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MasterCard to buy UK payment provider VocaLink for £700m

John Leonard

22 July 2016 • 2 min read

Company denies sale has anything to do with falling value of Sterling

VocaLink, the UK company behind the LINK network of bank ATM machines, is to be bought by US payments giant MasterCard for £700m. The deal makes VocaLink the second major British technology comp...

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