Aug
13
Goldman to Buy GE Online Bank With $16 Billion of Deposits
ByGoldman Sachs Group Inc. agreed to acquire an online banking unit from General Electric Co. that has about $16 billion of deposits, giving the Wall Street firm access to a cheap source of funding.
Goldman Sachs’s banking subsidiary said Thursday it will take on $8 billion in online deposits and $8 billion of brokered certificates of deposit in the agreement with GE Capital Bank. Terms weren’t disclosed for the purchase, which is subject to regulatory approval…