Priority Technology Holdings, Inc., a leading platform for unified commerce that delivers integrated payments and banking at scale, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Nearside Business Corp. and PLV Inc., as well as all of the equity of Plastiq Canada Inc. and Plastiq Inc. (collectively, “Plastiq”), with the approval of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
“We are eager to welcome Plastiq’s employees and customers into the Priority family,” said Thomas Priore, Chairman and CEO of Priority. “Both companies have been focused on building leading B2B payment solutions. Our combined B2B offering will provide businesses of all sizes a full suite of working capital solutions that optimize their important vendor relationships while maximizing cash flow flexibility to operate and grow their business.”
“Our mission has always been to accelerate the financial success of small businesses by giving them the access to working capital they need to grow and thrive,” said Eliot Buchanan, Plastiq CEO & Founder. “As part of Priority, we will be uniquely positioned to offer a full suite of payment and banking capabilities to bring a holistic approach to solving our customers’ biggest working capital issues.”
“The addition of Plastiq is another example of how Priority is building a differentiated Unified Commerce Platform for our business and integrated software clients,” continued Priore. “Our customers can choose the payment acceptance and automated bill payment tools, now including Plastiq, that best fit their business to optimize their cashflow management all in one place on our native payments and banking as a service platform.” Keefe, Bruyette & Woods served as financial advisor and Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP served as legal advisors to Priority.
About Priority Technology Holdings, Inc.
Priority’s purpose-built payments and banking technology platform to collect, store and send money serves over 800 thousand clients, processing $115 billion in annual payments volume though its proprietary merchant acquiring application, MX Merchant, BRB payments solution, CPX and library of APIs including Passport for ISV and Enterprise partners. Priority handles the complexities of payments and embedded finance to free its partners to focus on their core business objectives. Priority’s APIs and proprietary processing solutions are supported by nationwide money transmission licenses, end-to-end operational support including automated risk management, underwriting, full AML, BSA and OFAC compliance and industry leading customer service.
About Plastiq
Founded in 2012, Plastiq is a leading B2B payments company. Plastiq has helped tens of thousands of businesses improve cash flow with instant access to working capital, while automating and enabling control over all aspects of accounts payable and receivable. Plastiq provides growing finance teams with technology and know-how once reserved for only large enterprises. The flagship product, Plastiq Pay, pioneered a way for businesses to pay suppliers by credit card regardless of acceptance as an alternative to expensive, scarce bank loan options. Plastiq Accept offers an alternative to expensive merchant services, enabling businesses to accept credit cards with no merchant fees and get paid across any customer touch point, including a website, invoice, checkout process, and in person via QR code. The Plastiq Connect API suite enables platforms, marketplaces, and ERPs, to expand B2B payment options for payables and receivables in their native customer experience while outsourcing payment execution, risk, and compliance.