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Värde Partners is exploring the sale of credit-card platform Mercury Financial, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Global Payments Inc. is weighing divestitures of its payroll and Active Network businesses following a strategic review earlier this year, according to people familiar with the matter.

BlackRock Inc . is nearing a deal to buy HPS Investment Partners , a purchase that would vault the firm into the top ranks of private credit as it seeks to become a major force in alternative assets.

EQT AB is working with boutique investment bank Financial Technology Partners to find buyers for payments-services provider Banking Circle , which

Happy Monday. It’s Matthew Monks in New York. In today’s newsletter, we look at Honeywell’s plan to weigh a breakup under pressure from Elliott. Elsewhere, a European hedge fund is shutting down while Super Micro ponders capital-raising options. Today's top stories

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. has made some new hires to its financial institutions group, including Vishal Sitapara from Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Hi, it’s Matt Monks in New York. In today’s newsletter we look at the comeback of blank-check vehicles. Also, suitors line up for a big Intel divestiture while TPG nears a chunky telecom deal.

Constellation Energy Corp. is nearing an acquisition of Calpine Corp., people familiar with the matter said, in what would be one of the biggest ever deals in the power generation sector.

Hi, it’s Matthew Monks and Will Wade in New York with what would be one of the biggest-ever deals in the power and utilities sector, and what’s behind it. We also have news on the latest move in a flurry of consolidation activity in Italian banking.

A group of investors being advised by Maverick Carter, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James’ business partner, is seeking to raise $5 billion from private capital sources to form an international basketball league to rival the National Basketball Association, according to people familiar with the matter.