Mergers and acquisitions

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Visa close to $22bn Visa Europe acquisition - reports

Speculation is mounting that Visa could confirm on Monday that it has agreed a $22 billion deal to buy back former subsidiary Visa Europe.

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ICE to buy Interactive Data for $5.2bn

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has agreed to buy Interactive Data Corporation (IDC) from its private equity owners for $5.2 billion in cash and stock.

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Nasdaq targets private company trading through SecondMarket acquisition

Nasdaq has bolstered its Private Markets business through the acquisition of SecondMarket Solutions, which facilitates trading of shares in private companies. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Funding Circle moves into Europe with Zencap acquisition

UK-based peer-to-peer lender Funding Circle is to expand into Europe with a deal to acquire German lender Zencap.

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Diebold in talks with Wincor Nixdorf over $2 billion takeover

US ATM manufacturer Diebdold is in takeover talks with Wincor Nixdorf in a deal that would value the German firm at nearly $2 billion.

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Sparebank 1 acquires Norwegian technology base of mobile startup mCash

Norway's Sparebank 1 has acquired the local market technology assets of Oslo-based mobile payment network mCash for an undisclosed sum.

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Xchanging receives two takeover offers

Shares in Xchanging soared 50% on Monday on news that the London-based back office processing provider has received separate takeover offers from Capita and Apollo Global Management.

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RBI offloads direct banking unit Zuno to Alfa Bank

Raiffeisen Bank International has agreed a deal to sell its direct banking subsidiary Zuno to ABH Holdings, the Luxembourg-based parent company of the Alfa Banking Group, as part of a series of measures to boost its capital buffers.

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Credit Mutuel Arkea enters sharing economy with acquisition of The Leetchi Group

In the latest example of bank acquisition of innovative tech startups, Credit Mutuel Arkea has bought an 86% stake in online money management firm Leetchi Group and its payments processing subsidiary Mangopay.

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SunGard offloads Ambit core banking unit

Singapore's Silverlake Axis is to acquire SunGard Ambit, the core banking unit of the US technology group, for $12 million.

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Ingenico waits in the wings as WorldPay reconsiders float

The private equity owners of WorldPay are reconsidering their planned mega-flotation of the British payments company as French rival Ingenico drums up funds for a £6.6 billion takeover bid.

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Iress expands in UK with acquisitions of Proquote and Pulse

Australia's Iress has acquired market data vendor Proquote from the London Stock Exchange and portfolio management software house Pulse Software Systems, boosting its presence in both the capital markets and discretionary fund management space within the UK.

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IPC negotiates buy out of Etrali Trading Solutions

Dealing room communications outfit IPC has made a binding proposal to acquire rival vendor Etrali Trading Solutions.

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Icap takes stake in regulatory reporting firm Abide Financial

Interdealer broker Icap has made a 'transformational' investment in regulatory reporting outfit Abide Financial.

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Wirecard bids for Worldpay - Bloomberg

German payments giant Wirecard has made a £6 billion bid for British rival Worldpay, according to Bloomberg.

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Markit agrees DealHub acquisition

Financial data outfit Markit has agreed to buy DealHub, a provider of trade processing and trading services to the foreign exchange market. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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Intuit to sell Quicken

Personal finance behemoth Intuit is preparing to flog off the family silver with the proposed sale of its flagship accounting software package Quicken.

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PayPal buys 'contextual commerce' startup Modest

PayPal has bought Modest, a 'contextual commerce' startup run by two former senior tech leads on Barack Obama's re-election campaign. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

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Goldman Sachs to buy GE online deposit platform

Goldman Sachs has agreed to buy GE Capital Bank's online deposit platform, which has about $16 billion of deposits. Financial terms have not been disclosed.

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Markit to acquire CoreOne Technologies for $200 million

Financial data outfit Markit has continued its acquisition spree with a $200 million deal for New York-based CoreOne Technologies.