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Diebold agrees $1.8 billion takeover of Wincor Nixdorf

US ATM manufacturer Diebold has agreed a $1.8 billion takeover of Wincor Nixdorf, creating a company with an installed base of one million cash machines worldwide and combined revenues of $5.2 billion.

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MyBucks and Opportunity International Partner to drive financial inclusion for 460 million unbanked

Opportunity, Inc., a next generation microfinance organization that invests philanthropic and social impact capital to spark and scale innovative solutions to global poverty, has entered into a share purchase agreement to sell six banks serving sub-Saharan Africa to the MyBucks Group, a Luxembourg-based financial technology (fintech) company which holds the three brands GetBucks, GetSure and GetBanked.

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Prepaid Financial Services announces the sale of 5% of its shares for £2.5m

Prepaid Financial Services (PFS), a leading e-money institution that specialises in prepaid card issuing, acquiring and providing alternative banking solutions via its own technology platform, today announced it has sold 5% of the company to a strategic investor after being valued in excess of £50m.

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Western Union confirms acqusition talks with OzForex

The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) today confirmed that it has submitted a non-binding, indicative proposal to potentially acquire online payments services provider OzForex Group Limited, which is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.

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Nasdaq in talks over $100m Chi-X Canada acquisition - Bloomberg

US exchange operator Nasdaq could be heading north through the $100 million acquisition of Chi-X Canada, according to Bloomberg.

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ICE agrees $650m Trayport acquisition

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is buying Trayport, a trading technology firm focused on the European energy markets, from BGC Partners for $650 million in stock.

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Indian group acquires 40% stake in UK challenger OakNorth

Shares in Indiabulls Housing Finance have dropped 17% after the non-bank home loans group splashed £66 million on a 40% stake in UK challenger bank OakNorth.

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NCR gets $820m Blackstone investment

Private equity giant Blackstone is paying $820 million for a 17% stake in ATM manufacturer NCR, which intends to use the money to accelerate its transformation into a software and services firm and embark on a share buyback programme.

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PayPal closes Xoom acquisition

PayPal, Inc. (PYPL) and Xoom Corporation (XOOM) today announced that PayPal has completed its previously announced acquisition of Xoom.

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Broadridge buys QED Financial Systems

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (BR) has acquired privately-held investment accounting solutions provider QED Financial Systems, Inc. QED provides software-based investment accounting solutions, data management and outsourced investment accounting services to more than 40 institutional investors and asset managers who together have more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Tullett Prebon to acquire Icap's hybrid voice broking and information assets

Tullett Prebon is to acquire Icap's hybrid voice broking and information businesses for about £1.1 billion in a reverse takeover deal.

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Verifone buys Germany's InterCard

Verifone (PAY) announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire InterCard AG, a leading Payment as a Service provider in Germany.

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Virtusa to acquire majority stake in Polaris

Polaris Consulting and Services Ltd. (“Polaris”), an innovator in digital transformation and financial technology, has entered into a definitive Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Virtusa Corporation (“Virtusa”) whereby a subsidiary of Virtusa will acquire approximately 53% of the paid up share capital of Polaris from certain promoter entities led by Arun Jain and certain other shareholders, including OrbiTech Private Ltd (formerly known as Orbitech Limited).

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ACI Worldwide acquire's Germany's PAY.ON as Q3 earnings beat the Street

ACI Worldwide is to acquire e-commerce payment gateway business PAY.ON in a deal that values the German-based firm at EUR180 million.

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Worldline and Equens joins forces

European payments firms Worldline and Equens are merging their processing businesses. Meanwhile, Worldline is also buying Equens' commercial acquiring unit, PaySquare, for EUR72 million in cash.

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OneMarketData acquires Tick Data

OneMarketData, the founders of OneTick, a single solution for event stream processing and time series management of historical and real-time tick data, today announced the acquisition of Virginia-based Tick Data Inc., a trusted and leading provider of historical intraday exchange time series data, for an undisclosed sum.

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LSE completes sale of Proquote to Iress

London Stock Exchange Group today confirms that it has completed the sale of Proquote, a market data vendor and retail trading provider in the United Kingdom, to Iress, as announced on 15 September 2015.

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Visa Inc agrees EUR21.2 billion deal for Visa Europe

European banks are set for a windfall return on their investment in Visa Europe, as Visa Inc confirms a €21.2 billion deal for the European card network.

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Digital Asset Holdings acquires Blockstack.io

Digital Asset Holdings and Blockstack.io today announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Digital Asset will acquire San Francisco-based Blockstack, a firm that offers a “blockchain-as-a-service” to enable financial institutions to develop applications on a private blockchain.

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Heartland Payment Systems posts Q3 net income rise; buys Digital Dining

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (HPY), one of the nation's largest payment processors, today announced record third quarter Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Earnings per Share of $29.7 million and $0.79, respectively, for the quarter ended September 30, 2015.