COPENHAGEN: Payments firm Nets has welcomed a 33.1 billion Danish crown (US$5.3bil) bid from US firm Hellman & Friedman, marking what could be one of the largest European private equity takeovers in recent years.
Nets said in July it had been approached by potential buyers as the industry sees a wave of deals, with consumers switching to card and mobile payments and regulatory changes promising to open up the fragmented market.
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