Payments & Fintech Acquisitions in Utah

Stax Payments has acquired BlockChyp to add the company's payments gateway, APIs, and onboarding capabilities to Stax's payment technology stack. The deal expands Stax's end-to-end processing capabilities and brings BlockChyp's founders and team into Stax's leadership to accelerate product innovation for ISV and merchant customers.

Stripe has acquired Lemon Squeezy, a four-year-old payments and merchant-of-record platform that serves SaaS and digital-product businesses. Terms were not disclosed; Lemon Squeezy — a ~13-person startup that surpassed $1M ARR within nine months of launch — will help Stripe scale merchant-of-record selling and related billing/tax capabilities.

Corpay, Inc. (NYSE: CPAY) has completed the acquisition of GPS Capital Markets, LLC, a business-to-business cross-border payments and treasury management provider. The deal expands Corpay's cross-border capabilities, adds FX netting technology and specialist teams, and will increase the company's corporate payments revenue and customer reach while Corpay also completed the divestiture of Comdata Merchant POS Solutions to PDI Technologies.

Tyler Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Rapid Financial Solutions for approximately $68 million in cash and Tyler stock. Rapid, a Logan, Utah-based payments platform provider with more than 1,500 customers in courts, county offices and correctional facilities, will join Tyler's Payments business unit within the NIC Division to expand Tyler's payment disbursement and card issuance capabilities for government clients.

ClearSale, a global ecommerce fraud protection provider, acquired ChargebackOps, a Utah-based enterprise chargeback management services firm. The deal (initial payment $3.6M plus up to $0.6M contingent payments) brings chargeback investigation and dispute capabilities into ClearSale's AI-driven fraud protection suite to offer end-to-end merchant protection.

Rent-A-Center, Inc. (NASDAQ: RCII) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Acima Holdings LLC for $1.273 billion in cash plus approximately 10.8 million Rent‑A‑Center shares (valued at about $377 million). The deal—expected to close in H1 2021—adds Acima’s virtual lease-to-own fintech capabilities and national retail/e‑commerce partnerships to accelerate Rent‑A‑Center’s omnichannel LTO platform and long-term growth.

REPAY Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: RPAY) acquired cPayPlus, an accounts payable automation provider headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT, for up to $16.0 million (approximately $8.0 million paid at closing with up to $8.0 million earnout). The acquisition strengthens REPAY’s AP automation capabilities to complement its AR and payments offerings and accelerates cross-sell opportunities across REPAY’s B2B and automotive customer base.

Mastercard has agreed to acquire Finicity, a Salt Lake City-based provider of financial data APIs and analytics, for $825 million plus up to $160 million in potential earn-outs. The acquisition strengthens Mastercard's open banking capabilities and expands its data and account verification offerings for banks, fintechs and lenders in North America and beyond.

SoFi (Social Finance, Inc.) agreed to acquire Galileo Financial Technologies for $1.2 billion in cash and stock. The purchase adds Galileo's payments and banking API platform to SoFi's technology stack to expand its product capabilities and distribution to Galileo partners; Galileo will operate as an independent SoFi subsidiary.

Appliqate (APQT) has acquired CentsApp, a Utah-based online bill-pay and debt reduction platform. Appliqate said it will integrate CentsApp with its Compchain/Compcoin cryptocurrency payments platform to enable consumers to pay bills using crypto and fiat, expanding Appliqate’s payments and fintech capabilities.

An affiliate of The Beekman Group (Beekman Investment Partners III, LP) completed a majority recapitalization of Utah-based Convenient Payments LLC, providing growth equity to support expansion of the company's software-based payment solutions. The investment will fund product and team growth as Convenient Payments scales its payment platforms for customers in government, education, and medical sectors.