Mergers and acquisitions

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Elavon acquires Electronic Transaction Systems

Elavon, global merchant payment processing provider and subsidiary of Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp, has acquired Electronic Transaction Systems (ETS), a financial technology company based in Virginia.

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FIS sells Certegy cheque processing unit

FIS (NYSE: FIS), a global leader in financial services technology, today announced it has sold substantially all of the assets of its Certegy Check Services business unit to an affiliate of Variant Equity Advisors, LLC, a U.S.-based investment management firm focused on corporate divestiture transactions in a number of industries, including data- and technology-based organizations.

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iSignthis to acquire core banking supplier

Australian Securities Exchange and Frankfurt Stock Exchange cross listed iSignthis Ltd (ASX : ISX | FRA : TA8) (the Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into terms to acquire 100% of the issued capital of an EU based core banking platform software business (“the Business”).

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Contis gains UK consumer credit licence with Paze acquisition

Contis Group (“Contis”) the business that is powering the banking and payments revolution, today announces it has gained a UK consumer credit licence following its acquisition of Paze Finance Limited (“Paze”).

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SIX completes acquisition of SECB

SIX has held a 25% stake in SECB (Swiss Euro Clearing Bank GmbH) since 1999.

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Rakuten buys bitcoin exchange

Rakuten, Inc. (hereinafter “the Company”) announces that today it decided to acquire everybody’s bitcoin Inc. (hereinafter “everybody’s bitcoin”) through its subsidiary, Rakuten Card Co., Ltd.

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Thomson Reuters plots $9bn share buyback following Blackstone deal

Thomson Reuters (TSX/NYSE: TRI) today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the making of a substantial issuer bid/tender offer (SIB) pursuant to which the company will offer to purchase from shareholders for cancellation up to US$9 billion of its outstanding common shares.

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Francisco Partners completes acqusition of Verifone

Verifone Systems, Inc. (“Verifone” or the “Company”), a global leader in payment and commerce solutions, today announced that it has been acquired by an investor group led by Francisco Partners, a leading technology focused private equity firm, and including British Columbia Investment Management Corporation.

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ThinkSmart offloads shares in POS financing startup ClearPay

ThinkSmart Limited (AIM: TSL), a leading digital payment solutions provider, announces that it has sold 90% of the share capital of ClearPay to AfterPay Touch Group Limited (“AfterPay’’), a company listed on the ASX.

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WorldFirst acquires Wyre's retail cross-border payment service

Today, we’re excited to announce our account transfer agreement for the sale of our retail money transfer business to WorldFirst, one of the largest money transfers companies in the industry.

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Euronext ups its stake in FastMatch

Euronext, the leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, today announced the acquisition of approximately 8% of additional interest in FastMatch, a global FX spot market operator, operating as a Euronext company since August 2017.

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Q2 to acquire Cloud Lending Solutions

Q2 Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:QTWO), a leading provider of secure, experience-driven digital banking solutions for community-focused financial institutions, has announced an agreement to acquire San Mateo, California-based Cloud Lending, Inc., a privately-held SaaS company that provides an integrated end-to-end lending and leasing platform.

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Paytm acquires smart savings startup Balance.Tech

We are excited to announce that we have acquired Bengaluru-based Smart-savings Management Startup named ‘Balance.Tech’.

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AxiCorp to acquire One Financial Markets

Australian-owned Forex (FX) and Contracts For Difference (CFD) trading provider AxiCorp has announced that it will acquire UK-headquartered One Financial Markets (OFM).

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Xero acquires Hubdoc

Xero (ASX: XRO) has acquired Hubdoc, a leading data capture solution that helps accountants, bookkeepers, and small businesses streamline administrative tasks such as financial document collection and data entry.

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Motive Partners to acquire 40 percent stake in Global Shares

Motive Partners today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a significant stake of c.40% shareholding in Global Shares Plc (“Global Shares”), a leading provider of equity compensation management solutions to global corporations.

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Five Degrees acquires Icelandic software house Libra

Five Degrees, a leading Fintech banking software company, acquires Libra, a leading provider of core banking IT systems in the financial sector in Iceland. The acquisition boosts

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European Commission opens investigation into Thales/Gemalto merger

The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess the proposed acquisition of Gemalto by Thales under the EU Merger Regulation.

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Atos to acquire Syntel following strong first half

Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, today announces its financial results for the first half of 2018.

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PayU acquires Zooz

PayU today announces the acquisition of leading payments technology platform ZOOZ.