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News/Mergers and acquisitions
Software security house Vasco has acquired UK-based Cronto for a maximum EUR17 million in cash.
20 May 2013
London-based back office processing provider Xchanging has agreed to sell its 51% stake in Xchanging Transaction Bank (XTB) back to partner Deutsche Bank for EUR40.5 million in cash.
15 May 2013
UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's has confirmed its intention to assume full control of its banking operations and has hired US-based FIS as its chief technology partner.
08 May 2013
UK supermarket chain J Sainsbury says it is in "advanced negotiations" with Lloyds Banking Group to take over full ownership of Sainsbury's Bank.
07 May 2013
Google has become a minority stake-holder in Lending Club after leading a $125 million deal to buy a share in the peer-to-peer loan specialist from existing investors.
02 May 2013
Pan-European exchange Equiduct has been rescued from the brink of oblivion by a group of new investors after its largest shareholder Citadel pulled its backing from the platform.
30 April 2013
The Co-operative Group has pulled out a deal to buy 632 branches from Lloyds Banking Group, which says it will now spin off the network in an IPO.
24 April 2013
As it bids to boost its 123 million-strong user base, PayPal has acquired Iron Pearl, a start up specialising in customer acquisition and engagement. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
12 April 2013
Online foreign exchange trading platform FXCM has offered to buy rival Gain Capital for $210.4 million in stock.
09 April 2013
Shares in UK capital markets tech house First Derivates slipped in early morning trading as the vendor warned that it may have to take a "significant" provision against an unpaid debt owed to its Cognotec unit.
02 April 2013
Nasdaq OMX has struck a deal to buy electronic US Treasuries trading platform eSpeed from BGC Partners for $750 million in cash.
Temenos has acquired TriNovus in a move designed to help the Swiss core banking vendor break into the US software-as-a-service (SaaS) market.
22 March 2013
European banks are considering cutting their ties with Visa Europe to set up an alternative bankcard scheme, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
20 March 2013
Pan-European cash equities clearing houses EuroCCP and the European Mulitlateral Clearing Facility (EMCF) have agreed to merge their operations.
14 March 2013
The London Stock Exchange is expecting to realise EUR25 million in IT rationalisation and other cost savings as it agrees a revised £284 million cash offer to buy a majority stake in LCH.Clearnet.
07 March 2013
Payments processor Tsys has agreed to buy NetSpend, a provider of pre-paid debit cards to America's underbanked, for around $1.4 billion in cash.
20 February 2013
ION Group's acquisition spree shows no sign of ending, with the fintech firm's Pattington subsidiary agreeing to buy FFastFill in a cash deal which values the UK derivatives trading vendor at £106.1 million.
15 February 2013
The London Stock Exchange has acquired a 67% stake in Italian low latency software house Gatelab.
11 February 2013
Swiss IT integration house Swisscom is to acquire the Entris Banking IT outsourcing business of RBA-Holdings, which provides services to 41 regional and savings banks across the country.
08 February 2013
Fintech giant FIS has agreed to pay around $120 million in cash to buy the 78% stake in mobile money specialist mFoundry it does not already own.
31 January 2013
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