The last major independent provider of bill pay to credit unionshas been purchased by its biggest customer, but its president saidit's business as usual for his customers and end users.

iPay Technologies of Elizabethton, Ky., was sold last week bySpectrum Equity Investors and Bain Capital Ventures to Jack Henry& Associates of Monett, Mo., for $300 million in cash, with thedeal expected to close in June.

The acquisition is the largest yet for Jack Henry, perhaps bestknown in the credit union industry as the owner of the Symitar coreprocessing platform. It follows Fiserv's acquisition of CheckFreefor $4.4 billion in 2007 and FIS's purchase of MetavanteTechnologies for $2.94 billion last year.

Continue Reading for Free

Register and gain access to:

  • Breaking credit union news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts.
  • Weekly Shared Accounts podcast featuring exclusive interviews with industry leaders.
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders.
  • Critical coverage of the commercial real estate and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, GlobeSt.com and ThinkAdvisor.com.
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.