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News/Mergers and acquisitions
Private equity firms Parallax Capital Partners and StepStone Group have acquired a majority stake in digital identity authentication outfit IdenTrust. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
27 September 2013
PayPal parent eBay has confirmed that it has agreed an $800 million cash deal to buy Chicago-based payments start-up Braintree.
26 September 2013
Former VeriFone CEO Doug Bergeron and private equity house GTCR have set up a $500 million investment fund to pursue acquisitions in the financial technology space.
25 September 2013
ACI Worldwide is to acquire electronic bill payment outfit Official Payments for $8.35 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $109 million.
23 September 2013
PayPal is close to securing a deal to buy Chicago-based payments start-up Braintree as it seeks to crack the growing mobile commerce market, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Swiss payments processor SIX has acquired Austrian bank-backed PayLife for an undisclosed amount.
20 September 2013
Fixed income marketplace Tradeweb has agreed to acquire BondDesk, extending its business interests into retail fixed income and wealth management.
13 September 2013
Nyse Euronext has acquired a minority stake in ACE as it bids to enter the market for private placement of securities.
09 September 2013
Share in Monitise fell 10% in morning trading after the mobile money outfit reported widening pre-tax losses despite a doubling of revenues.
05 September 2013
E-invoicing network OB10 is set to be paired with the UK arm of First International Bank of Israel under plans hatched by a new investment vehicle created specifically to shake up the supply chain finance industry.
04 September 2013
US exchange operators Bats Global Markets and Direct Edge have agreed a merger deal. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
27 August 2013
IntercontinentalExchange has called in three banks to help float the European equity operations of Nyse Euronext, according to Reuters.
22 August 2013
Bottomline Technologies is increasing its presence in the financial messaging arena with the acquisitions of Swiss outfit Sterci and London-based Simplex. Financial terms have not yet been disclosed.
21 August 2013
Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has struck a deal to buy a majority stake in Britsh online payments provider Skrill Group from Investcorp for around EUR600 million.
19 August 2013
Canadian financial technology firm Davis and Henderson (D+H) has completed the US$1.2 billion cash acquisition of US counterpart Harland Financial Solutions.
16 August 2013
IBM is buying security software vendor Trusteer and opening a cybersecurity lab in Israel. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
15 August 2013
Private equity firms Spectrum Equity and TA Associates have both bought minority stakes in Bats Global Markets from Lehman Brothers Holdings. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
14 August 2013
Bob Diamond, the controversial former Barclays chief, is in talks about buying a stake in Aquis Exchange, the new pan-European equities trading market being set up by Alasdair Hayne, according to the Financial Times.
08 August 2013
American ATM operator Cardtronics has strengthened its position in the UK and entered the German market through the acquisition of Cardpoint for around £100 million in cash.
07 August 2013
The Warsaw Stock Exchange says that it is in talks about buying a 30% stake in Aquis Exchange, the UK-based start-up hoping to open a pan-European equities trading market.
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