MARKETWATCH: “Financial technology companies Fiserv Inc. and First Data Corp. plan to combine in a $22 billion all-stock deal, which analysts say may spur a wave of industry consolidation. The deal, announced Wednesday, could be “the largest in payments and financial technology history,” according to Fiserv FISV, -4.00%  Chief Executive Jeffrey Yabuki. The combined company expects to be the market leader in global issuing and merchant processing, and it will give …

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