Apollo Buys 51% Stake in EVERTEC

Apollo Management has bought a 51% stake in EVERTEC, a unit of Popular Inc., through a joint venture. Popular, a bank holding company in Puerto Rico, will receive about $570 million while the JV is valued at $868 million. As part of the deal, EVERTEC gets Popular's merchant acquiring and processing and technology business.

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