State Street Corp. announced today that it is going through with the purchase of the securities services business of banking group Intesa Sanpaolo for $1.87 billion in cash.
The financial service provider said the acquisition will increase its overseas presence and will fund the transaction with available capital. The deal includes global custody, depository banking, correspondent banking and fund administration components of the securities services operations, In addition, roughly 555 employees will join State Street.
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