Funding and Acquisitions: Mobile payments startup Paydiant pulls in $7.6 million in Series A funding

Today’s funding and acquisitions news roundup from across the web:

Mobile                                 

Paydiant Throws Its Hat Into The Mobile Payments Ring, Raises $7.6 Million (via TechCrunch)

Web Content/Finance

Caplinked Raises Cash to Bring Entrepreneurs and Investors Together (via gigaom)

IT/Chips

A $679M deal: CSR and Zoran merge to create consumer chip powerhouse (via VentureBeat)