American Express To Pay $660M For Loyalty Partner

American Express will pay up to $660 million for German marketing company Loyalty Partner, Reuters reported. European buyout shop Palamon Capital Partners owns a 54% stake in Loyalty Partner. The deal, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2011, is the firm's sixth sale of an investment this year and triples its initial equity investment, Reuters said.

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