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News/Mergers and acquisitions
FIS has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sungard for $9.1 billion in a cash and stock deal, creating a fintech powerhouse covering the full spectrum of banking and capital markets services.
12 August 2015
Computer services group CSC is to make a concerted push into the provision of managed services for capital markets firms with the acquisition of London-based Fixnetix.
Wealth management technology provider Envestnet has agreed to buy fintech outfit Yodlee in a cash and stock deal with an enterprise value of around $590 million.
10 August 2015
Silicon Valley Bank has hired the team from startup company Standard Treasury to jump start its efforts to build an API-based banking platform.
06 August 2015
Nasdaq OMX, Markit and private equity firms are all eyeing up a potential acquisition of Interactive Data in a deal that could be worth more than $5 billion, including debt, according to the Wall Street Journal.
31 July 2015
Shares in Fidelity National Information Services have climbed on speculation that the payment services group is in talks to buy financial technology conglomerate SunGard.
There were 192 fintech mergers and acquisitions worth a total of $18.9 billion in the first half of 2015, according to research from investment bank Berkery Noyes.
29 July 2015
Deutsche Bourse is wading into the $5.3 trillion a day currency markets with a EUR725 million acquisition of multi-bank FX trading platform 360T.
27 July 2015
Visa has confirmed that it is in talks about buying back its former subsidiary Visa Europe, with a decision on whether to complete a deal expected by October.
23 July 2015
Japanese media giant Nikkei has struck a deal to buy the Financial Times Group from publisher Pearson for £844 million in cash.
ATM manufacturer NCR enjoyed a significant rise in its share price last week after Reuters reported that a private equity firm was planning a $9 billion bid for the company.
20 July 2015
Continuing its strategy of buying in user experience expertise, Capital One has acquired Oakland-based design and development outfit Monsoon for an undisclosed fee.
09 July 2015
PayPal is forcing its way into the booming market for international remittances with a proposed $890 million acquisition of money transfer startup Xoom.
02 July 2015
Interactive Data is gearing up for a possible sale or initial public offering that could value the market data outfit at more than $5 billion, according to Reuters.
01 July 2015
Digital Asset Holdings, the cryptocurreny outfit helmed by former JP Morgan big wig Blythe Masters, has acquired one-time Innotribe startup finalist Hyperledger.
26 June 2015
Private equity firms Blackstone and Carlyle Group have teamed up to make a $10 billion bid for cash machine vendor NCR, according to Reuters.
16 June 2015
Westpac has acquired an 11% stake in Canberra-based cybersecurity outfit QuintessenceLabs as it bids to shore up its defences against hi-tech hackers.
German banking systems company Wincor Nixdorf has denied press reports that it is in talks about a takeover by US rival Diebold.
11 June 2015
A host of Wall Street heavyweights, including former Nyse Euronext CEO Duncan Niederauer, have joined a $1.25 million seed funding round for Symbiont, a startup using the blockchain for "smart securities".
09 June 2015
The investment arm of US mobile network operator Verizon has confirmed that it has taken a stake in Host Card Emulation specialist SimplyTapp.
04 June 2015
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