions in Georgia
Buyer mix
Mixed buyer set
16 strategic · 11 pe
Top trend
Volume peaked in 2026
4 tracked deals announced in 2026.
Primary Insight
What Stands Out
- PROG Holdings, Inc. completed an acquisition of Purchasing Power in a $420 million cash deal, expanding employer-channel reach via a payroll-integrated voluntary employee benefit platform.
- Fortis acquired MerchantE’s NetSuite payments division, adding legacy NetSuite-integrated payment capabilities to its embedded payments platform.
- Aurora Payments, LLC acquired VN Systems to scale merchant services/ISO coverage and expand distribution through its NailSoft salon-management platform.
- Several deals focus on embedded or vertical payments: crew payroll and payments (Marcura acquiring Brightwell Navigator) and government cloud payments (Government Window investment).
- Investor-led consortium dealmaking appears in Sixth Street-led acquisition of GreenSky from Goldman Sachs, transferring control of the point-of-sale home improvement lending platform.
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Illustrative buyers pulled from tracked transactions on this page. This table is capped and intentionally non-exhaustive.
| Buyer | # Deals | Focus | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Payments, LLC | 1 | Payment technology company providing integrated payment p... | Strategic |
| Bakkt Holdings, Inc. | 1 | Digital asset marketplace enabling consumers to buy, sell... | Strategic |
| Bayview Asset Management | 1 | Alternative investment manager focused on residential, co... | PE |
| Bitcoin Depot | 1 | Publicly traded fintech operator providing a global Bitco... | Strategic |
| CPP Investments | 1 | Canada Pension Plan Investment Board — large institutiona... | Investor |
| CardWorks | 1 | Credit and payments company (including Merrick Bank) offe... | Strategic |
| Deluxe Corporation | 1 | Payments and data company providing checks, marketing, tr... | Strategic |
| FIS | 1 | Global provider of banking and payments technology and so... | Strategic |
| FTV Capital | 1 | Sector-focused growth equity investor specializing in pay... | PE |
| Forager Capital Management, LLC | 1 | Activist/investment manager proposing and financing M&A t... | PE |
Acquisition Volume in Payments & Fintech in Georgia by Year
Last 8 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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- Buyer
- Forager Capital Management, LLC
- Target
- Repay Holdings Corporation
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Forager Capital Management, LLC, the largest shareholder of Repay Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: RPAY), proposed to acquire 100% of Repay for $4.80 per share in an all-cash transaction. The offer represents a 75% premium to Repay’s 30-day VWAP of $2.75 and would take the public company private, subject to definitive documentation, due diligence, and regulatory approvals.
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March 31, 2026
- Buyer
- Stella Point Capital
- Target
- TRX Services, Inc. (TRX Services)
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
TRX Services, a payment processing solutions provider headquartered in Atlanta, received an equity investment from Stella Point Capital. The transaction closed earlier in March 2026, and financial terms were not disclosed.
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March 5, 2026
- Buyer
- Bitcoin Depot
- Target
- Kutt
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Bitcoin Depot announced it has acquired Kutt, a peer-to-peer social betting platform, marking Bitcoin Depot’s first entry into the P2P social betting market. The deal expands Bitcoin Depot’s fintech product portfolio beyond its core Bitcoin ATM business while allowing Kutt to continue operating under its existing brand and leadership.
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- Buyer
- PROG Holdings, Inc.
- Target
- Purchasing Power
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Buyout
PROG Holdings, the fintech holding company for Progressive Leasing, Four Technologies and Build, completed its previously announced acquisition of Purchasing Power for $420 million in cash. Purchasing Power becomes a wholly owned subsidiary, expanding PROG’s employer-channel reach via a payroll-integrated voluntary employee benefit platform.
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October 8, 2025
- Buyer
- Riata Capital Group
- Target
- Government Window
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Riata Capital Group, a Dallas-based private equity firm, has made a strategic growth investment in Government Window, a Kennesaw, Georgia-headquartered cloud-based payments platform serving state and local governments. The investment will support Government Window's geographic expansion across the U.S. and continued product buildout of its payments software and related services.
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- Buyer
- Marcura, Marlin Equity Partners
- Target
- Brightwell Navigator (Brightwell Payments Inc.)
- Seller
- Brightwell (Brightwell Payments Inc.)
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Addon
Marlin Equity Partners’ portfolio company Marcura has acquired Brightwell Navigator, the maritime crew payroll and payments division of Atlanta-based Brightwell Payments Inc. Brightwell Navigator will be merged into Marcura to strengthen its embedded payments and crew payroll capabilities, creating a leading crew payments solution serving over 150,000 seafarers per month.
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July 24, 2024
- Buyer
- Fortis
- Target
- MerchantE (NetSuite payments division)
- Seller
- MerchantE
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Divestiture
Fortis has acquired MerchantE's NetSuite payments division, adding legacy NetSuite-integrated payment capabilities to its embedded payments platform. The deal strengthens Fortis' leadership in embedded ERP payments and continues MerchantE's two-decade legacy supporting the NetSuite ecosystem.
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- Buyer
- Sixth Street, KKR, Bayview Asset Management, CardWorks, PIMCO, CPP Investments
- Target
- GreenSky
- Seller
- The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Buyout
A consortium of institutional investors led by Sixth Street — including KKR, Bayview Asset Management and CardWorks, with support from PIMCO and strategic financing from CPP Investments — acquired GreenSky and associated loan assets from Goldman Sachs. The transaction, which deepens GreenSky's partnership with Synovus Bank, closed in March 2024 and transfers control of the point-of-sale home improvement lending platform to the investor group.
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October 18, 2023
- Buyer
- Aurora Payments, LLC
- Target
- VN Systems (Iso1st LLC, DBA VN Systems)
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Aurora Payments has acquired VN Systems (Iso1st LLC, DBA VN Systems), a Georgia-based merchant services provider and ISO that serves Vietnamese-owned nail salons and other SMBs. The deal adds immediate scale to Aurora and its NailSoft salon-management platform, expanding distribution and integrated payments/software capabilities; 733Park advised VN Systems on the transaction.
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January 9, 2023
- Buyer
- Nuvei Corporation
- Target
- Paya Holdings Inc.
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Nuvei Corporation agreed to acquire Paya Holdings Inc. in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion (USD $9.75 per share). The deal combines Nuvei's global payment platform with Paya's U.S. integrated-payments and ISV capabilities to accelerate growth in eCommerce, integrated payments and B2B end markets.
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November 15, 2022
- Buyer
- Opn
- Target
- MerchantE
- Seller
- Integrum
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Opn has acquired MerchantE, a leading end-to-end payments and commerce platform headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, from Integrum. The combined business processes over $19 billion in payments for more than 20,000 customers and will expand Opn's footprint into the U.S. while MerchantE retains its headquarters and brand.
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October 25, 2022
- Buyer
- FTV Capital
- Target
- ConnexPay
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
FTV Capital led a $110 million growth equity investment in ConnexPay to support the payments technology company's international expansion and product enhancements. The funding will help ConnexPay extend its unified acquiring-and-issuing payments platform into new geographies and verticals, with FTV taking a board seat and previous investors also participating.
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February 17, 2022
- Buyer
- Integrum
- Target
- MerchantE
- Seller
- Cielo
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Integrum, a New York-based investment firm, has agreed to acquire MerchantE, an Alpharetta, Georgia-based full‑stack payments platform previously owned by Cielo. Integrum intends to invest in MerchantE's product, customer success and go-to-market capabilities to grow the company as a payments platform serving mid‑market B2B merchants.
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February 13, 2022
- Buyer
- FIS
- Target
- Payrix
- Seller
- PSG (Providence Strategic Growth), Blue Star Innovation Partners
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Buyout
FIS has acquired Payrix, an embedded payments fintech that enables SaaS platforms to embed payments and financial services for SMB merchants. Payrix was sold by an investor group led by PSG (Providence Strategic Growth) and Blue Star Innovation Partners; terms were not disclosed. The deal expands FIS's embedded payments, onboarding and automated underwriting capabilities to accelerate its e-commerce and platform offerings for SMBs.
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October 15, 2021
- Buyer
- Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE), Bakkt Holdings, Inc.
- Target
- VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings, Bakkt Holdings, LLC
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced that Bakkt Holdings, LLC completed its merger with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings (VIH). The combined company began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on October 18, 2021 under the ticker “BKKT,” following shareholder approval and customary closing conditions.
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January 15, 2021
- Buyer
- Pineapple Payments
- Target
- 1st Payment Systems
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Pineapple Payments, a Pittsburgh-based payments technology company, acquired Roswell, Georgia-based 1st Payment Systems to expand its direct sales reach and deepen partnerships with associations and Integrated Software Vendors (ISVs). The deal brings 1st Payment's vertical-focused sales capabilities into Pineapple's Transax platform to pursue more ISV and association channel growth; terms were not disclosed.
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January 14, 2021
- Buyer
- Warburg Pincus
- Target
- LendingPoint
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Warburg Pincus made a $125 million preferred equity growth investment in LendingPoint to support the company's expansion of financing solutions for ecommerce, point-of-sale, and financial institution partners and to enhance its data and technology platform. LendingPoint, a metro-Atlanta fintech that has originated over $2.5 billion in loans since 2015, will use the proceeds to scale products, data science, and merchant integrations.
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November 18, 2020
- Buyer
- Payroc WorldAccess, LLC, Parthenon Capital
- Target
- Bluestone Payments, LLC
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Payroc WorldAccess, LLC acquired Bluestone Payments, LLC, an independent sales organization (ISO) founded by Linda Rossetti, to grow its sales organization and expand merchant referral relationships. Payroc — a merchant acquirer backed by private equity firm Parthenon Capital — will retain Rossetti as President of Bluestone and expand her role as EVP, Strategic Partnerships at Payroc.
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October 27, 2020
- Buyer
- REPAY Holdings Corporation
- Target
- CPS Payment Services
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Buyout
REPAY Holdings Corporation agreed to acquire Atlanta-based CPS Payment Services for up to $93 million, with $78 million paid at closing and up to $15 million in earnouts. The acquisition expands REPAY's B2B payments and accounts-payable automation capabilities and brings CPS's enterprise client base and ERP-integrated AP automation technology into REPAY's product suite.
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August 16, 2018
- Buyer
- Deluxe Corporation, WAUSAU Financial Systems, Inc.
- Target
- First Data Corporation (remittance processing business)
- Seller
- First Data Corporation
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Divestiture
Deluxe Corporation's WAUSAU Financial Systems acquired the remittance processing business of First Data Corporation for $93 million in cash. The acquisition integrates remittance processing, image-capture software and related treasury management capabilities into Deluxe Financial Services' Treasury Management Solutions to enhance efficiency and funds availability for financial institutions and corporate clients.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What kinds of payments businesses are being acquired in Georgia?
The deals span merchant services/ISOs, embedded payments (including NetSuite-integrated capabilities), payroll- and benefits-adjacent platforms, government-focused payments software, crew payroll and payments, and POS home improvement lending.
Which Georgia fintech acquisitions involve embedded payments?
Examples include Fortis acquiring MerchantE’s NetSuite payments division and Marcura/Marlin Equity Partners acquiring Brightwell Navigator (Brightwell Payments division) to strengthen embedded payments and crew payroll capabilities.
Are there Georgia payments deals that keep the acquired brand and leadership?
Yes. Bitcoin Depot’s acquisition of Kutt allows Kutt to continue operating under its existing brand and leadership.
What is a notable large-ticket Georgia payments transaction on the page?
PROG Holdings, Inc. completed the $420 million cash acquisition of Purchasing Power (voluntary employee benefits with payroll integration).
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