{"id":12909,"date":"2020-08-10T21:36:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T21:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fortispay.com\/fortispay-and-bluedog-announce-merger\/"},"modified":"2020-08-10T21:36:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T21:36:00","slug":"fortispay-and-bluedog-announce-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fortispay.com\/fortispay-and-bluedog-announce-merger\/","title":{"rendered":"FortisPay and BLUEDOG Announce Merger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Novi, MI. and Vero Beach, FL. Aug 10, 2020 \u2013 <\/strong>Fortis Payment Systems, LLC (FortisPay)<\/a> and <\/strong>Blue Dog Business Services, LLC (BLUEDOG), leading providers of payments technology and merchant services, announced today the merger of the two companies creating a North American integrated commerce leader.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The business will expand rapidly, leveraging Zeamster<\/strong><\/a>, FortisPay\u2019s proprietary commerce platform that creates integrated experiences for software and ERP providers, and BLUE<\/strong>DOG\u2019s technology and scalable business development machine. With the support of Lovell Minnick Partners, which made a significant investment in FortisPay in late 2019, the newly combined company will further accelerate its growth in technology-led payment solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ron Dichter, founder and CEO of BLUE<\/strong>DOG, will join the Board of Managers and will help lead the overall direction of the combined company. \u201cIt is a thrilling next chapter for the BLU<\/strong>EDOG team. With a long career in the payments industry, I am excited to be aligned with a solution like Zeamster and the talented FortisPay team. I look forward to being a part of this market-leading enterprise,\u201d said Ron. The combined business will be focused on creating amazing experiences for technology-focused partners in high growth segments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jimmy Nafso, FortisPay CEO and co-founder, added, \u201cWe couldn\u2019t be more excited to have Ron and his team from BLUE<\/strong>DOG join our mission. Ron brings years of experience creating vertical solutions that will help us continue to execute on our ISV value strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FortisPay and BLU<\/strong>EDOG serve over 13,000 businesses throughout North America. Both entities have technology solutions and proprietary distribution that will continue to drive market-leading organic and acquisitive growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preston Todd Advisors, a specialist in FinTech and payments advisory, represented BLUE<\/strong>DOG as a strategic advisor in the transaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About <\/strong>FortisPay<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FortisPay<\/em><\/strong> provides payments technology and merchant solutions to businesses and software developers nationwide. FortisPay has a focus on technology-enabled solutions through a White-Glove service approach and a mission to help small and mid-sized businesses scale through innovation. FortisPay\u2019s technology platform, Zeamster, provides state-of-the-art connectivity solutions for hundreds of software developers and channel partners. FortisPay provides payments and financial technology solutions to thousands of businesses that are processing billions of dollars annually. For more information, visit www.fortispay.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About <\/strong>BLUEDOG<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BLUEDOG<\/em><\/strong> is a fast-growing company that has been recognized by Inc. Magazine as being one of the fastest-growing companies in America 4 years in a row. BLUE<\/strong>DOG provides business and payment processing solutions to enterprises of all sizes through their proprietary acquisition channels leveraging innovative technology. Founded in 2013 with the idea that Merchant Service Providers can do better, BLUE<\/strong>DOG\u2019s mission is clear: Be the Best Friend to Your Business<\/em>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Novi, MI. and Vero Beach, FL. Aug 10, 2020 \u2013 Fortis Payment Systems, LLC (FortisPay) and Blue Dog Business Services, LLC (BLUEDOG), leading providers of payments technology and merchant services, announced today the merger of the two companies creating a North American integrated commerce leader. The business will expand rapidly, leveraging Zeamster, FortisPay\u2019s proprietary commerce platform that creates integrated experiences […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"In August 2020, Fortis announced its merger with Blue Dog Business Services; two leading providers of payment technology and merchant services.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[581,579],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-2020","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fortispay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fortispay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fortispay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fortispay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fortispay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fortispay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fortispay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fortispay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fortispay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fortispay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}