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Private equity firms Parallax Capital Partners and StepStone Group have acquired a majority stake in digital identity authentication outfit IdenTrust. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
27 September 2013
MyHero, the Singapore-based outfit behind a mobile stock market simulation app, has raised US$10 million in series a funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers China fund and IPV Capital.
Mobile payments start-up Clinkle has secured fresh investment from Virgin mogul Richard Branson, and announced that it has signed up 100,000 prospective users ahead of its roll-out to US college campuses later this year.
26 September 2013
PayPal parent eBay has confirmed that it has agreed an $800 million cash deal to buy Chicago-based payments start-up Braintree.
Plaid, the US start-up behind an API that lets banks share financial data with developers, has raised $2.8 million in a funding round led by Spark Capital.
20 September 2013
Bank of New Zealand is to provide small business customers with a mobile point-of-sale card reader using technology from Sydney-based Mint Wireless.
13 September 2013
Share in Monitise fell 10% in morning trading after the mobile money outfit reported widening pre-tax losses despite a doubling of revenues.
05 September 2013
The UK's Co-operative Bank has written off a further £148 million in IT costs as it ditches plans to implement a new core banking platform from Infosys.
29 August 2013
US exchange operators Bats Global Markets and Direct Edge have agreed a merger deal. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
27 August 2013
IntercontinentalExchange has called in three banks to help float the European equity operations of Nyse Euronext, according to Reuters.
22 August 2013
British e-commerce and mobile payments outfit Powa Technologies says that it has secured a $76 million investment which will be used to create 250 UK jobs.
21 August 2013
Bottomline Technologies is increasing its presence in the financial messaging arena with the acquisitions of Swiss outfit Sterci and London-based Simplex. Financial terms have not yet been disclosed.
Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has struck a deal to buy a majority stake in Britsh online payments provider Skrill Group from Investcorp for around EUR600 million.
19 August 2013
Canadian financial technology firm Davis and Henderson (D+H) has completed the US$1.2 billion cash acquisition of US counterpart Harland Financial Solutions.
16 August 2013
IBM is buying security software vendor Trusteer and opening a cybersecurity lab in Israel. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
15 August 2013
Private equity firms Spectrum Equity and TA Associates have both bought minority stakes in Bats Global Markets from Lehman Brothers Holdings. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
14 August 2013
Chi-X Europe co-founder and one-time COO Hirander Misra is setting up a new derivatives exchange group in London.
12 August 2013
American ATM operator Cardtronics has strengthened its position in the UK and entered the German market through the acquisition of Cardpoint for around £100 million in cash.
07 August 2013
The Warsaw Stock Exchange says that it is in talks about buying a 30% stake in Aquis Exchange, the UK-based start-up hoping to open a pan-European equities trading market.
Data management software vendor Asset Control has been acquired by Marlin Equity Partners. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
06 August 2013
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