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MasterCard to buy UK payment provider VocaLink for £700m

John Leonard
John Leonard
clock 22 July 2016 •
MasterCard to buy UK payment provider VocaLink for £700m

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 company...

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