# i3 Verticals Strategic Partners

> i3 Verticals Strategic Partners is the legacy partner-facing payments identity associated with i3 Verticals, offering embedded transaction processing, reconciliation and reporting for software vendors and their customers. Its historical pitch closely matches Pace Payment Systems, acquired by i3 in 2019. The parent sold its merchant-services business and associated technology to Payroc in September 2024 while retaining payment facilitation for its own vertical software.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** Nashville, United States
- **Founders:** Greg Daily (Founder, CEO and chairman of parent i3 Verticals; no separate founder established for the Strategic Partners identity)
- **Products:** Embedded payment integrations, Fuze and Insight, i3 Virtual Terminal
- **Notable:** Parent i3 completed its IPO in June 2018., Pace processed $1.1 billion in 2018 before its acquisition by i3., Parent i3 announced Pace’s acquisition for approximately $52.7 million in June 2019.

## Products & services

- **Embedded payment integrations** — Historical partner offering integrating payment acceptance into third-party software, with technical integration support.
- **Fuze and Insight** — Pace products documented at the 2019 acquisition; together supported real-time transaction flows, a data warehouse, reconciliation and reporting. Current availability under this identity is not established.
- **i3 Virtual Terminal** — Parent product described in the 2018 prospectus for web-based credit, debit and ACH processing and recurring payments; historical context rather than a verified current Strategic Partners SKU.

## Achievements

- Parent i3 completed its IPO in June 2018.
- Pace processed $1.1 billion in 2018 before its acquisition by i3.
- Parent i3 announced Pace’s acquisition for approximately $52.7 million in June 2019.
- Parent i3 announced approximately $438 million in cash at the closing of the merchant-services sale in September 2024; a later annual report reports approximately $439.5 million after adjustments.

## Latest updates

- **2024-09** — Merchant-services divestiture closed September 20 and was announced September 23; approximately $438 million cash was reported at closing.
- **2025-08** — Parent’s reintroduction described a public-sector software focus across five markets and customers in all 50 states and Canada.
- **2026-05** — Parent quarterly filing stated Payroc transition-services obligations were substantially complete as of December 31, 2025.
- **2026-08** — Parent described Unify CIS and Unify Portal as components of i3 Unify 360, covering utility accounts, billing, reporting and customer engagement.
- **2026-09** — Parent announced Pulaski County and Telfair County sheriff’s offices as i3 ResponseOne customers in a September 30 blog entry; this is parent public-safety software news.

## Links

- Website: https://www.i3verticals.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/i3vstrategicpartners

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Last updated: 2026-10-17