Separately, Mitsui's portfolio company BrightStar, a US-based provider of distribution and related services to the wireless device industry, has withdrawn its plans for a $300m flotation.

Alexander Taub joins the US-based mobile payments business backed by employee recognition and rewards platform BetterWorks.

Visa-backed mobile payments service Square recruited Google Wallet co-founder Rob von Behren at the beginning of the month.

The Goldman Sachs-backed data provider snaps up another data company.

The Visa-backed UK-listed payments company buys US rival Clairmail in an all-share exchange, valuing Clairmail at $173m.

The mobile payments company backed by corporates including SingTel, Citi and First Data, raises the first trance of a series D round.

Fifth Third payment processing spin-out Vantiv is valued at $4.2bn, three years after private equity firm Advent International bought a majority stake.

She formerly managed private equity firm 3i's relationships with senior executives and non-executives across a range of sectors and geographies.

In 2010, Core launched a $30m fund, Core Innovation Capital I fund, with Goldman Sachs as an anchor investor, although the firm has made eight prior investments through the CFSI Catalyst Fund.

Bats had sold 6.3 million shares in its initial public offering (IPO) at $16 each, which was the low end of its $16 to $18 per share range, but these were withdrawn after trading started at near-zero cost.