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First Derivatives has agreed a £36 million deal to acquire a further 46.47% stake in high performance database outfit Kx Systems, giving the firm a leg-up into the market for big data systems in capital markets and other vertical industries.
17 October 2014
Australia's Cuscal is to acquire Strategic Payments Services, a payment processing joint venture launched by Bendigo Bank and MasterCard in 2006, as it strives to carve out a position in the emerging mobile and digital payments market.
13 October 2014
US carrier billing company Boku has acquired one of its leading competitors, Germany-based mopay, extending its network to hundreds of new online merchants and consumers worldwide.
07 October 2014
A group of Wall Street firms, led by Goldman Sachs, has acquired instant messaging outfit Perzo and set up a new company to help them break free of their reliance on Bloomberg.
01 October 2014
EBay is to spin off Paypal into a publicly traded company in 2015 and has appointed American Express executive Dan Schulman as president and CEO of the payments business in anticipation of the move.
30 September 2014
Vista Equity Partners is seeking buyers for core banking supplier Misys after agreeing a $4.3 billion deal to acquire business process software firm Tibco.
29 September 2014
Barclaycard is boosting its capabilities in the lucrative rewards market through the acquisition of payments and loyalty specialist The Logic Group. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
08 September 2014
New Zealand's Heartland Bank has bought a 10% stake in local online peer-to-peer lending platform HarMoney. Financial terms were not disclosed.
IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) has agreed a $350 million cash deal to acquire SuperDerivatives, a provider of risk management analytics, financial market data and valuation services.
05 September 2014
FIS is to pay EUR375 million to acquire Brussels-based payments technology vendor Clear2Pay.
03 September 2014
Payment processing giant Heartland Payment Systems has acquired Leaf, a Boston-based mPOS start-up with its own purpose-built tablet. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
15 August 2014
Misys is looking to extend its footprint into the multi-billion dollar market for commercial lending software with the acquisition of Custom Credit Systems (CCS), a US-based provider of commercial loan origination and workflow management software.
11 August 2014
German Internet-focused VC and incubator Rocket Internet has sold a 10% stake to Philippines-based telco PLDT for EUR333 million in a deal that will also see the two firms team on building online and mobile payments services in emerging markets.
07 August 2014
Payments firm Square is diversifying through the acquisition of San Francisco-based food delivery service Caviar. The deal is thought to be worth around $90 million in stock.
05 August 2014
A group of Wall Street banks, led by Goldman Sachs, are on the verge of buying a stake in instant messaging firm Perzo as they prepare to break free of their reliance on Bloomberg, according to Reuters.
04 August 2014
Exchange operator CME Group has agreed a deal to buy the Trayport and Fenics trading technology units from GFI Group in a deal worth around $655 million.
30 July 2014
ACI Worldwide is to acquire UK-based payment fraud prevention outfit Retail Decisions (ReD) for $205 million in cash.
21 July 2014
Facebook has begun testing a 'buy' button which lets users purchase products advertised on the social network. Meanwhile, Twitter is also stepping up its commerce game, acquiring payments outfit CardSpring.
18 July 2014
Bloomberg has acquired market connectivity and trading technology firm RTS Realtime Systems. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
09 July 2014
Swedish trading technology vendor Cinnober has bought the Boat trade reporting service from Markit. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
02 July 2014
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