Payments & Fintech Acquisitions in Missouri

Vehlo (Vehlo Holdings) has acquired Dealer Pay, a dealer-focused payments and POS software provider, from Convenient Brands, a portfolio company of The Beekman Group. The deal expands Vehlo's dealership service-lane ecosystem by adding integrated payment processing, DMS integrations, reporting, and loyalty features to its suite of automotive software and financial solutions.

Greenwood, the Atlanta-based digital banking platform for Black and Latino individuals and businesses, announced the acquisition of Kinly, a digitally native neobank focused on building generational wealth for Black America. The deal brings Kinly's ~300,000-member community into Greenwood's ecosystem, expanding Greenwood's customer base and product capabilities to better serve Black and Latino consumers and small businesses.

Convenient Brands, a Draper, Utah-based platform and portfolio company of The Beekman Group, has acquired Dealer Pay, LLC, a St. Louis-area provider of web-based payments and point-of-sale software for automotive dealerships. The transaction includes a strategic growth investment to accelerate product development and expand Convenient Brands' automotive payments and software offering.

Payroc WorldAccess (Payroc), a global payments processor, has acquired DCS Holdings Group, LLC d/b/a ACHeck21, a St. Charles, Missouri-based provider of ACH, check capture and verification technology. The acquisition expands Payroc's integrated payments capabilities by adding ACHeck21's eCheck/ACH platform and open API to Payroc's card and eCheck offerings.

Pivotal Payments completed the acquisition of a merchant portfolio from American National Payments, adding over 2,000 merchants and approximately $300 million in annual bankcard volume. The deal also brings an established ISO sales partner into Pivotal's channel, supporting the company's continued North American expansion of merchant services.