synopsis: First Data Corp., a global leader in electronic commerce and payment services, announced it has completed the acquisition of Delta Singular Outsourcing Services S.A. from Delta Singular S.A., a leading technology company in Greece. Delta Singular Outsourcing Services provides payment processing services in Greece, the Middle East and the Balkans.

synopsis: The McGraw-Hill Companies MHP today announced that it has sold J.J. Kenny Drake, the municipal bond inter- dealer brokerage unit of Standard & Poor's, to Rafferty Capital Markets, LLC, a registered broker-dealer based in Garden City, New York.

synopsis: The Board of Directors of CBOT Holdings, Inc. has voted not to merge with IntercontinentalExchange, Inc., opting to merge instead with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

synopsis: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. and CBOT Holdings, Inc. have completed the merger of their companies. The combined company, CME Group Inc., will be the world's largest and most diverse exchange.

synopsis: Knight Capital Group Inc. announced that the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has purchased a minority equity interest in its Direct Edge ECN division.

synopsis: Rurban Financial Corp., a leading provider of full-service community banking, investment management, trust services and bank data and item processing, announced closing the acquisition of Diverse Computer Marketers by Rurbanc Data Services Inc., Rurban's data and item processing subsidiary, effective after the close of business on Sept. 2, 2006.

synopsis: Misys plc, the global software and solutions company, announced today that it has agreed to sell 100% of its independent financial advisers support services business, Sesame, to Friends Provident plc. The gross proceeds from the sale are expected to be in excess of £90m.

synopsis: SS&C Technologies, Inc., a global provider of financial services software and outsourcing solutions, announced that it has acquired all of the assets of New Jersey-based Northport, LLC.

synopsis: First Data Corp., a global leader in electronic commerce and payment services, announced it has completed the acquisition of Delta Singular Outsourcing Services S.A. from Delta Singular S.A., a leading technology company in Greece. Delta Singular Outsourcing Services provides payment processing services in Greece, the Middle East and the Balkans.

synopsis: First Data, a global leader in electronic transactions and payment services, completed the acquisition of Check Forte Processamento de Dados Ltda., a payment transaction processing company in São Paulo, Brazil.

synopsis: First Data Corp., a global leader in electronic commerce and payment services, today announced the acquisition of Deecal International, a specialist software solutions provider for commercial payments.

synopsis: First Data International, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment services, has completed the acquisition of POLCARD SA, Poland's leading independent merchant acquirer and card processor. By acquiring POLCARD, First Data is now strongly positioned in Poland, a market with an expanding payments infrastructure.

synopsis: First Data Corp. has completed its acquisition of FundsXpress, a premier provider of online banking and bill payment services for consumers and small businesses. FundsXpress has more than 500 financial institution customers, consisting primarily of community financial institutions.

synopsis: First Data Corporation, a global leader in electronic commerce and payments solutions, announced the completion of its acquisition by affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Under the terms of the merger agreement, the company's stockholders will receive $34 per share in cash.

synopsis: First Data Corp. a global leader in electronic commerce payments, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Intelligent Results, a customer data analytics and decision management software company.

synopsis: easycash, the leading German point of sale Network Service Provider, announced that financial investor Warburg Pincus, the global private equity firm, has reached agreement with First Data International to acquire 100% of easycash. First Data sold easycash in a competitive auction.

synopsis: First Data International, a global leader in electronic transactions and payments, and Argencard S.A. announced today that they signed an agreement for the acquisition of Argencard by First Data. Argencard is a leading payment processor in Argentina and Uruguay. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

synopsis: First Data Corp., a global leader in electronic commerce payments services, has completed its acquisition of Peace Software, a leading Customer Information System product company that develops advanced software for managing utility billing and customer care. Financial terms were not disclosed.

synopsis: TeleCheck Services, Inc., a subsidiary of First Data Corp., today announced that it has acquired substantially all the assets of ClearCheck, Inc., a full-service provider of return check management systems for major retailers and supermarkets across the United States. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

synopsis: CyberSource Corporation, a leading provider of electronic payment and risk management solutions, announced that it has acquired BidPay.com, Inc. from First Data Corporation. In exchange for $1.8 million in cash, CyberSource acquired proprietary technology, databases, and certain intellectual property rights.

synopsis: First Data International, a leader in electronic commerce and payment services around the world, has completed the acquisition of GZS Gesellschaft fur Zahlungssysteme mbH, Germany's leading processor of cashless, card-based payment transactions.

synopsis: First Data Corp., a global leader in electronic commerce and payment services, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of approximately 80% interest in Korea Mobile Payment Services, a leading provider of Value-Added Network (VAN) services, an authorization switcher that provides a network between merchants and issuers.

synopsis: First Data Corp. a global leader in electronic commerce and payment services, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Vigo Remittance Corp., a provider of electronic money transfer services to countries throughout the world. First Data purchased Vigo from Great Hill Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm.

synopsis: First Data Corporation, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment services, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Austrian Payment Systems Services GmbH (APSS), Austria's leading processor of cashless, card-based payment transactions.

synopsis: First Data Corp., a global leader in electronic commerce and payment services, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of EuroProcessing International, a major card processor in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

synopsis: First Data Corp., a global leader in electronic commerce and payment services, today announced it has completed the acquisition of the credit card processing business unit of FinecoBank S.p.A., part of Capitalia Group. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

synopsis: First Data Corp., a global leader in electronic commerce and payment services, announced it has completed the acquisition of Delta Singular Outsourcing Services S.A. from Delta Singular S.A., a leading technology company in Greece. Delta Singular Outsourcing Services provides payment processing services in Greece, the Middle East and the Balkans.

synopsis: Metavante Corporation, the financial technology subsidiary of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation MI, has completed its acquisition of NYCE Corporation, one of the leading payment companies in the United States. NYCE will now be a wholly owned subsidiary of Metavante.

synopsis: First Data Corp. FDC, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment services, today announced that it has completed its merger with Cashcard Australia Limited, a leading electronic payments service provider in the Australian marketplace.

synopsis: Payment Data Systems, Inc. an integrated electronic payments solutions provider, has cancelled its acquisition of the assets of Electronic Recovery Systems LLC. Electronic Recovery Systems offers a variety of world-class Automated Clearing House (ACH) processing solutions.

synopsis: Financial Transaction Services LLC, a full service provider of electronic transaction processing services, announced that it had secured a $50 million growth equity commitment from FTV Capital, a multi-stage private equity firm that invests in high-growth companies.

synopsis: Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. announced that it has agreed to acquire 98.73% of KSNET, Inc. ("KSNet"), a leading Republic of Korea payment processor, for a purchase price of approximately 270 billion Korean won.

synopsis: Equens SE - one of the largest payment and card processors in Europe - is to acquire all shares in montrada GmbH, a German card acquiring and network service providing company, which is currently wholly owned by Commerzbank AG.

synopsis: Popular, Inc. announced the completion of the merger pursuant to which funds managed by Apollo Management, L.P. acquired a 51% interest in Popular’s processing subsidiary, EVERTEC, and related processing businesses, through the establishment of a joint venture.

synopsis: Stakool, Inc. and LinQpay, Inc. a leading Mobile Payment and Global Payment Services company, announced the signing of a definitive agreement whereby Stakool, Inc. will acquire 100% of LinQpay.

synopsis: BancTec, Inc., a global provider of advanced, high-volume, document and payment processing solutions and services has extended the reach of its BPO offerings through the acquisition of Privatgirot AB, one of the largest providers of payment and document services in the Nordic region of Europe.

synopsis: Consorteum Holdings Inc. has acquired Consorteum Inc., a systems integrator within the financial services, payment and transaction processing industries, a Canadian-based provider of payment and transaction solutions.

synopsis: 3i Infotech, a global provider of IT solutions, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire J.P. Morgan Treasury Services' national retail lockbox business (NRLB). 3i Infotech's subsidiary, Regulus Group, is currently the largest outsourced remittance processing provider in the U.S.

synopsis: Fifth Third Bancorp and Advent International announced the consummation of their joint venture transaction for Fifth Third's processing business. Advent is purchasing an approximate 51% interest in Fifth Third's merchant acquiring and financial institutions businesses.

synopsis: MasterCard announced that it has entered into an agreement to increase its stake in Strategic Payments Services Pty Ltd , which will allow it to become the majority shareholder at 52.5%. Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd will remain a key partner in the JV, retaining its existing shareholding, with Customers Ltd set to become a minority shareholder.

synopsis: Voice Commerce Group, a leader in payment and financial transaction processing systems, announced the completion of its acquisition of Perpetual Payments, a London-based specialist credit card and merchant services processing business.

synopsis: Heartland Payment Systems, a leading provider of credit/debit/prepaid card processing, payroll, check management and payment services, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Network Services business of Alliance Data Systems Corporation.

synopsis: Payment Alliance International, a leader in electronic payment processing solutions announced today that it has acquired Montana based ATM Express, Inc., one of America's most successful providers of ATM management services.

synopsis: SunGard today announced that it has acquired the corporate payments division of Payformance Corporation a Jacksonville, Florida based company that provides payment processing solutions for corporations and health care organizations.

synopsis: First Data, a global leader in electronic transactions and payment services, completed the acquisition of Check Forte Processamento de Dados Ltda., a payment transaction processing company in São Paulo, Brazil.

synopsis: Pan-European payments operator Equens is to merge its operations with Italian processor Seceti, under a deal that will create the largest volume payments processor in Europe.

synopsis: The boards of directors of the SWX Group, SIS Group and Telekurs Group have signed a letter of intent to merge the three organisations. Within the framework of the contemplated merger, the business activities of all three companies are to be combined under one roof.

synopsis: E-Tran, a leading provider of electronic payment and collections capabilities to financial institutions and their customers, has become a Data Impact company.

synopsis: Flint Telecom Group, Inc., an International telecoms technology and services organization, announced that it has acquired the entire issued capital of the debit card company -- Ingedigit International Inc. -- and the financial transaction processing company -- Gotham Ingedigit Financial Processing Corp. d.b.a. Power2Process.