Latest Mergers and acquisitions News: Finextra Research

FD buys Affinity for £7.7 million

First Derivatives (FD), a software and consulting company, has bought Affinity Systems for CAD$14.5m (£7.7m) in a cash and share deal.

01 April 2015

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Skrill Group completes Ukash acquisition

Skrill Group today announces that it has completed its acquisition of Ukash.

01 April 2015

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Canada's D+H agrees $1.25bn Fundtech acquisition

Canadian financial technology firm D+H is to buy transaction banking vendor Fundtech for $1.25 billion in cash, subject to regulatory approvals.

31 March 2015

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Global Payments acquires Realex Payments

Global Payments Inc. (GPN), a leading worldwide provider of payment technology services, announced today the purchase of Realex Payments, one of Europe’s largest and fastest growing payment gateways providing a range of technology services for businesses selling online.

25 March 2015

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Carlyle Group to acquire Conifer Financial Services

Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) today announced that it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Conifer Financial Services LLC, a leading, independent asset services firm.

25 March 2015

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Lukies out as Monitise pulls back from sell off

Monitise founder and co-CEO Alastair Lukies is to step down from the board of the UK mobile banking group, as the business strives to go it alone as an independent company following a failed search for a third-party suitor.

25 March 2015

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Optimal Payments agrees EUR1.1bn Skrill acquisition

London-listed Optimal Payments has agreed to buy Skrill Group for an enterprise value of around EUR1.1 billion in a deal it says will create a major global player in online payments and digital wallet services.

23 March 2015

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Sabadell agrees £1.7 billion takeover of TSB

Banco Sabadell is making its first play for a European business outside of its home territory as Lloyds agrees to sell 50% of TSB to the Spanish bank.

20 March 2015

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Sabadell in line for £450 million IT sweetener in TSB takeover

Banco Sabadell stands to benefit from a £450 million 'IT dowry' bequeathed by Lloyds Banking Group if its proposed £1.7 billion takeover of TSB is approved.

12 March 2015

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Square buys Toronto's Kili Technology

As it seeks to keep pace with a market shifting to EMV and NFC, Square has acquired Canadian payments specialist Kili Technology. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

11 March 2015

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

RJ O'Brian to acquire Kyte Group

R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO), the oldest and largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm in the United States, and GFI Group (NYSE:GFIG), a leading intermediary and provider of trading technologies and support services to the global OTC and listed markets, today announced that RJO’s affiliate, R.J. O’Brien Europe Limited (RJO Europe), will acquire GFI’s subsidiary, The Kyte Group Limited (Kyte).

11 March 2015

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PayPal to create cyber-crime centre in Israel following CyActive acquisition

PayPal is to establish a new cyber-security centre in Tel Aviv after confirming the acquisition of local vendor CyActive

10 March 2015

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Markit to acquire Halifax House Price Index

Markit, a leading global diversified provider of financial information services (Nasdaq: MRKT), today announced that it has agreed to acquire the Halifax House Price Index from Lloyds Banking Group.

10 March 2015

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Temenos moves into fund admin with Multifonds acquisition

Core banking vendor Temenos is to move into the fast-growing funds admin business with a EUR235 million acquisition of Luxembourg-based Multifonds

04 March 2015

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Visa to buy offers specialist TrialPay

Visa has struck an agreement to acquire American transactional advertising outfit TrialPay. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

27 February 2015

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Aconite team to lead new digital payments division at Proxama

Proxama PLC (PROX.L), the global mobile marketing, loyalty and payments company today unveils details of its new end-to-end mobile proximity marketing and payments proposition following the acquisition of Aconite Technology last year.

26 February 2015

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Samsung prepares for Apple Pay battle with LoopPay acquisition

Samsung has agreed a deal to buy mobile wallet outfit LoopPay, giving the electronics giant a new weapon in its brewing battle with Apple for the m-payments market. Financial terms have not been disclosed.

18 February 2015

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Monitise losses widen as suitors circle

UK mobile banking company Monitise says it has had positive discussions with potential suitors as it reports widening losses and an eight percent decline in revenues for the first half of the year.

17 February 2015

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CommBank buys South African tech outfit Tyme

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is on the prowl for tech acquisitions after paying A$40 million for South African digital banking outfit Take Your Money Everywhere (Tyme).

12 February 2015

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Temenos buys US software provider Akcelerant

On the day it reported a fall in fourth quarter revenues, Swiss core banking vendor Temenos has acquired US financial software provider Akcelerant for $50 million in cash.

10 February 2015