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Connecticut-based fintech vendor SS&C Technologies appears to have won the battle for GlopeOp Financial Services with a 485 pence a share cash offer, trumping an earlier bid from TPG Capital.
14 March 2012
Swiss core banking vendor Temenos has pulled out of merger talks with Misys in the face of competition from two rival bidders for its British competitor.
12 March 2012
Green Dot, the US prepaid card outfit with designs on entering the retail banking market, has agreed a deal to buy Loopt, a location-based mobile rewards marketing specialist, in a cash deal worth $43.4 million.
09 March 2012
The London Stock Exchange is to acquire a majority 60% stake in LCH.Clearnet in a deal valuing the clearing house at EUR813 million.
Visa Europe is set to take a 15% equity stake in Mobile Money Network (MMN), a joint venture between Monitise, retailer Best Buy Europe and Carphone Warehouse founder Charles Dunstone.
07 March 2012
UK-based payment technology vendor CreditCall has completed a management buy-out with the backing of FF&P Private Equity and Bestport Ventures. Financial terms were not disclosed.
05 March 2012
Core banking vendor Misys is in talks with its largest shareholder, ValueAct Capital, and private equity firm CVC Capital Partners about a potential joint takeover offer.
Thomson Reuters has agreed to sell off Portia, its middle-to-back office investment operations platform, to SS&C Technologies for $170 million.
29 February 2012
Oberthur Technologies has entered exclusive negotiations to buy US mobile money specialist MoreMagic Solutions. Financial details have not been disclosed but MoreMagic's major shareholders, including Battery Ventures and Vision Capital, are backing the deal.
28 February 2012
Swiss core banking vendor Temenos is working furiously to seal a merger deal with UK rival Misys as its latest set of results show a 33% drop in new license sales for the fourth quarter.
22 February 2012
Misys' proposed marriage to Swiss core banking rival Temenos could be on the rocks after the UK banking software vendor confirmed that it has received an approach from Vista Equity Partners.
20 February 2012
Nyse Euronext and CME Group have both submitted bids for the London Metals Exchange (LME), according to Bloomberg.
17 February 2012
Swedish fintech vendor Orc Group has filed to delist from Nasdaq OMX Stockholm after a public tender offer from Nordic Capital was accepted by stockholders controlling over 98% of its shares.
French IT group Sopra has agreed to buy a majority stake in Belgian banking software vendor Callataÿ & Wouters (C&W). Financial terms were not disclosed.
16 February 2012
Nyse Euronext has agreed to acquire a 25% stake in UK trading technology outfit Fixnetix. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Shares in Misys have moved up on rumours that private equity firms are running the rule over the UK vendor's proposed merger with Swiss core banking rival Temenos.
14 February 2012
Private equity firm Carlyle Group has agreed to sell UK cash handling business Talaris to Japan's Glory for around £650 million, nearly doubling its four-year old investment in the former De La Rue division.
Core banking vendors Misys and Temenos have agreed the key terms for their proposed merger, with shareholders of the UK firm taking 53.9% of the combined group and the Swiss outfit the remaining 46.1%.
08 February 2012
Goldman Sachs is preparing to spin off its Redi Technologies unit, inviting other banks and brokers to take a stake in the business, according to Dow Jones.
07 February 2012
Connecticut-based fintech vendor SS&C Technologies says it is considering a move to buy GlopeOp Financial Services, despite the latter striking a £508 million deal with TPG Capital last week.
06 February 2012
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