There were 34 acquisitions and 57 angel, seed, venture, and strategic investment transactions in mobile payment and mobile money transfer companies in 26 countries last year. These transactions are in addition to the 53 acquisitions and 59 investments in merchant acquiring and related processing companies identified in 28 countries last year, which we published in issue #1101. Combined, the value of the 91 acquisition and investment transactions in mobile payments and mobile money transfers exceeded $927.4 million. The exact amount is higher but isn’t known because 32 transactions were di...