Ally Financial reportedly considering sale of credit card business
Ally Financial first acquired the business, then known as Fair Square Financial, for $750 million in 2021.
Ally Financial first acquired the business, then known as Fair Square Financial, for $750 million in 2021.
Ally Financial has been on the hunt for a new CEO since the departure of Jeffrey Brown in January.
Synchrony says the acquisition will also include $2.2 billion in loan receivables.
Brown is due to depart the Michigan-based online bank on 31 January 2024.
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The deal grows Ally’s user base to 11 million across 50 US states.
Banking software vendor Temenos is understood to have laid off a number of staff across its operations in the US, including at the Trinovus and Akcelerant subsidiaries. It is also understood to be eyeing the payments business of DH Corporation, Global Transaction Banking Solution (GTBS, formerly Fundtech).
Temenos says it has gone live with its flagship T24 core banking system at a “top 20 US bank”. Banking Technology understands this is Ally Financial. The bank is also now live with the vendor’s newly-built payments hub, Temenos Payments Suite (TPS). It is “the first tier 1 bank to do so in the US”, […]