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IndustryUpdate

                                                       ACQUISITIONS

                                                                                  Fiserv purchases OBS

                                                                                          Fiserv Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to
                                                                                          acquire Atlanta-based Online Banking Solutions Inc.
                                                                                          Fiserv stated it will gain additional cash manage-
                                                                                          ment and digital business banking capabilities, which
                                                                                          complement and enrich its existing solutions. "The
                                                                                          addition of Online Banking Solutions' technologies
                                                                                          further enables Fiserv clients to provide greater value
                                                                                          to their commercial customers through sophisticated
                                                                                          cash management solutions when and where they
                                                                                          need them," said Jeffery Yabuki, President and CEO
                                                                                          of Fiserv.

                                                                                  GTCR aquires RevSpring

                                                                                          GTCR LLC completed the acquisition of RevSpring
                                                                                          Inc., provider of multichannel billing and communica-
                                                                                          tions solutions to the healthcare and financial services
                                                                                          industries. Headquartered in Michigan, RevSpring
                                                                                          said it helps customers accelerate revenue through
                                                                                          an end-to-end platform of offerings. GTCR will work
                                                                                          with RevSpring's management team to pursue growth
                                                                                          initiatives and has committed up to $400 million of
                                                                                          equity capital to the platform, GTCR said.

                                                                                  SessionM buys LoyalTree

                                                                                          SessionM acquired POS provider LoyalTree. The
                                                                                          acquisition will reportedly enable SessionM to offer
                                                                                          bidirectional campaign analysis and make integra-
                                                                                          tion with POS systems faster to deploy and cheap-
                                                                                          er to maintain. The combined capabilities position
                                                                                          SessionM at the forefront of the omnichannel market-
                                                                                          ing automation market, SessionM noted. The acquisi-
                                                                                          tion follows SessionM's $35 million strategic funding
                                                                                          investment in LoyalTree in September 2016.

                                                                                  Square purchases Main Line Delivery

                                                                                          Square Inc. acquired the assets of Main Line Delivery,
                                                                                          a service that allows diners to place orders for deliv-
                                                                                          ery from popular restaurants in the Main Line region
                                                                                          of Philadelphia. According to Square, the service will
                                                                                          complement Square's Caviar line of business, also in
                                                                                          Philadelphia, which is expanding Secret Menu items
                                                                                          to customers in the area and giving select Caviar
                                                                                          restaurant partners the ability to introduce off-menu
                                                                                          items.

                                                       APPOINTMENTS

                                                                                  Caligiuri joins ShopKeep

                                                                                          ShopKeep appointed Crystal Caligiuri as its new
                                                                                          Senior Vice President of Operations and Customer
                                                                                          Care. Caligiuri will report to CEO Michael DeSimone

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