Alipse buys St. Louis ISO ReliantPay, extending payments roll-up
What's the deal? Alipse PaymentsDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → has acquired ReliantPay, Inc.Dealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a Missouri-based independent sales organization (ISO) and payment processor, with boutique advisory firm 733ParkDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → representing Alipse on the buy-side. Terms were not disclosed. The deal reached a signed and funded close in June 2026.
What changes? The acquisition brings ReliantPay's merchant processing portfolio, residual revenue streams, and related assets under Alipse. ReliantPay, headquartered in the St. Louis metropolitan area, serves a diverse US customer base.
Why it matters: The deal continues Alipse's roll-up strategy in merchant services. Since 2023, it has bought at least five payment processors and merchant-services firms — First Payment Solution, World Payment Services, Electronic Commerce International, Infinity Data CorpDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, and now ReliantPay — building geographic reach and channel breadth.
What's the endgame? Alipse specializes in acquiring, integrating, and managing merchant processing portfolios and ISOs across the US. 733ParkDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → said it sourced and vetted the target, then ran the process to close.
"Alipse came to us knowing exactly the kind of merchant portfolio they wanted. Our job was to find it, pressure-test it, and close it on the right terms," said Lane Gordon, CEO and managing director of 733Park.
Repeat business: 733ParkDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → also advised Alipse on its April 2025 acquisition of Infinity Data CorpDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, signaling an ongoing relationship. The firm works across sell-side and buy-side mandates for companies with enterprise values from $2 million to $350 million, and says it has closed more than 200 deals worth over $10 billion across 25 years.
"733Park ran a disciplined process and brought us a deal that fit. Lane and his team earned their seat at the table," said Tom Sullivan of Alipse PaymentsDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →.
The signal: This is another targeted, lower-profile deal in payments, where consolidation and scale economics remain central. Rather than headline megamergers, buyers like Alipse are assembling platforms through serial acquisitions of niche regional and regulated processors — a pattern that also cements 733ParkDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →'s niche as a fintech M&A boutique winning repeat buy-side mandates.
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