Fiserv, the third-largest provider of financial services technology on the
Open Solutions is a Glastonbury, Conn.-based technology provider to banks, thrifts and credit unions that’s currently ranked 36th on the FinTech list. The company’s key products include DNA, a real-time core banking platform; DNAcreator, a developers’ toolkit that lets banks and credit unions create their own apps for the DNA platform; and DNAappstore, an Apple-inspired app store for programs created with DNAcreator.
Through the acquisition, Brookfield, Wisc.-based Fiserv also will acquire Open Solutions’ CUnify and TotalPlus account processing platforms; Weiland Account Analysis for commercial account analysis; and Raddon Financial Group, a technology performance consultancy.
Open Solutions serves more than 3,300 clients worldwide, including more than 800 account processing clients. These clients will have access to Fiserv’s products, such as its CheckFree RXP electronic bill payment service, ACCEL/Exchange payments network, debit processing services, Popmoney social payments service, Corillian Online banking, Mobiliti mobile banking, and a variety of other products and services that can create opportunities for financial institutions to grow and prosper.
Open Solutions’ low purchase price and high debt load would seem to lend credence to
At the time, Open Solutions' management and private equity partners were rumored to be selling the company. Initial bids valued the business at $1 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported in April, citing unnamed sources.
