Mergers and acquisitions

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Liquidnet moves into fixed income market through Vega-Chi acquisition

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.

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MTS agrees Bonds.com acquisition

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.

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Barclays Africa buys stake in South African P2P lender RainFin

Barclays Africa (formerly Asba) has acquired a 49% stake in South African peer-to-peer lending marketplace RainFin. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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MasterCard adds in-app payments to MasterPass; buys m-wallet firm C-Sam

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.

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BBVA buys Simple for $117m

US digital banking start-up Simple has sold out to Spain's Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) for $117 million in cash.

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Capital One takes stake in ClearXchange

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.

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Deutsche Bourse acquires stake in fixed income platform Bondcube

Deutsche Börse has acquired a minority stake in fixed income liquidity discovery start-up Bondcube.

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Misys acquires IND Group

Misys has acquired Hungary-based IND Group, a supplier of online and mobile banking and personal financial management tools to 30 banks worldwide.

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Monitise buys Turkish mobile money firm Pozitron Yazilim

Monitise has acquired Turkish mobile money outfit Pozitron Yazilim in an all share deal which could be worth up to £60 million.

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Sweden's Assa Abloy buys IdenTrust

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.

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Markit enters OMS arena with thinkFolio acquisition

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.

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Payments start-ups raise $1.2 billion across 193 deals in 2013

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.

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JPMorgan takes equity stake in Chi-X Global

JPMorgan has acquired an equity stake in exchange group Chi-X Global.

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Swedish online payments firm Klarna buys rival Sofort

Swedish online payments firm Klarna is preparing to take on the likes of PayPal after acquiring German rival Sofort for around $150 million.

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PayPal buys mobile app specialist StackMob

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.

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Amazon reportedly buys m-commerce firm GoPago

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.

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LifeLock buys mobile-wallet start-up Lemon

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.

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IBM takes control of $1.3 billion ADTS business

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.

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Apple buys social media sentiment firm Topsy Labs

Apple has bought social media analytics firm Topsy Labs for a reputed $200 milliom.

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Banks sell 59% stake in SIA

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.