Smarsh, a Portland, Ore.-based digital archiving company, has bought London-based archiving and analytics vendor Cognia to enhance its mobile and fixed-line voice communication capabilities in a bid to meet the impending MiFID II rules and increase its European footprint. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed although Smarsh officials say that they would retain… Read More >>
FIS Gets a Catapult via SunGard Acquisition
Banking and payments technology vendor FIS has completed its $9.3 billion acquisition of SunGard, marking a new chapter for the technology and services giant with many operations offerings for securities firms. The acquisition “uniquely positions [FIS] to offer a broad range of retail, enterprise and wholesale banking and payments capabilities that will further empower the… Read More >>
