In Brief: Ideon's SafeCard Unit Purchases a Marketer

Ideon Group Inc. said its SafeCard Services Inc. subsidiary has completed its previously announced acquisition of United Bank Services.

Terms of the acquisition included $18 million up-front and as much as $12 million during the next three years, based on factors such as performance.

United Bank Services, based in Norman, Okla., handles insurance, travel- related services, membership programs, and merchant and reward marketing programs through financial institutions. Its 1995 revenues were about $12 million.

Ideon said the deal was not expected to materially affect 1996 earnings.

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