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TNS remains acquisitive, CFO says; international interest may include Moneybookers, Monitise and Wirecard, sources say
Transaction Network Services (NYSE: TNS), the listed data communication services provider based in Reston, Virginia, remains an acquisitive company, said CFO Dennis Randolph.
TNS' service connects retailers' point-of-sale devices to credit card processors and automatic teller machines to electronic funds transfer and credit card networks. TNS would like to gain scale in all four of its businesses: telecommunications services, financial services, international services and the point-of-sale division, according Randolph.
The company is open to small players with value-added applications, should the right opportunity arise, he said. He declined to comment further on the matter.
Last week, TNS announced a USD 230m purchase of VeriSign's Communication Services Group, expected to be accretive to its 2009 earnings. TNS will focus on the integration of the communication services group over the next 12 to 18 months, Randolph said.
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A second analyst said one possible target for TNS is Moneybookers, a private UK provider of online payments. The company was put on the block by its private equity backer, Investcorp, effective 9 March.
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Another attractive player in the electronic payment space is German-listed Wirecard AG, the second analyst said. He noted that the company has a healthy balance sheet with revenues of EUR 134.1m in 2007 and Q3 sales of EUR 141m in the nine months ending September 2008. The company's ambitious growth plans and strong cash resources could whet the appetite of larger sector players, he said. |
