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News/Mergers and acquisitions
Mobile money firm Monitise has agreed to buy partner First Eastern out of their 50:50 Asia Pacific joint venture in a deal worth around £11.25 million in shares.
17 October 2013
Trading in invoice financing outfit Tungsten made a steady start on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange Wednesday, with the company raising £160 million from an oversubscribed placing
16 October 2013
US fingerprint authentication outfit DigitalPersona has acquired Georgia-based Identity Stream, which offers a turnkey biometric system for core banking users.
11 October 2013
MasterCard has moved to strengthen its position in the fast growing Turkish market, agreeing to buy local payments outfit Provus Bilisim Hizmetleri. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
10 October 2013
VCs, seasoned entrepreneurs and corporate finance houses were rubbing shoulders with T-shirted startups at Money2020 in search of the next Facebook or Square.
08 October 2013
Sweden's CameronTec has signed a definitive agreement to buy US FIX and electronic trading tech specialist Greenline Financial Technologies from MarketAxess. Financial terms were not disclosed.
02 October 2013
Private equity firms Parallax Capital Partners and StepStone Group have acquired a majority stake in digital identity authentication outfit IdenTrust. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
27 September 2013
PayPal parent eBay has confirmed that it has agreed an $800 million cash deal to buy Chicago-based payments start-up Braintree.
26 September 2013
Former VeriFone CEO Doug Bergeron and private equity house GTCR have set up a $500 million investment fund to pursue acquisitions in the financial technology space.
25 September 2013
ACI Worldwide is to acquire electronic bill payment outfit Official Payments for $8.35 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $109 million.
23 September 2013
PayPal is close to securing a deal to buy Chicago-based payments start-up Braintree as it seeks to crack the growing mobile commerce market, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Swiss payments processor SIX has acquired Austrian bank-backed PayLife for an undisclosed amount.
20 September 2013
Fixed income marketplace Tradeweb has agreed to acquire BondDesk, extending its business interests into retail fixed income and wealth management.
13 September 2013
Nyse Euronext has acquired a minority stake in ACE as it bids to enter the market for private placement of securities.
09 September 2013
Share in Monitise fell 10% in morning trading after the mobile money outfit reported widening pre-tax losses despite a doubling of revenues.
05 September 2013
E-invoicing network OB10 is set to be paired with the UK arm of First International Bank of Israel under plans hatched by a new investment vehicle created specifically to shake up the supply chain finance industry.
04 September 2013
US exchange operators Bats Global Markets and Direct Edge have agreed a merger deal. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
27 August 2013
IntercontinentalExchange has called in three banks to help float the European equity operations of Nyse Euronext, according to Reuters.
22 August 2013
Bottomline Technologies is increasing its presence in the financial messaging arena with the acquisitions of Swiss outfit Sterci and London-based Simplex. Financial terms have not yet been disclosed.
21 August 2013
Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has struck a deal to buy a majority stake in Britsh online payments provider Skrill Group from Investcorp for around EUR600 million.
19 August 2013
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