Fiserv - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Fiserv M&A Summary

Fiserv has acquired 45 companies, including 8 in the last 5 years. A total of 13 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 9 assets.

Fiserv’s largest acquisition to date was in 2019, when it acquired First Data for $22.0B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2007, when it sold Fiserv s Health Business to UnitedHealth Group for $775M. Fiserv has acquired in 18 different US states, and 6 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include information technology (24%) and software (21%).

Fiserv Business Overview

Where is Fiserv headquartered?

Fiserv is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

What is Fiserv’s revenue?

Fiserv disclosed revenue of 20,456M USD for 2024 and 19,093M USD for 2023.

How many employees does Fiserv have?

Fiserv has 42,000 employees.

What sector is Fiserv in?

Fiserv is an information technology company.

When was Fiserv founded?

Fiserv was founded in 1984.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity52
    • M&A Buy Activity43
    • M&A Sell Activity9
  • Total Sectors Invested 9
  • Total Countries Invested 6
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 24
  • M&A Advisors 5

Fiserv

Fiserv, Inc.

600 N Vel R Phillips Ave,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203
United States,
www.fiserv.com

Fiserv provides information management and electronic commerce systems for the financial services industry, offering integrated technology and services that create value and results for clients. Clients include banks, credit unions, and thrifts, billers, mortgage lenders and leasing companies, brokerage, and investment firms. Fiserv was founded in 1984 and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (1.0/yr) # 38 2 1 1 1 - 43
vol $29.3B $650M $202M $30.1B
Sell (0.2/yr) # 8 - - 1 - - 9
vol $1.2B $1.2B
  52

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Payfare, Inc. 2024-12-23 202M USD Add-on Acquisition
Toronto, Ontario · www.corp.payfare.com
Skytef 2023-10-11 - Add-on Acquisition
São Paulo, Brazil · www.skytef.com.br
Fiserv - Financial Reconciliation Business 2023-07-25 - Divestiture
Brookfield, Wisconsin
Finxact, Inc. 2022-02-07 650M USD Add-on Acquisition
Jacksonville, Florida · www.finxact.com
BentoBox CMS, Inc. 2021-10-18 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.getbento.com
Pineapple Payments Opco LLC 2021-03-25 - Add-on Acquisition
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · www.pineapplepayments.com
Ondot Systems, Inc. 2020-12-16 - Add-on Acquisition
San Jose, California · www.ondotsystems.com
Bypass Mobile LLC 2020-03-18 - Add-on Acquisition
Austin, Texas · www.bypassmobile.com
MerchantPro Express LLC 2020-03-03 - Add-on Acquisition
Melville, New York · www.merchantproexpress.com
Tegra118 2019-12-05 - Divestiture
Brookfield, Wisconsin · www.tegra118.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Information Technology 10 (23%) 5.0B (16%) 2 (22%) -
Software 9 (21%) 1.0B (3%) 3 (33%) 420M (35%)
Business Services 6 (14%) 690M (2%) 2 (22%) 6M (< 1%)
Financial Services 7 (16%) 22.2B (74%) - -
Internet Software and Services 7 (16%) 1.2B (4%) - -
Healthcare Services 1 (2%) - 2 (22%) 775M (65%)
Communications 1 (2%) - - -
Information Services 1 (2%) - - -
Insurance 1 (2%) - - -
Total 43 $30.1B 9 $1.2B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 37 29.8B 8 1.2B
  California 6 24M 1 25M
  Texas 4 355M - -
  Georgia 4 26.4B - -
  New York 3 465M - -
  New Jersey 2 - 1 -
  Massachusetts 2 - 1 6M
  Wisconsin - - 3 -
  Connecticut 2 1.0B - -
  Colorado 2 - - -
  Florida 2 650M - -
  Pennsylvania 1 - 1 395M
  Delaware 1 - - -
  Virginia 1 - - -
  Utah 1 - - -
  Montana 1 40M - -
  Missouri 1 - - -
  Kentucky 1 - - -
  Hawaii 1 - - -
United Kingdom 2 108M - -
  Pennsylvania 1 - - -
Australia - - 1 -
Brazil 1 - - -
Canada 1 202M - -
  Ontario 1 202M - -
Netherlands 1 - - -
New Zealand 1 - - -
Domestic 37 (86%) 29.8B (99%) 8 (89%) 1.2B (100%)
Cross-border 6 (14%) 309M (1%) 1 (11%) -
Total 43 $30.1B 9 $1.2B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
J.P. Morgan Securities
1
Credit Suisse Investment Banking
1
Legal Deals
Sullivan & Cromwell
2
Foley & Lardner
1
Blake, Cassels & Graydon
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 3 $27.4B
$100M to $1B 7 $2.7B
< $100M 2 $64M
TOTAL $30.1B
Largest First Data Corp.
$22.0B (2019-01-16)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 2 $1.2B
< $100M 2 $31M
TOTAL $1.2B
Largest Fiserv's Health Business
$775M (2007-11-02)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
26%
11 (26%)
Strategic(s)
12%
5 (12%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
22%
2 (22%)
Strategic(s)
67%
6 (67%)

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