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Wellesley Hills Financial Launches Specialty Payments Marketplace to Provide Top-tier Investment Banking and Advisory to Merchant Acquirers
Wellesley Hills Financial (“WHF”), the leading payments, fintech and B2B software investment bank in the lower middle-market, is proud to announce the launch of Merchant Portfolios, a new marketplace dedicated to helping payments companies maximize investment and optimize returns through accessible, high-level financial services. The new business unit will provide payments companies with investment banking and advisory expertise typically reserved for larger enterprises. Merchant Portfolios will help with the most common challenges merchant acquirers face, including go-to-market strategy, commercial partnerships, product suite expansion, mergers and acquisitions, and capital needs. Through an array of new partnerships with leading industry solution providers, from top data analytics firms to financial providers across the capital stack, Merchant Portfolios goal is to become the marketplace for payments processing and merchant acquirer ecosystem participants, maximizing growth and value creation.
By Wellesley Hills Financial · Via Business Wire · April 1, 2025
Fintech Investment Bank Wellesley Hills Financial Expands Capabilities with New Executive Advisors
Wellesley Hills Financial, a global investment bank and strategic advisory firm, is pleased to announce the addition of two experienced payments and fintech executives to its Executive Advisory team, Michelle Beyo and Onur Haytac.
By Wellesley Hills Financial · Via Business Wire · October 24, 2024
Wellesley Hills Financial Advises BlockChyp on Strategic Acquisition by Stax Payments
Wellesley Hills Financial, an investment banking advisory firm, is pleased to announce its role as the exclusive financial advisor to BlockChyp in its acquisition by Stax Payments, a leading payment technology provider. This strategic transaction marks another pivotal moment in BlockChyp’s growth, adding its innovative and unique omni-channel ISV to Stax’s established processing platform to deliver even more value for its ISV partners and their merchants.
By Wellesley Hills Financial · Via Business Wire · October 8, 2024
Wellesley Hills Financial Announces Transformational Expansion
Wellesley Hills Financial, a Boston-based bespoke fintech and B2B software focused investment bank, is proud to announce the addition of a dedicated West Coast banking team led by Managing Director, Eddie Galvan, a veteran mergers and acquisition specialist who started his career at JP Morgan, a new Europe based team and the establishment of the first cohort of its Executive Advisory Committee.
By Wellesley Hills Financial · Via Business Wire · February 29, 2024
Wellesley Hills Financial Welcomes O.B. Rawls as Partner
Wellesley Hills Financial, an upstart fintech and software focused investment bank, is proud to announce the addition of O.B. Rawls as Partner and Executive Director. Rawls, a distinguished veteran in payments and financial technology, brings decades of experience and a deep, global network to the firm. He previously served as CEO of Global Payment Processing for Paysafe Ltd. (NYSE: PSFE) and held senior level executive roles with iPayment, First Data (now Fiserv (NYSE: FI)), Hypercom, and Bank of America. Rawls is also an active Board member for several companies in the fintech, software, and publishing sectors.
By Wellesley Hills Financial · Via Business Wire · July 18, 2023
Wellesley Hills Financial Represents IRIS CRM in Sale to Network Merchants, LLC.
IRIS CRM (“IRIS”), the premier business management and CRM software provider for the payments industry, has been acquired by full commerce enablement platform, Network Merchants, LLC. (“NMI”), for an undisclosed sum. Wellesley Hills Financial, the Boston-based financial technology investment bank, served as IRIS’ exclusive strategic and financial advisor for the transaction.
By Wellesley Hills Financial · Via Business Wire · January 20, 2022