Yahoo Finance Synchrony Financial Braces Portfolio With Loop Commerce Buy
Synchrony Financial SYF recently completed its Loop Commerce acquisition. The company is now known as Loop Commerce, a Synchrony Solution. However, financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
With the buyout of this digital and in-store gifting service providing company, Synchrony will be able to expand its technology capabilities with better product lines for its customers. This will include GiftNow, an award winning, patented platform and service for digital as well as in-store gifting services. While on one hand, the acquirer’s technology portfolio will be enhanced, on the other, the company will focus more on digital personalized experience.
The company expects to enrich customer relations and encourage its retention by adding technical and gifting expertise for addressing swelling demand for transformational services.
Notably, Loop Commerce will be able to strengthen its offerings from Synchrony’s deep financial services.
The acquisition will integrate the technology and commerce of both companies, creating a huge market opportunity in G-Commerce for Synchrony Financial.
Moreover, the consolidated entity will be able to fast track investments in innovation and boost growth for their retail customers as well as partners.
Synchrony has always pursued strategic acquisitions for ramping up its growth and driving its portfolio capabilities. Last year, the company also closed its acquisition of Citi Health Card portfolio and GPShopper. While the former transaction helped Synchrony expand its network in the United States, the latter aided it to create new mobile solutions for the company’s retail partners.
These acquisitions are supported by its strong balance sheet. Cash and cash equivalents of the company have increased 12.4% to $13.04 million as of Mar 31, 2018. The company also witnessed a strong financial/capital position with total liquidity of $25 billion.
In the past year, shares of this Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) premier consumer financial services company have rallied 23.3%, easily outperforming the industry’s growth of 9.23%.
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