Below is a list of 18 acquisitions and 39 angel, seed, venture, and strategic investment transactions that occurred in 15 countries in January 2017. The U.S. led with 29 deals, followed by Europe with 19, Asia-Pacific with 8, and Africa with 1. Those deals involved credit cards, mobile payments, loyalty programs, money transfers, payment processing, prepaid cards, security technology, merchant acquiring, ecommerce platforms, business-to-business payment platforms, ATM processing, foreign exchange, alternative lending, hardware manufacturers, and cryptocurrency. The monetary value of 27 of thos...