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Nasdaq to buy data provider eVestment for $705m

Exchange operator Nasdaq has struck a $705 million deal to buy eVestment, a data, content and analytics platform for institutional investors.

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Fiserv closes Monitise acquisition

Fiserv has completed its acquisition of Monitise plc, further expanding its digital technology suite to enable financial institutions worldwide to meet customer expectations for innovative digital banking experiences.

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Danish payments processor Nets close to $5bn buyout

Nets, the largest payments processor in Scandinavia, is rumoured to be close to a private equity buy-out that would value the company at more than $5bn, according to a report from the Financial Times.

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Blackhawk Network buys digital gift card outfit CashStar

Blackhawk Network, Inc., a global financial technology company (“Blackhawk”), announced today that it has acquired CashStar, Inc., a leading provider of gift card commerce solutions at the forefront of mobile payments and digital gifting innovation.

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Digiliti Money rejects Urban FT takeover offer

Urban FT says that struggling remote deposit capture vendor Digiliti Money has turned down a takeover offer.

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Accenture buys Canadian fintech consulting firm Verax

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Verax Solutions, a Toronto-based technology and systems-integration consulting firm that serves the financial services sector in Canada. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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Concardis buys Cardtech

Concardis has increased its stake in Cardtech Card & POS Service GmbH to 100 percent of the shares. In 2015, the Eschborn full-service payment provider acquired some 70 percent and thus a majority of the shares in the Cologne-based payments company, and now Cardtech will be fully integrated into the Concardis Group.

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Ebix acquires money transfer arm of India's YouFirst

Ebix, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBIX), a leading international supplier of On-Demand software and E-commerce services to the insurance, financial, e-governance and healthcare industries, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Money Transfer Service Scheme (MTSS) Business of YouFirst Money Express Private Limited.

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Real-time payments in play as Fiserv acquires Dovetail

Fiserv is looking to gain an edge on competitors in the fast moving world of real-time payments by acquiring UK-based vendor Dovetail.

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Urban FT throws a lifeline to Digiliti Money

Urban FT has emerged as a surprise bidder for Digiliti Money, just a day after the beleaguered remote deposit capture company warned that it was contemplating bankruptcy after auditors refused to sign off on its financial accounts for 2016.

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Euronext closes FastMatch acquisition

Euronext today announces it has completed the acquisition of c.90% of FastMatch, the fastest growing Electronic Communication Network (“ECN”) in the spot foreign exchange market, after having received regulatory and anti-trust approvals.

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Instinet completes purchase of BlackCross ATS from State Street

Instinet Holdings Incorporated (Instinet) today announced that it has completed the purchase of the BlockCross ATS, an industry leading alternative trading system (ATS), from State Street.

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Deposit Solutions acquires Savedo

Deposit Solutions, the leading Open Banking platform for deposits and operator of investment platform ZINSPILOT, today announced that it has acquired Berlin-based platform for retail deposits SAVEDO.

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PayPal buys Swift Financial to boost working capital biz

PayPal is expanding its working capital programme for merchants through the acquisition of online lending firm Swift Financial. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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SIX Payment Services takes over the acquiring and terminal business of Aduno Group

SIX Payment Services Ltd is purchasing from Aduno Group the business unit Aduno SA, responsible for acquiring and terminal business (card acceptance and processing).

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EC approves BNP Paribas acquisition of Opel/Vauxhall financing arms

Today, the European Commission approved the proposed acquisition by Groupe PSA and BNP Paribas of the captive companies of Opel/Vauxhall.

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Sberbank invests $500 million in e-commerce joint venture

Sberbank is to spend $500 million to take a 50% stake in Yandex.Market, the e-commerce venture operated by the Russian search engine.

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Worldpay and Vantiv seal £9.3 billion merger deal

The boards of directors of Vantiv and Worldpay are pleased to announce that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended merger of Worldpay with Vantiv and Vantiv UK Limited (a subsidiary of Vantiv) (“Bidco”) in the form of a recommended offer for the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Worldpay by Vantiv and Bidco (the “Merger”).

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Euronext acquires stake in LCH France

Euronext has agreed a deal to acquire an 11% stake in the French operations of LCH Group on the back of a ten-year derivatives processing arrangement.

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Tandem acquires Harrods Bank

Digital challenger Tandem has pulled off a huge deal to salvage its plans to move into the UK banking market by acquiring loss-making Harrods Bank.