Mergers and acquisitions

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Visa to buy offers specialist TrialPay

Visa has struck an agreement to acquire American transactional advertising outfit TrialPay. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

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Samsung prepares for Apple Pay battle with LoopPay acquisition

Samsung has agreed a deal to buy mobile wallet outfit LoopPay, giving the electronics giant a new weapon in its brewing battle with Apple for the m-payments market. Financial terms have not been disclosed.

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Monitise losses widen as suitors circle

UK mobile banking company Monitise says it has had positive discussions with potential suitors as it reports widening losses and an eight percent decline in revenues for the first half of the year.

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CommBank buys South African tech outfit Tyme

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is on the prowl for tech acquisitions after paying A$40 million for South African digital banking outfit Take Your Money Everywhere (Tyme).

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Temenos buys US software provider Akcelerant

On the day it reported a fall in fourth quarter revenues, Swiss core banking vendor Temenos has acquired US financial software provider Akcelerant for $50 million in cash.

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Temasek plans Misys bid - Sky News

Temasek Holdings, Singapore's state-owned investment fund, is sniffing around core banking supplier Misys, which has been put on the block by current owner Vista Equity Partners, according to Sky News.

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SmartStream acquires Algorithmics Collateral assets

SmartStream has acquired Algorithmics Collateral assets from IBM, enabling it to address funding and counterparty risk issues for customers from within its own post-trade software suite.

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SS&C joins fintech bulge-bracket with $2.7 billion Advent acquisition

SS&C is to buy Advent Software for $2.7 billion in cash in a bid to capitalise on a growing trend for outsourcing of software and services in the financial sector.

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Bats moves into foreign exchange with Hotspot FX acquisition

Bats Global Market has acquired institutional spot foreign exchange market Hotspot FX from KCG Holdings in a cash transaction valued at $365 million.

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Monitise puts itself up for sale; warns on full year revenues

Mobile banking company Monitise has put itself in the shop window, as its stock price deteriorates still further and it warns on full year revenues.

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Capital One buys budgeting app Level Money

US bank Capital One has bought money management app Level Money. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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Tech Mahindra to acquire Switzerland's Sofgen

Indian IT services group Tech Mahindra has agreed a sub-$30 million all-cash deal to acquire niche core banking consultancy Sofgen.

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BBVA acquires big data startup Madiva

BBVA has acquired Spanish big data and cloud computing startup Madiva Soluciones as part of its strategy to buy up companies that are developing new technologies and disruptive business models.

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Symphony acquires technology assets of Markit chat unit

Reference data firm Markit has backed out of the running to develop a rival to Bloomberg's instant messaging network, instead selling the technology assets of its Collaboration unit to back-backed Symphony Communication Services.

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SS&C acquires DST Global for $95 million in cash

Connecticut-based SS&C Technologies Holdings, has acquired DST Global Solutions for $95 million in cash, providing a platform for growth in Emea and Asia Pacific.

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SilverLake sells IPC to Centrebridge Partners for $1.2 billion

Private equity firm Silver Lake has sold financial communications business IPC to Centrebridge Partners for $1.2 billion.

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Skrill adds scale in pre-paid with plans to acquire Ukash

Skrill Group is to acquire Ukash, a UK-based electronic money system that allows users to exchange their cash for a secure code to make payments online.

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Capita wins Co-operative Bank mortgage contract

Capita has emerged as the preferred bidder for a 10-year, £325 million contract to run the mortgage book of the UK's Co-operative Bank.

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Seedrs buys Junction Investments for US launch

Crowdfunding platform Seedrs has acquired California-based Junction Investments ahead of a US launch. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Payments sector dominates booming fintech M&A activity

The value of fintech-related mergers and acquisitions hit $10 billion in the last three months, with deals involving payments firms dominating, data from investment bank Berkery Noyes shows.