Jack Henry Buys Goldleaf

Jack Henry & Associates Inc. has completed its acquisition of the payments software vendor Goldleaf Financial Solutions Inc.

The Monett, Mo., banking technology provider said the deal closed Oct. 1, and that it expects the acquisition to be accretive to earnings in its first full year.

Jack Henry paid 98 cents per share for the Norcross, Ga., vendor, which will be merged into its ProfitStars unit.

It announced its deal for Goldleaf in August.

October has already been a busy month for consolidation in the bank technology market; Fidelity National Information Services Inc. completed its purchase of Metavante Technologies Inc. the same day.

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