Financial software and technology provider CSI is acquiring Apiture, a North Carolina-based digital banking solutions company..The deal is expected to combine Apiture’s business and consumer digital banking platform — account onboarding, open banking and data and analytics — with CSI’s suite of fintech lending, deposits and customer engagement solutions.The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year. “Apiture and CSI share a customer-first approach to financial innovation,” said Nancy Langer, president and CEO of Paducah, Ky.-based CSI. “By integrating Apiture’s industry-leading capabilities, especially in business banking, we are creating an even more robust platform that empowers community financial institutions to compete and grow.”The deal is CSI’s third in recent years, following its 2023 acquisition of St. Louis-based loan origination platform Hawthorn River and its 2024 buy of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based deposit growth solutions platform Velocity Solutions. Goldman Sachs & Co. is serving as financial advisor to Apiture, with Raleigh, N.C.-based Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP as legal counsel. CSI is represented by Atlanta-based law firm Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP.
