Latest Mergers and acquisitions News: Finextra Research

TD Ameritrade acquires FA Insight's big data assets

TD Ameritrade, among the largest providers of custody and brokerage services to independent registered investment advisors (“RIAs”), has agreed to acquire the research, benchmarking and consulting capabilities of FA Insight, a combination that will give advisors ready access to some of the industry’s deepest and most comprehensive collection of business information.

04 February 2016

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

IPC closes Etrali acquisition

IPC Systems, Inc. (IPC), a leading provider of global communications solutions and software for the financial services community, today announced it has completed its acquisition of Etrali Trading Solutions (Etrali), a leader in compliance and unified communications solutions.

03 February 2016

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Accenture completes acquisition of Formicary

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed its acquisition of Formicary, a leading provider of systems integration and technology consulting services for trading platforms in the UK and North America.

03 February 2016

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Orc and CameronTec unite to create Itiviti

The management of Itiviti AB today introduced a newly named company and brand, marking the completion of the previously announced unification of Orc Group, a global market leader in electronic trading technology for listed derivatives and CameronTec Group, the global standard in financial messaging infrastructure and connectivity.

02 February 2016

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Nasdaq completes acquisition of Chi-X Canada

Nasdaq (NDAQ) today announced the completion of its acquisition of Chi-X Canada, an Alternative Trading System for Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture listed securities, from Chi-X Global.

01 February 2016

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Tsys agrees $2.35bn TransFirst acquisition

Tsys has struck a $2.35 billion cash deal to buy fellow payments firm TransFirst from Vista Equity Partners.

27 January 2016

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

USA Technologies acquires VendScreen assets

USA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:USAT) ("USAT"), a premier payment technology service provider of integrated cashless and mobile transactions in the self-service retail market, today announced it has acquired the cloud-based content delivery platform, device platform and products, customer base, and intellectual property of VendScreen, Inc. of Portland, Ore., a leading developer of vending industry cashless payment technology.

26 January 2016

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Rambus acquires Bell ID

Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) today announced it has acquired Smart Card Software Ltd which includes Bell Identification Ltd (Bell ID) and Ecebs Ltd (Ecebs) through the purchase of all outstanding shares of Smart Card Software Ltd., for £64.7M in cash.

26 January 2016

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JC Flowers snaps up Chi-X Asia Pacific units

Private equity group JC Flowers is to buy the Australian and Japanese trading platforms of Chi-X Global and its Hong Kong IT unit Chi-Tec. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

25 January 2016

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Capital markets sector leads fintech M&A activity

There were 427 fintech mergers and acquisitions in 2015, worth a combined $64 billion, double the value of deals the previous year, according to figures pulled together by Berkery Noyes.

21 January 2016

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ACI Worldwide sells community banking suite to Fiserv

ACI Worldwide is to exit the community bank and credit union market, selling its Community Financial Services business to Fiserv for $200 million in cash.

21 January 2016

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

HSBC transfers Asian bond indices to Markit

Markit (Nasdaq:MRKT), a leading global provider of financial information services, today announced that HSBC has transferred the ALBI, ADBI and AHBI indices to the Markit’s iBoxx family of indices. Financial terms were not disclosed.

21 January 2016

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Flywire acquires ScholarFX

Flywire (formerly peerTransfer), a provider of cross-border payment solutions, today announced the acquisition of Toronto-based ScholarFX, a respected processor of tuition, room and board payments for international students attending universities and other educational institutions in Canada.

20 January 2016

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Verifone to acquire AJB Software Design

Verifone (NYSE: PAY) today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire AJB Software Design, Inc., a Toronto-based provider of payment gateway and switching solutions for large merchants in the U.S. and Canada.

20 January 2016

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Kraken to acquire Coinsetter and Cavirtex

Global bitcoin exchange Kraken today announced that they are acquiring major exchanges Coinsetter and Cavirtex.

19 January 2016

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Verifone agrees acquisition of AJB Software Design

Verifone (PAY) today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire AJB Software Design, Inc., a Toronto-based provider of payment gateway and switching solutions for large merchants in the U.S. and Canada.

15 January 2016

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

IBM buys Iris Analytics

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it has acquired IRIS Analytics, a privately held company specializing in real-time analytics to help combat payment fraud.

15 January 2016

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Invesco acquires digital advisory firm Jemstep

Invesco Ltd. has acquired Jemstep, a market-leading provider of advisor-focused digital solutions.

12 January 2016

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Bloomberg buys tech to monitor employee chat on social media

Bloomberg has acquired the technology assets of an Australian company capable of scanning enterprises for inappropriate communications in social media, using pattern matching technology.

12 January 2016

News/Mergers and acquisitions

First Derivatives buys in Kx skills with QuantumKDB acquisition

First Derivatives has acquired specialist Kx consultancy QuantumKDB for £2.2 million as it looks to support the growth of its database software business following a management shakeup in November last year.

12 January 2016