M&A Deal Summary

Acrisure Acquires Global Payments - Payroll Business

On May 28, 2025, Acrisure acquired financial services company Global Payments - Payroll Business from Global Payments for 1.1B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Acrisure’s 1st transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Acrisure’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Acrisure’s 9th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Acrisure’s 1st transaction in Georgia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-05-28
Target Global Payments - Payroll Business
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Acrisure
Sellers(s) Global Payments
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 1.1B USD

Target

Global Payments - Payroll Business

Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Global Payments' Payroll Business provides payroll processing and human capital management solutions to its merchant clients. Global Payments' Payroll Business is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Acrisure

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Category Company
Founded 2005
Sector Insurance
Employees2,700
DESCRIPTION

Acrisure is a retail insurance brokerage offering comprehensive risk management and consulting solutions, including property & casualty, employee benefits, human resource outsourcing, loss & claims management, surety bonding and personal lines coverage. Acrisure was founded in 2005 and is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 14
Sector: Financial Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 3 of 3
State: Georgia M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 9 of 9
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-04-05 Unilink Group

Raszyn, Poland

Unilink Group provides non-life and life products through a network of 15,000 external agents and 2,500 points of sale and places almost seven million policies per year. Unilink Group was founded in 2002 and is based in Raszyn, Poland.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Global Payments

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Category Company
Founded 1967
Sector Financial Services
Employees27,000
Revenue 10.1B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
View of Global Payments' corporate headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
View of Global Payments' corporate headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.

Global Payments is a worldwide provider of payment technology services. The Company's payment solutions enables merchant customers to accept card, electronic, check and digital-based payments at the point of sale. Global Payments' primary business model provides payment services directly to merchants as customers. Global Payments was founded in 1967 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 5
Sector: Financial Services M&A 3 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 5 of 5
State: Georgia M&A 3 of 3
Country: United States M&A 5 of 5
Year: 2025 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-04-17 Global Payments - Issuer Solutions business

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Global Payments' Issuer Solutions business focuses on providing payment processing and technology solutions for credit and debit card issuers. Global Payments' Issuer Solutions business is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Sell $13.5B