Mergers and acquisitions

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Landmark Information buys RiskHorizon

Landmark Information – the leading provider of information to the UK’s property market – has today announced it has acquired the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) due diligence platform, RiskHorizon™, from global sustainability consultancy Anthesis Group.

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Yoyo to create global loyalty brand following merger with South Africa's wiGroup

Yoyo, the leading UK-based marketing, payments and loyalty company, and wiGroup, the South African-based mobile rewards software company announced today that they are joining forces to create a global loyalty company under the Yoyo brand.

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Bravura acquires Delta Financial Systems for £23 million

Bravura Solutions Limited (ASX:BVS) (Bravura) has today announced the acquisition of Delta for a total consideration of up to GBP23.0m (A$41.5m1).

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Morgan Stanley to acquire Eaton Vance

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Eaton Vance Corp. (NYSE: EV) have entered into a definitive agreement under which Morgan Stanley will acquire Eaton Vance, a leading provider of advanced investment strategies and wealth management solutions with over $500 billion in assets under management (AUM), for an equity value of approximately $7 billion.

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TP Icap agrees terms for acquisition of Liquidnet

Following the announcement made on 29 September 2020, TP ICAP plc ("TP ICAP" or the "Company" and together with its subsidiaries, the "Group") confirms that it has agreed definitive terms to acquire the entire issued share capital of Liquidnet Holdings, Inc. ("Liquidnet" and, together with its subsidiaries and the Group, the "Enlarged Group") for a total consideration of between US$575 million and US$700 million, comprising cash consideration of US$525 million (subject to customary adjustments) payable on completion of the Acquisition ("Completion"), non-contingent deferred consideration of US$50 million and contingent consideration of up to US$125 million (the "Acquisition").

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Paynetics acquires Wirecard UK and Ireland corporate card portfolio

Bulgarian e-money institution Paynetics has acquired the corporate payout card portfolio of Wirecard UK and Ireland.

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LSE agrees €4.3 billion sale of Borsa Italiana to Euronext

The London Stock Exchange has agreed to sell Borsa Italiana to Euronext for €4.3 billion, paving the way for its takeover of financial data provider Refinitiv.

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P27 acquires Bankgirot, the Swedish mass payment clearing house behind Swish

P27 Nordic Payments Platform has today announced the acquisition of Bankgirot (Bankgirocentralen BGC AB), Sweden’s only clearing house for mass payments.

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ClearCourse acquires payments businesses Adelante and E-Novations

ClearCourse Partnership LLP (“ClearCourse” or “the Group”), a group of innovative technology companies providing useful, integrated software solutions to businesses around the world, today announces the acquisition of two UK-based payments businesses, Adelante and E-Novations.

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Refinitiv buys The Red Flag Group

Refinitiv has today acquired The Red Flag Group, significantly expanding its suite of due diligence offerings with the addition of a leading provider of workflow, data, due diligence and ratings solutions that help corporate compliance customers to evaluate money laundering, bribery and corruption, reputational and ESG risk.

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Crowdcube and Seedrs to merge

Today, we have announced with Seedrs that we have agreed to a merge, in a move that will accelerate our shared plan to create the world’s largest private equity marketplace and further democratise investment.

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NEC acquires Avaloq

Japan's NEC has acquired Swiss core banking vendor Avaloq for CHF2.05 billion.

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SIA and Nexi agree blockbuster merger

Italian payment firm Nexi and SIA have agreed a merger, creating an at-scale player encompassing the entire payments value chain.

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BlackLine buys Rimilia to add AI-powered accounts receivable automation to platform

Accounting automation software provider BlackLine has acquired AI-powered accounts receivable outfit Rimilia for $150 million in cash.

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Real-time payments - seize the momentum at EBAday 2020

Mastercard and ACI Worldwide announced they were partnering to provide a range of global real-time payments solution, aiming to offer “best in class central infrastructure” to banks and other financial solutions.

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Morgan Stanley granted regulatory approval for acquisition of E*Trade

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) announced today that it has received regulatory approval from the Federal Reserve to acquire E*TRADE Financial Corporation (“E*TRADE”).

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Castles Technology acquires Spire Payments

Castles Technology, one of the top global payment solutions providers which offers services to more than 50 countries around the globe, today announced completion of the acquisition of the business and assets of Spire Payments, the leading European based EFTPOS terminal solutions provider.

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Clearstream completes acquisition of majority stake in Fondcenter

Deutsche Börse’s post-trade services provider Clearstream completed the acquisition of a majority stake in UBS’s fund distribution platform Fondcenter AG from UBS on 30 September.

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ABN Amro sells Moneyou tech platform to TM-Pro

ABN AMRO announces the sale of Moneyou’s technology platform ‘Moneyou Go’ to TM-Pro.

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Jumio buys Beam AML platform

AI-powered identity verification and KYC outfit Jumio has acquired the AML platform of Beam Solutions. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.