** Shares of U.S. fintech firm Fiserv FI.N edge lower ~0.6% to $204.95
** Fiserv will buy Canada's fintech firm Payfare PAY.TO in a C$201.5 million ($140 million) deal
** The transaction, expected to close in the first half of 2025, values Payfare's stock at a 90% premium to last closing price
** Deal could also mark one of the final undertakings by Fiserv CEO Frank Bisignano, who has been picked by President-elect Donald Trump to head the Social Security Administration
** Including session's move, stock is up ~54.2% YTD
(Reporting by Jaiveer Singh Shekhawat in Bengaluru)
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