And today we’re announcing the opportunity to address this key product gap. “Adding the credit-card capability has been an important objective for us. “Our acquisition of Fair Square enhances our ability to continue delivering solid results and expanding our reach to even more customers,” Ally CEO Jeffrey Brown told analysts on a conference call. advised Fair Square along with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. provided financial advice to Ally, and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP served as legal counsel. More importantly, it will bring together two companies who claim to share a common goal of putting customers first. Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit.Ĭitigroup and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. On Wednesday February 20, the growing financial services company Ally Financial (NYSE: ALLY) announced its plans to acquire CardWorks, the credit card and consumer financing lender. Fair Square, founded in 2016, has received backing from private equity firm Pine Brook as well as Orogen Group, an investment firm started by former Citigroup Inc. The firm reported third-quarter revenue of $1.99 billion, missing the $2.03 billion average of analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg.Īlly said it expects the Fair Square deal to close by the end of the first quarter, with the acquisition adding to 2023 earnings. in New York, making them the third-worst performer in the 142-company Russell 1000 Index Financials. “We’ve been trying to figure this out for years and years.”Īlly shares dropped 5.3% to $52.86 at 11:38 a.m. The company was looking to purchase CardWorks in 2020.
“The magic of 2021 is really no more than Fair Square was ready to sell and it fit in really well with our priorities,” Ally Chief Financial Officer Jennifer LaClair said in an interview. ALLY stock is dropping despite the company posting strong earnings.
The two companies said Wednesday they had agreed to terminate the merger agreement they had announced in February, citing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, Ally began winding down its own proprietary cash-back card that it had offered with Toronto-Dominion Bank. Matthew Heller JAlly Financial will not be completing its 2.7 billion acquisition of CardWorks, dealing a blow to its plans to diversify beyond auto loans. The firm’s latest move comes after the Covid-19 pandemic forced the auto lender to abandon its purchase of CardWorks just months after it had agreed to pay $2.65 billion for the subprime credit-card provider. With the deal, Ally will be getting a business that has more than 650,000 cardholders who carry about $763 million in balances.Īlly has long sought a way to offer credit cards. The auto-lending giant said on Thursday it’s agreed to pay $750 million for credit-card company Fair Square Financial. (Bloomberg) - Ally Financial is giving the world of credit cards another go.
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