Benzinga's Weekend M&A Chatter

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Friday April 22 through Sunday April 24, 2016:

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Mastercard

is said to have made an approach to the Board of Directors of Vocalink, according to sources as reported by

on Friday. A deal for the salary and benefits processor could be worth more than £1 billion, the sources said. Mastercard is said to have hired Citigroup to advise on a potential transaction. Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland are the largest stakeholders in Vocalink. Mastercard closed at $97.45 on Friday, down $0.09.

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Shares of Bellicum Pharmaceuticals

rose Friday, on a report from

that it could be an acquisition target for Juno Therapeutics Inc.

. The publication interviewed Juno Chief Scientific Officer Hy Levitsky, who expressed the possibility of a deal for Bellicum's CAR-T suicide switch. The article indicated that Bellicum's suicide technology could be preferable to Juno's EGFRt-based technology. Bellicum Pharmaceuticals closed at $11.50 on Friday, up 1.32%.

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Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc.

and Gaming Partners International Corporation (NASDAQ" GPIC) announced Friday, that EGT subsidiary, Dolphin Products Limited has entered into a binding letter of intent to sell its assets to GPIC for approximately $5.9 million. The transaction is expected to close in May 2016. Entertainment Gaming Asia closed at $2.00 on Friday, down $0.17.