On the Record · Shift4 Payments
Shift4 Payments acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Shift4 Payments bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Credorax, Inc. d/b/a Finaro (Finaro)Word for word“On October 26, 2023, we acquired Finaro for $211.9 million of cash and 7.4 million shares of our Class A common stock.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | October 26, 2023 | $211.9 million of cash and 7.4 million shares of our Class A common stock |
SpotOn Technologies, Inc.'s sports and entertainment division, formerly known as Appetize (Appetize)Word for word“On October 2, 2023, we acquired SpotOn Technologies, Inc.’s sports and entertainment division, formerly known as Appetize, for $109.5 million of cash.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | October 2, 2023 | $109.5 million of cash |
Online Payments Group AG (Online Payments Group)Word for word“In addition, in September 2022, we acquired Online Payments Group AG (“Online Payments Group”), a European payment service provider with a world-class developer portal and checkout experience that we believe will accelerate our global eCommerce growth.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | September 2022 | — |
Global BlueWord for word“On February 16, 2025, we entered into a Transaction Agreement (the “Transaction Agreement”) with Global Blue Group Holding AG, a stock corporation incorporated under the laws of Switzerland (“Global Blue”).” 10-K for 2024 | agreed acquisition | On February 16, 2025 | — |
Eigen Payments (“Eigen”)Word for word“On November 18, 2024, we completed the acquisition of Eigen Payments (“Eigen”) for $115.0 million of cash, net of cash acquired.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | On November 18, 2024 | $115.0 million of cash, net of cash acquired |
Givex Corp. (“Givex”)Word for word“On November 8, 2024, we completed the acquisition of Givex Corp. (“Givex”) for $127.8 million of cash, net of cash acquired.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | On November 8, 2024 | $127.8 million of cash, net of cash acquired |
VectronWord for word“On June 14, 2024, we acquired a majority stake in Vectron, which is based in Germany and a supplier of POS systems to the restaurant and hospitality verticals.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | On June 14, 2024 | — |
Credorax, Inc., operating as FinaroWord for word“In 2023, we acquired Credorax, Inc., operating as Finaro, which specializes in integrated acquiring and payment processing services for merchants in Europe and the United Kingdom.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | In 2023 | — |
Global Blue Group Holding AGWord for word“On July 3, 2025, we completed the acquisition of Global Blue by acquiring approximately 97.4% of the Global Blue shares outstanding.” 10-K for 2025 | acquisition | On July 3, 2025 | — |
Global Blue Group Holding AGWord for word“Subsequently, on August 18, 2025, Merger Sub and Global Blue consummated a statutory squeeze-out merger in accordance with the laws of Switzerland pursuant to which Global Blue merged with and into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub continuing as the surviving entity and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, with the Company indirectly acquiring the remaining 2.6% of shares not previously tendered.” 10-K for 2025 | merger | on August 18, 2025 | — |
Smartpay Holdings LimitedWord for word“On November 4, 2025, we completed the acquisition of Smartpay Holdings Limited (“Smartpay”), a leading independent provider of payment processing and point-of-sale solutions in Australia and New Zealand.” 10-K for 2025 | acquisition | On November 4, 2025 | — |
Worldline’s North American subsidiariesWord for word“In October 2025, we entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire Worldline’s North American subsidiaries for approximately $84 million of cash, subject to customary closing adjustments.” 10-K for 2025 | agreed acquisition | In October 2025 | approximately $84 million of cash |
acardo group AGWord for word“The gain on sale of subsidiaries in 2025 was primarily due to the sale of acardo group AG (“acardo”), a subsidiary of Vectron that was not core to our business.” 10-K for 2025 | divestiture | — | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) |
|---|---|
| 2018-12-31 | $1.5 million |
| 2019-12-31 | $60.2 million |
| 2020-12-31 | $49.8 million |
| 2021-12-31 | $54.5 million |
| 2022-12-31 | $135.3 million |
| 2023-12-31 | $170 million |
| 2024-12-31 | $555 million |
| 2025-12-31 | $2.75 billion |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2026-07-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2026-02-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2026-01-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-12-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-12-08 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-09-30 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-08-18 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2025-07-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-07-03 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2025-05-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-05-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-02-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-10-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-09-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-08-15 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-10-26 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2021-07-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-02-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-12-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-10-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from Shift4 Payments’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-27. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.