Mergers and acquisitions

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Datawatch agrees Panopticon acquisition

Datawatch has agreed to buy Swedish real-time visual data discovery specialist Panopticon Software for around $31.4 million in stock.

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Markit acquires DTCC corporate actions validation service

Financial data outfit Markit has acquired the assets of Global Corporate Actions Validation Service from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Progress to sell Apama to Software AG

Progress Software has agreed to sell its Apama complex event processing (CEP) platform to Swiss vendor Software AG. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Tibco goes after real-time Big Data with StreamBase acquisition

Tibco Software has acquired complex event processing vendor StreamBase Systems for an undisclosed sum.

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Gores Group acquires Orange Business Services - Trading Solutions

France Telecom-Orange has sold its trading communications business to US private equity operator Gores Group and management for an undisclosed amount.

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AmEx and Groupon invest in SumUp

American Express and Groupon have joined existing investors to inject a 'double-digit million euro' sum into mobile point of sale outfit SumUp.

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Temasek acquires 10% stake in Markit

Temasek, Singapore's state-owned investment company, has acquired a 10% stake in financial data firm Markit for $500 million.

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Vasco acquires Cronto

Software security house Vasco has acquired UK-based Cronto for a maximum EUR17 million in cash.

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Deutsche Bank buys Xchanging out of JV

London-based back office processing provider Xchanging has agreed to sell its 51% stake in Xchanging Transaction Bank (XTB) back to partner Deutsche Bank for EUR40.5 million in cash.

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Sainsbury's acquires full control of banking arm; hires FIS as core provider

UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's has confirmed its intention to assume full control of its banking operations and has hired US-based FIS as its chief technology partner.

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Sainsbury's in talks to buy out banking business

UK supermarket chain J Sainsbury says it is in "advanced negotiations" with Lloyds Banking Group to take over full ownership of Sainsbury's Bank.

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Google buys minority stake in Lending Club

Google has become a minority stake-holder in Lending Club after leading a $125 million deal to buy a share in the peer-to-peer loan specialist from existing investors.

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Equiduct rescued by new investors

Pan-European exchange Equiduct has been rescued from the brink of oblivion by a group of new investors after its largest shareholder Citadel pulled its backing from the platform.

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Lloyds plans IPO for TSB branch network after Co-op pulls out of deal

The Co-operative Group has pulled out a deal to buy 632 branches from Lloyds Banking Group, which says it will now spin off the network in an IPO.

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PayPal buys customer acquisition start-up Iron Pearl

As it bids to boost its 123 million-strong user base, PayPal has acquired Iron Pearl, a start up specialising in customer acquisition and engagement. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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FXCM makes Gain Capital takeover offer

Online foreign exchange trading platform FXCM has offered to buy rival Gain Capital for $210.4 million in stock.

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First Derivates stumbles on legacy Cognotec debt

Shares in UK capital markets tech house First Derivates slipped in early morning trading as the vendor warned that it may have to take a "significant" provision against an unpaid debt owed to its Cognotec unit.

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Nasdaq OMX agrees eSpeed acquisition

Nasdaq OMX has struck a deal to buy electronic US Treasuries trading platform eSpeed from BGC Partners for $750 million in cash.

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Temenos targets US SaaS banking market through TriNovus acquisition

Temenos has acquired TriNovus in a move designed to help the Swiss core banking vendor break into the US software-as-a-service (SaaS) market.

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European banks contemplating sale of Visa Europe - WSJ

European banks are considering cutting their ties with Visa Europe to set up an alternative bankcard scheme, the Wall Street Journal has reported.