{"id":135393,"date":"2024-09-16T03:30:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T03:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/16\/temasek-eyes-20-stake-in-visa-co-vfs-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-09-16T03:30:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T03:30:23","slug":"temasek-eyes-20-stake-in-visa-co-vfs-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/16\/temasek-eyes-20-stake-in-visa-co-vfs-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Temasek eyes 20% stake in visa co VFS &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-113378468,imgsize-1598518.cms?resize=1280,720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Temasek eyes 20% stake in visa co VFS &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"Temasek eyes 20% stake in visa co VFS &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Singapore state-owned investor <!-- -->Temasek<!-- --> Holdings is nearing a deal to buy a significant minority stake in <!-- -->VFS Global<!-- -->, according to people familiar with the matter, a transaction that could value the <!-- -->visa outsourcing<!-- --> and technology services firm at about $7 billion including debt.<br \/>Temasek is poised to acquire about 20% in closely held VFS, which is controlled by US alternative asset manager Blackstone, the people said, asking not to be identified because the deliberations are private.Temasek and <!-- -->Blackstone<!-- --> are hammering out the details of a deal that could be announced as soon as Monday, the people said. 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