In a move to help it to become a global leader in enterprise financial transaction management, CheckFree, a provider of financial electronic commerce services and products, has acquired messaging and straight-through processing solutions provider HelioGraph. The acquisition reflects CheckFree’s commitment to grow its software business and strengthen its international presence. The combined product suite will offer a comprehensive global enterprise financial transaction management solution, including financial messaging, corporate actions and trade status tracking. The addition of these components to CheckFree’s enterprise reconciliation and matching platform will enable companies to realise more streamlined and efficient international transaction settlements, centralised information and exception management as well as greater risk management capabilities across global operations.