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News/Mergers and acquisitions
Chinese Web giant Alibaba is investing nearly $200 million in China Business News (CBN) as it prepares to move into the financial data and information services industry.
04 June 2015
Financial data outfit Markit is to acquire Dublin-based corporate actions and post-trade vendor Information Mosaic.
02 June 2015
The Reserve bank of New Zealand is looking for a buyer for the NZClear security settlement and depository business after deeming it a non-core business that requires significant investment.
Online retailer Overstock has stepped up its plans to issue "digital securities" through the acquisition of a 25% stake in alternative trading system (ATS) PRO Securities, according to Wired.
20 May 2015
Visa Inc is in talks with European banks about buying back its former subsidiary Visa Europe for as much as $20 billion, according to Bloomberg.
08 May 2015
Stock market operator Chi-X is exploring a sale that could value the Nomura-controlled unit at $400 million, according to Bloomberg.
07 May 2015
O2 has bought out its partners in the Weve mobile commerce consortium and will run the business as a standalone subsidiary.
06 May 2015
MasterCard is to pay $600 million to acquire Big Data analytics outfit Applied Predictive Technologies.
28 April 2015
Goldman Sachs has bought a $20.5 million minority stake in Perseus, a firm that provides super-fast connectivity for high-frequency trading firms.
21 April 2015
Financial technology conglomerate SunGard is appointing financial advisors to explore a potential $10 billion sale or possible IPO, according to a report from Reuters.
BBVA had bought San Francisco-based user-experience and design outfit Spring Studio as it continues to aggressively pursue its stated aim of becoming the "best digital bank of the 21st century".
16 April 2015
Cavirtex, a Canadian bitcoin exchange forced to shut down last month in the wake of a security breach, has won a reprieve after being acquired by American counterpart Coinsetter.
09 April 2015
Canadian financial technology firm D+H is to buy transaction banking vendor Fundtech for $1.25 billion in cash, subject to regulatory approvals.
31 March 2015
Monitise founder and co-CEO Alastair Lukies is to step down from the board of the UK mobile banking group, as the business strives to go it alone as an independent company following a failed search for a third-party suitor.
25 March 2015
London-listed Optimal Payments has agreed to buy Skrill Group for an enterprise value of around EUR1.1 billion in a deal it says will create a major global player in online payments and digital wallet services.
23 March 2015
Banco Sabadell is making its first play for a European business outside of its home territory as Lloyds agrees to sell 50% of TSB to the Spanish bank.
20 March 2015
Banco Sabadell stands to benefit from a £450 million 'IT dowry' bequeathed by Lloyds Banking Group if its proposed £1.7 billion takeover of TSB is approved.
12 March 2015
As it seeks to keep pace with a market shifting to EMV and NFC, Square has acquired Canadian payments specialist Kili Technology. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
11 March 2015
PayPal is to establish a new cyber-security centre in Tel Aviv after confirming the acquisition of local vendor CyActive
10 March 2015
Core banking vendor Temenos is to move into the fast-growing funds admin business with a EUR235 million acquisition of Luxembourg-based Multifonds
04 March 2015
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