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Orc Group, the Swedish trading systems firm recently acquired by private equity house Nordic capital, is to part company with its CEO and demerge previously acquired businesses Neonet and CameronTec.
22 March 2012
Deutsche Börse is to sue the European Commission over its decision to block a proposed $9 billion merger with Nyse Euronext.
20 March 2012
Having killed off a proposed merger with Temenos, core banking vendor Misys has agreed a £1.27 billion cash deal to be acquired by Vista Equity Partners.
19 March 2012
Connecticut-based fintech vendor SS&C Technologies appears to have won the battle for GlopeOp Financial Services with a 485 pence a share cash offer, trumping an earlier bid from TPG Capital.
14 March 2012
Swiss core banking vendor Temenos has pulled out of merger talks with Misys in the face of competition from two rival bidders for its British competitor.
12 March 2012
Green Dot, the US prepaid card outfit with designs on entering the retail banking market, has agreed a deal to buy Loopt, a location-based mobile rewards marketing specialist, in a cash deal worth $43.4 million.
09 March 2012
The London Stock Exchange is to acquire a majority 60% stake in LCH.Clearnet in a deal valuing the clearing house at EUR813 million.
Visa Europe is set to take a 15% equity stake in Mobile Money Network (MMN), a joint venture between Monitise, retailer Best Buy Europe and Carphone Warehouse founder Charles Dunstone.
07 March 2012
UK-based payment technology vendor CreditCall has completed a management buy-out with the backing of FF&P Private Equity and Bestport Ventures. Financial terms were not disclosed.
05 March 2012
Core banking vendor Misys is in talks with its largest shareholder, ValueAct Capital, and private equity firm CVC Capital Partners about a potential joint takeover offer.
Thomson Reuters has agreed to sell off Portia, its middle-to-back office investment operations platform, to SS&C Technologies for $170 million.
29 February 2012
Oberthur Technologies has entered exclusive negotiations to buy US mobile money specialist MoreMagic Solutions. Financial details have not been disclosed but MoreMagic's major shareholders, including Battery Ventures and Vision Capital, are backing the deal.
28 February 2012
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Farooq Nazir, deputy head of security, EMEA at Nomura talks about the bank's innovative use of their Honeywell central security management system, which uses strobe lighting to alert staff to breaches in security at the investment bank.
24 February 2012
Swiss core banking vendor Temenos is working furiously to seal a merger deal with UK rival Misys as its latest set of results show a 33% drop in new license sales for the fourth quarter.
22 February 2012
Misys' proposed marriage to Swiss core banking rival Temenos could be on the rocks after the UK banking software vendor confirmed that it has received an approach from Vista Equity Partners.
20 February 2012
Nyse Euronext and CME Group have both submitted bids for the London Metals Exchange (LME), according to Bloomberg.
17 February 2012
Swedish fintech vendor Orc Group has filed to delist from Nasdaq OMX Stockholm after a public tender offer from Nordic Capital was accepted by stockholders controlling over 98% of its shares.
French IT group Sopra has agreed to buy a majority stake in Belgian banking software vendor Callataÿ & Wouters (C&W). Financial terms were not disclosed.
16 February 2012
Nyse Euronext has agreed to acquire a 25% stake in UK trading technology outfit Fixnetix. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Shares in Misys have moved up on rumours that private equity firms are running the rule over the UK vendor's proposed merger with Swiss core banking rival Temenos.
14 February 2012
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