M&A Deal Summary

TSYS Acquires Cayan

On December 18, 2017, TSYS acquired financial services company Cayan from Parthenon Capital for 1.1B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is TSYS’s 2nd transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is TSYS’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is TSYS’s 9th transaction in the United States.
  • This is TSYS’s 1st transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-12-18
Target Cayan
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) TSYS
Sellers(s) Parthenon Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 1.1B USD
Advisor(s) Financial Technology Partners - FT Partners (Financial)
Kirkland & Ellis (Legal)

Target

Cayan

Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Cayan is a provider of payment solutions and merchant services. Cayan enables merchants, developers and resellers to deliver current and emerging payment solutions. Cayan was founded in 1998 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

TSYS

Columbus, Georgia, United States

Category Company
Founded 1982
Sector Information Technology
Employees13,000
Revenue 4.0B USD (2018)
DESCRIPTION

TSYS is a provider of payment services, offering secure solutions to empower commerce across all channels. TSYS supports financial institutions, businesses, and governments in more than 80 countries. TSYS was formed in 1982 and is based in Columbus, Georgia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 10
Sector (Financial Services) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 6 of 7
State (Massachusetts) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 9 of 10
Year (2017) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-26 TransFirst

Hauppauge, New York, United States

TransFirst LLC is a provider of secure transaction processing services and payment enabling technologies.

Buy $2.4B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-06-07 iMobile3

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

iMobile3 LLC is a provider of products and valued added technology services to the payments industry. iMobile3 is based in Jacksonville, Florida.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Parthenon Capital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 5.5B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Parthenon Capital is a private equity firm focused on investing in service-based businesses with recurring revenues, defensible niches and competitive advantages. Parthenon looks for businesses valued between $75 and $750 million operating in sectors that include business services, financial services, manufacturing, technology-enabled services, and distribution/logistics. Prospective transaction types include recapitalizations, management buyouts, acquisitions, privatizations, and growth capital financings. Parthenon Capital was formed in 1998 and has offices in Boston, Massachusetts and San Francisco, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 21 of 34
Sector (Financial Services) 3 of 7
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 10 of 15
State (Massachusetts) 4 of 5
Country (United States) 21 of 34
Year (2017) 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-10-10 ICD

San Francisco, California, United States

ICD is an institutional trading and investment risk management. ICD's next-generation Software-as-a-Service portal, best practices methodologies and award-winning transparency plus exposure analytics, support corporate treasury with end-to-end solutions. The ICD Global Trade Desk provides expert service out of its Boston offices. ICD was founded in 2003 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-01-11 BirchStreet Systems

Newport Beach, California, United States

BirchStreet Systems is a cloud-based technology provider for the hospitality industry. BirchStreet software focuses on improving business processes by automating eProcurement, AP Automation, Inventory Control, Recipe Management System, Capital Projects and Executive Dashboard modules. BirchStreet Systems was founded in 2002 and is based in Newport Beach, California.

Buy -