There were 53 acquisition and another 59 investment transactions on the merchant acceptance side of the card payment business in 28 countries last year. This does not include acquisitions and investments in mobile payments, which will be covered in our next issue. Included are sales of portfolios of card processing contracts, payment gateways, payment service providers, and more, as well as angel, seed, venture, and strategic funding rounds. Combined, the value of the 112 acquisition and investment transactions exceeded $10.00 billion. The acquisitions, which occurred in 18 countries, were ...