Latest Mergers and acquisitions News: Finextra Research

Verifone to be acquired for $3.4 billion

POS payments firm Verifone is to be acquired by private equity outfit Francisco Partners for $3.4 billion in cash.

10 April 2018

Hacked Japanese crypto exchange sold for $34m

Coincheck, a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange that made news in January when hackers stole $500m of customers' deposits, has been sold to Japanese retail broker Monex for $34m (3.6bn yen).

06 April 2018

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

ICE agrees to buy Chicago Stock Exchange

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX), a full-service stock exchange, including trading, data and corporate listings services.

05 April 2018

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

ACA Compliance Group to buy Cordium

ACA Compliance Group (“ACA”) announced today that it will acquire Cordium, a leading provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) services.

05 April 2018

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Fidessa names new bidders

The last minute entrants into the bidding war for UK technology provider Fidessa have been named as financial technology firm Ion Investment Group and the US financial services group SS&C Technologies.

05 April 2018

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Abel Noser acquires Zeno Consulting

Abel Noser Holdings, LLC announced today that it is acquiring Zeno Consulting Group, LLC in a transaction pairing two leading providers of best execution analysis, regulatory and trade surveillance services.

05 April 2018

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Temenos faces late competition for Fidessa

Trading technology supplier Fidessa has postponed a shareholder vote on whether to accept a £1.4 billion takeover offer from Temenos because two more potential bidders have indicated that they may enter the fray.

03 April 2018

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Sberbank buys majority stake in Dialog

In the framework of building a digital ecosystem, Sberbank has acquired a majority stake in Dialog, the developer of dialog enterprise corporate messenger.

03 April 2018

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CME and NEX agree £3.9 billion deal to create trading powerhouse

CME Group has reached agreement on a £3.9 billion take over of the UK's NEX Group, in a deal that promises to transform the world's currency and sovereign debt markets.

29 March 2018

News/Mergers and acquisitions

Silver Lake buys $500m stake in Credit Karma

Private equity firm Silver Lake is buying a $500 million stake in personal finance technology outfit Credit Karma from existing investors.

29 March 2018

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RBS to acquire book-keeping software firm FreeAgent

Royal Bank of Scotland is to acquire UK accounting software vendor FreeAgent in a deal that values the firm at £53 million.

28 March 2018

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Broadridge acquires ActivePath

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), a global fintech leader, has completed the acquisition of ActivePath, an Israeli-based digital technology company.

28 March 2018

News/Mergers and acquisitions

Payconiq to merge with Bancontact in Belgium

Payconiq, the mobile payments app supported by a host of Belgian and Dutch banks, is to merge with Bancontact, the Belgian market leader in electronic payments.

27 March 2018

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Euronext completes acqusition of Irish Stock Exchange

Today, Euronext announces the completion of the acquisition of 100% of the shares and voting rights of The Irish Stock Exchange plc[1], after receiving regulatory approvals.

27 March 2018

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

ION Investment Group closes Openlink acquisition

ION Investment Group announced today that it completed its acquisition of Openlink Financial, a global provider of trading and risk management solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed.

22 March 2018

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Merrill unveils SaaS application for due diligence

Merrill Corporation, a global provider of solutions designed to improve outcomes in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), today announced the launch of its new SaaS application for due diligence, Merrill DatasiteOne.

19 March 2018

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Finantix acquires Asian fintech start-up smartfolios

Finantix, global provider of enterprise solutions in WealthTech, InsurTech and RegTech, is proud to announce its acquisition of smartfolios, the creators of quant-enabled investment tools that support all the key stages of the digital advisory value chain.

19 March 2018