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News/Mergers and acquisitions
IntercontinentalExchange's takeover of energy trading technology shop Trayport has been referred for an in-depth investigation by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority.
28 April 2016
Italian bank Intesa SanPaolo is talking to potential buyers as it looks to offload its payments division Setefi for around EUR1 billion, according to Reuters.
27 April 2016
SumUp and payleven have announced a merger agreement, marking the start of a consolidation phase in the crowded mobile point-of-sale arena.
MasterCard has entered exclusive talks over a possible $1 billion takeover of VocaLink, the operator of the UK's Faster Payments system and Zapp mobile service, according to a report by Sky News.
22 April 2016
Following feedback from the European Commission, Visa Inc has tweaked the terms of its acquisition of Visa Europe, scrapping a planned earn-out in exchange for an extra EUR1.75 billion in cash.
Distributed ledger outfit Digital Asset Holdings has acquired Zurich-based Elevence Digital Finance, a startup that has developed a modelling language for determining rights and obligations in blockchain collaboration agreements.
20 April 2016
Capital markets software provider Calypso is to be acquired by European private equity fund Bridgepoint and global growth equity investor Summit Partners.
19 April 2016
Data firm IHS is to merge with Markit in a $13 billion deal that creates a global information powerhouse with leading positions in energy, financial services and transportation.
21 March 2016
The London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Bourse have agreed the terms of a blockbuster "merger of equals", shrugging off the tentative advances from rival suitors for the UK exchange.
16 March 2016
Square is bringing on board the team at predictive analytics startup Framed Data, who will use their machine learning knowhow to expand the Square Capital financing business.
14 March 2016
As it moves ahead with a planned LSE merger, Deutsche Bourse has agreed to offload International Securities Exchange (ISE) to Nasdaq for $1.1 billion in cash.
10 March 2016
UK digital challenger bank Atom has acquired Grasp, a digital design agency that specialises in building user interfaces for the gaming market.
08 March 2016
BBVA has acquired Finnish digital current account startup Holvi, furthering its investment into tech-led alternatives to traditional banking.
07 March 2016
Long-suffering investors in mobile banking firm Monitise have at last been given some reason to cheer amid confirmation that the beleaguered company is in talks to sell its marketing content business Markco Media.
04 March 2016
Unsubstantiated reports suggest that MasterCard has approached the banking owners of VocaLink about a £1 billion takeover of the UK payments processor.
03 March 2016
Intercontinental Exchange has confirmed that it is considering making an offer for the London Stock Exchange, following the announcement last week of merger talks between the LSE and Deutsche Bourse.
01 March 2016
Spanish exchange operator Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) has paid partner Deutsche Bourse EUR8.2 million in cash to take full ownership of financial information outfit Infobolsa.
25 February 2016
The London Stock Exchange has confirmed that it is holding merger talks with Deutsche Bourse under a reverse takeover deal that would give the German exchange a 54.4% stake in the combined group.
23 February 2016
Markit has acquired syndicated loan technology from JPMorgan in a bid to ease third party connectivity issues for market participants and shorten loan settlement timeframes. Financial terms were not disclosed.
09 February 2016
Tsys has struck a $2.35 billion cash deal to buy fellow payments firm TransFirst from Vista Equity Partners.
27 January 2016
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