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Heartland Payment Systems

Rochester, New York, United States

Heartland School Solutions provides child nutrition management and secure payment solutions for K-12 districts across the U.S.

Focus Areas
K-12 child nutrition management, K-12 school payments, Online parent payment portals

Tracked deals

4

4 tracked deals across 2011-2014.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Buyout

4 buyout

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    Heartland Payment Systems
    Target
    TouchNet Information Systems, Inc.
    Type
    Buyout

    Heartland Payment Systems acquired TouchNet Information Systems, a provider of integrated commerce and payments solutions for higher-education institutions, for $375 million. The deal adds TouchNet's U.Commerce platform, ~180 employees and more than 600 higher-education clients to Heartland's Campus Solutions business, positioning Heartland as a leader in the higher-education payments market.

  • Buyer
    Heartland Payment Systems
    Target
    MCS Software
    Type
    Buyout

    Heartland Payment Systems (Heartland School Solutions) acquired MCS Software, a Madisonville, Louisiana-based provider of K-12 school foodservice POS, back-office and online payment solutions. The deal expands Heartland’s School Solutions division by adding MCS’s software products and its nationwide customer base of more than 4,000 K-12 schools, strengthening Heartland’s position in the K-12 payments and nutrition management market.

  • Buyer
    Heartland Payment Systems
    Target
    ECSI
    Type
    Buyout

    Heartland Payment Systems has acquired ECSI, a Pittsburgh-based provider of payments processing and student loan services for higher education, adding more than 1,800 college and university relationships and retaining ECSI’s ~150+ employees. The acquisition expands Heartland’s Campus Solutions division by integrating ECSI’s payment, loan processing, refund, and campus card services into Heartland’s suite of campus offerings to drive capability and client-base growth in the higher education market.

  • Buyer
    Heartland Payment Systems
    Target
    School-Link Technologies, Inc.
    Industry
    Education
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Heartland Payment Systems’ School Solutions division acquired School-Link Technologies, a provider of K-12 school nutrition and point-of-sale (POS) solutions, to strengthen its K-12 payments and school nutrition product suite. The deal is part of a series of acquisitions (including LunchBox, Comalex and MySchoolBucks) that position Heartland as a market leader serving over 19,000 U.S. public schools.

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