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Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

P2 acquires financial crime specialist FS101

P2 Consulting (“P2”), a programme and project management consultancy that supports blue chip companies undertaking major change initiatives, is pleased to announce the acquisition of financial crime specialist FS101, significantly bolstering its capability in the anti-money laundering and cybercrime market.

20 April 2017

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Investoo buys comparison site100ForexBrokers

100ForexBrokers.com, launched in 2012, is one of the world’s biggest Forex broker comparison sites with 60,000+ unique visitors per month and 100s of real user reviews.

18 April 2017

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

FIS offloads Ambit biz to New Access Banking Software

New Access Banking Software, a global provider of critical front-office software solutions to the private banking industry, announced today the acquisition of the Ambit Private Banking business from FIS.

12 April 2017

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Ant Financial fires off open letter to MoneyGram as bidding war intensifies

Ant Financial Services Group today issued the following letter to the MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI) community as it relates to Ant Financial's agreement to merge with MoneyGram.

06 April 2017

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Deutsche Bank buys stake in receivables auction platform TrustBills

Deutsche Bank AG today announced the acquisition of a 12.5 percent share interest in the receivables auction platform TrustBills.

04 April 2017

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Avangate buys 2Checkout

Avangate, the global eCommerce and subscription billing platform for software, SaaS, and digital solutions, announces its acquisition of 2Checkout, a global payment processor.

03 April 2017

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

BM&FBovespa and Cetip combine to form B3

B3 is born today, providing a world-class financial market infrastructure that is complemented by a wide range of products and services.

31 March 2017

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

BrokerTec Europe completes e-MID SIM SpA acquisition

BrokerTec, NEX Group’s global electronic fixed income trading platform, announces today that following Bank of Italy approval it has completed the transaction to acquire a majority stake in e-MID SIM SpA (e-MID), the first Italian electronic central limit order book (CLOB) platform for interbank deposits and Overnight Indexed Swaps (OIS).

31 March 2017

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

DST to acquire remaining interest in State Street joint venture vehicles

DST Systems, Inc. (DST), a leading global strategic advisory, technology, and operations outsourcing company, and State Street Corporation (STT), today announced definitive agreements for DST to acquire State Street's ownership interest in the Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. ("BFDS") joint venture and the International Financial Data Services Limited ("IFDS U.K.") joint venture in the UK.

27 March 2017

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

NXT-ID to acquire Fit Pay

NXT-ID, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXTD) ("NXT-ID" or the "Company"), a security technology company, and Fit Pay, Inc., a privately held provider of payment, credential management, and authentication platform services, today announced that the companies have entered into Letter of Intent to combine their businesses in a deal that includes stock and cash consideration.

27 March 2017

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Arvato increases stake in Brazil's Intervalor

Arvato Financial Solutions, the globally acting financial services provider, is taking its step-by-step option and has increased its holdings of Intervalor shares to 81.5 per cent.

27 March 2017

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

MoneyGram files for confidential talks with Euronet

MoneyGram (MGI) today announced that it has entered into an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement with Euronet Worldwide, Inc. ("Euronet") (EEFT) so that it can further consider Euronet's unsolicited proposal made on March 14, 2017 to acquire all of the outstanding shares of MoneyGram Common Stock and Preferred Stock for $15.20 per share in cash on an as-converted basis (the "Euronet Proposal").

27 March 2017

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Accenture to acquire First Annapolis

Accenture (ACN) has agreed to acquire First Annapolis Consulting, Inc., a privately held payments consulting and advisory firm, further expanding its capabilities in the payments market. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

23 March 2017

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Trumid to acquire Electronifie

Trumid, a financial technology company that improves trading efficiency and market intelligence in the corporate bond market, today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire fellow all-to-all trading platform, Electronifie.

23 March 2017

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Quantlab acquires high-speed trading tech from Teza

Quantlab Financial LLC ("Quantlab"), a leading, global quantitative trading firm based in Houston, Texas, today announced that it has acquired certain technology and intellectual property assets of the Teza Group.

22 March 2017

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Sterling Trading Tech acquires CBOE Livevol X trading platform

Sterling Trading Tech (STT) announced today the acquisition of Livevol X, a trade execution platform for U.S. equities and options, from CBOE Livevol, a subsidiary of CBOE Holdings, Inc. (CBOE).

21 March 2017

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Thomson Reuters completes Clarient and Avox acquisitions

Thomson Reuters has completed its acquisitions of Clarient Global LLC and Avox Limited, expanding its risk-management footprint and its ability to provide a best-in-class standard of customer solutions by integrating both businesses into its portfolio of risk management, compliance and data offerings.

20 March 2017

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

MoneyGram board to consider Euronet counter-bid

MoneyGram (MGI) announced today that its board of directors, after consultation with its outside legal and financial advisors, has determined that the unsolicited proposal received on March 14, 2017 from Euronet Worldwide, Inc. ("Euronet") (EEFT) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of MoneyGram Common Stock and Preferred Stock for $15.20 per share in cash on an as-converted basis (the "Euronet Proposal") could reasonably be expected to result in a "Company Superior Proposal" as defined in MoneyGram's merger agreement with Ant Financial Services Group ("Ant Financial").

20 March 2017

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

FactSet acquires Bisam

FactSet (NYSE:FDS) (NASDAQ:FDS), a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications, and industry-leading service, announced that it has acquired BISAM Technologies S.A. for $205.2 million from Aquiline Capital Partners and company insiders.

20 March 2017

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Payment Data Systems to acquire Singular Payments

Payment Data Systems (PYDS), an integrated electronic payment solutions provider, today announced that it has entered into a non-binding Letter of Intent to acquire Singular Payments, LLC (“Singular”).

13 March 2017