TF Bank AB announces today that it acquires Intrum’s 49 percent stake in the jointly owned company Avarda. The acquisition is part of TF Bank’s growth strategy in the Sales Finance segment. The acquisition price amounts to SEK 30 million.
– It is gratifying that we have reached an agreement with Intrum to acquire all of its shares in Avarda. The company has evolved into an exciting player in the Nordic market, not least shown by the latest deal with one of the largest retailers in the Nordics, Hobby Hall, says TF Bank’s CEO Declan Mac Guinness.
About Avarda
Avarda offers financing solutions for retailers (e-commerce and retail) for handling invoice and instalment payments and is part of TF Bank’s Sales Finance segment. Avarda focuses its activities on the Nordic markets.
For more information about Avarda, visit www.avarda.com
For further information, please contact:
Declan Mac Guinness, CEO, +46 707 22 82 97, [email protected]
Mikael Meomuttel, CFO, +46 706 26 95 33, [email protected]
TF Bank in brief
TF Bank is an internet-based niche bank offering consumer banking services through its proprietary IT platform with a high degree of automation. The company’s IT platform is designed for scalability and adaptation to different products, countries, currencies and digital banking solutions. TF Bank carries out deposit and lending activities with consumers in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Germany, Estonia and Latvia through subsidiaries, branches or cross-border banking.
The information in this press release is published by TF Bank AB (publ) as required under the EU Market Abuse Regulation and, where applicable, the Securities Markets Act and / or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was provided by the above contact persons for publication on November 6, 2017 at 13.15 CET.