GE to Sell $30 Billion Commercial Lending and Leasing Businesses to Wells Fargo
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Wells Fargo (WFC) to Acquire GE's (GE) Commercial Lending, Leasing Business
October 13, 2015 9:06 AM EDTGeneral Electric (NYSE: GE) has reached an agreement to sell GE Capitals global Commercial Distribution Finance, North American Vendor Finance and Corporate Finance platforms to Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE: WFC). The sale includes ending net investment (ENI) of approximately $30 billion (about $32 billion of assets) and approximately 3,000 employees. It is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2016. Other terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
This is our largest transaction to date and a critical step in our efforts to reduce the size of GE Capital, said... More

