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Institutional trading network Liquidnet is moving into the fixed income market through the acquisition of bond trading platform Vega-Chi. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
18 March 2014
London Stock Exchange-owned fixed income marketplace MTS has agreed to buy Bonds.com, a US-based platform for the electronic trading of corporate and emerging market bonds.
06 March 2014
Barclays Africa (formerly Asba) has acquired a 49% stake in South African peer-to-peer lending marketplace RainFin. Financial terms were not disclosed.
05 March 2014
MasterCard has added in-app payments to its MasterPass digital wallet as it bids to grab a slice of a fast-growing multi-billion dollar industry.
24 February 2014
US digital banking start-up Simple has sold out to Spain's Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) for $117 million in cash.
20 February 2014
Capital One has taken a stake in ClearXchange, the US bank-backed clearing house for person-to-person online payments transfer via mobile or e-mail.
19 February 2014
Deutsche Börse has acquired a minority stake in fixed income liquidity discovery start-up Bondcube.
12 February 2014
Misys has acquired Hungary-based IND Group, a supplier of online and mobile banking and personal financial management tools to 30 banks worldwide.
10 February 2014
Monitise has acquired Turkish mobile money outfit Pozitron Yazilim in an all share deal which could be worth up to £60 million.
03 February 2014
Just months after buying IdenTrust, private equity firms Parallax Capital Partners and StepStone Group have offloaded the digital identity authentication firm to Swedish lock manufacturer Assa Abloy. Financial terms were not disclosed.
17 January 2014
Financial data outfit Markit is moving into the order management system (OMS) business with the acquisition of thinkFolio. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
14 January 2014
A 16% decline in M&A and IPO activity in the payment space in 2013 was more than compensated for by a boom in early-stage investing, according to data from CB Insights, as a mix of VCs and corporate venture firms all continued to jockey for a piece of this massive industry.
10 January 2014
JPMorgan has acquired an equity stake in exchange group Chi-X Global.
08 January 2014
Swedish online payments firm Klarna is preparing to take on the likes of PayPal after acquiring German rival Sofort for around $150 million.
18 December 2013
PayPal has acquired StackMob, a San Francisco-based firm which helps developers build and manage their mobile applications. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Amazon has acquired San Francisco-based mobile commerce outfit GoPago, according to press reports, putting it in competition with the likes of Square and PayPal.
17 December 2013
Identity-theft firm LifeLock is upping its mobile presence with the acquisition of mobile-wallet start-up Lemon for an initial consideration of $42.6 million.
12 December 2013
IBM has taken a controlling stake in Associated Dexia Technology Services, which provides IT services to financial institutions formerly within the Dexia Group, including Belfius Bank, Belfius Insurance and Banque Internationale à Luxembourg.
09 December 2013
Apple has bought social media analytics firm Topsy Labs for a reputed $200 milliom.
03 December 2013
The bank owners of Italian payments processor SIA have agreed to sell a 59.3% stake in the venture in a deal valuing it at around EUR765 million.
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