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Square valuation reaches $1 billion following new funding

Square has raised $100 million in a series C funding round, valuing the mobile payments start up at $1 billion.

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Intuit buys Citi-SK Telecom mobile money business

Citi and South Korea's SK Telecom have sold their Mobile Money Ventures (MMV) business to Intuit. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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S1 and Fundtech agree merger

S1 Corporation has agreed an all-stock merger with transaction banking vendor Fundtech in a deal that values the combined entity at around $700 million.

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FIS confirms cash offer for Misys

US fintech house FIS has confirmed that it is the mystery suitor behind a preliminary takeover approach for Misys.

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LSE and Maple sweeten TMX offers

The battle to woo TMX Group shareholders has heated up, with the London Stock Exchange sweetening its offer through a C$660 million special dividend, prompting rival suitor Maple to up its bid to C$50 a share.

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Citi invests in mobile start up Billing Revolution

Citi has made a strategic investment in Silicon Valley mobile payments start up Billing Revolution.

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Misys confirms bid approach

Shares in Misys rose over eight per cent in morning trading after the UK banking software and treasury systems vendor confirmed it has received a "preliminary" takeover approach.

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Deutsche Börse to buy SIX Group's Eurex stake

Deutsche Börse is set to take full control of electronic derivatives exchange Eurex, agreeing to buy out co-owner SIX Group for nearly EUR600 million in cash and shares.

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TMX gets approval for ATS; Maple looks to bring in new members

Canadian exchange operator TMX is set to launch an alternative trading platform next month after getting regulatory approval.

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Maple's TMX bid goes hostile

Maple Group, the collection of Canadian banks and pension funds battling the London Stock Exchange for control of TMX, has taken its bid hostile.

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Auditors exit and CFO quits as SEC probes Longtop

China's Longtop Financial Technologies says it is the subject of a probe by the Securities and Exchange Commission over alleged financial irregularities, and has confirmed the resignation of its chief financial officer Derek Palaschuk and auditors Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.

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Hype-driven Blippy falls by the wayside

In a salutatory lesson for the never-ending stream of start-ups hoping to make money from clever takes on social media, Blippy, the service that automatically published users' credit card transaction details online when it launched to much fanfare in late 2009 but had to quickly change its business model, is now all but dead.

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Thomson Reuters buys World-Check

Thomson Reuters has acquired London-based financial crime and corruption prevention specialist World-Check. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Nasdaq OMX and ICE abandon Nyse Euronext bid over DoJ concerns

Nasdaq OMX and and IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) have dropped their takeover offer for Nyse Euronext after regulators made clear the deal would not clear antitrust hurdles.

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Maple consortium launches TMX bid

A consortium of Canadian banks and pension funds have made a C$3.6 billion offer for TMX Group in a bid to scupper the exchange operator's planned merger with London's LSE.

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Bats files for IPO

Exchange operator Bats Global Markets has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an initial public offering (IPO).

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US sues to block VeriFone's Hypercom takeover

The US Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit in a bid to block POS terminal vendor VeriFone's planned $485 million acquisition of rival Hypercom.

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Takeover speculation fuels Misys share price

Shares in Misys have moved up amid City speculation of an impending bid for the UK banking software and treasury systems house.

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ConvergEx plans $400m IPO

US fintech vendor ConvergEx Group has filed with regulators to raise up to $400 million in an initial public offering, according to Reuters.

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Inside Secure preps for IPO - Reuters

French NFC specialist Inside Secure is looking to raise up to EUR100 million through an initial public offering, reports Reuters, citing 'people familiar with the matter'.