{"id":798922,"date":"2025-01-08T08:34:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T13:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/ice-acquires-the-american-financial-exchange-afx\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T08:34:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T13:34:17","slug":"ice-acquires-the-american-financial-exchange-afx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/ice-acquires-the-american-financial-exchange-afx\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE Acquires the American Financial Exchange (AFX)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <!--.bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }body {font:normal small Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;background-color:#fff;padding:24px;margin:0;} a img {border:0;} h3 {font-size:medium;color:#000;margin:0 0 1em 0; text-align:center;}-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b>ICE Acquires the American Financial Exchange (AFX)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>ATLANTA&#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<br \/>\nIntercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, today announced that it has acquired the American Financial Exchange (AFX), an electronic exchange for direct lending and borrowing for American banks and financial institutions. ICE has acquired 100% of AFX from 7RIDGE.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe acquisition is not expected to have a material impact on ICE\u2019s 2025 financial results or on ICE\u2019s deleveraging or capital return plans.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cAFX becoming part of ICE marks an extraordinary opportunity for AFX and we are confident that ICE\u2019s leadership will amplify AFX\u2019s success and its purpose to serve regional and local American banks by creating a transparent, robust and efficient interbank lending ecosystem,\u201d said Carsten Kengeter, CEO at 7RIDGE.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Complementing our leading global index business and our best-in-class mortgage technology network, AFX is a natural fit to ICE,\u201d said Christopher Edmonds, President of ICE Fixed Income and Data Services. \u201cAFX\u2019s focus on regional, midsize, community and minority-owned banks covers many of the same customers ICE serves through our mortgage technology network. We look forward to continuing to serve this important market, delivering innovation and new product development made possible through the addition of AFX to our portfolio.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nICE has built a unified network of mortgage assets for the management of the U.S. mortgage life cycle spanning a life-of-loan offering starting from the point of consumer acquisition all the way through to the secondary capital markets. This network was created to deliver ICE\u2019s mission to lower mortgage costs for lenders and borrowers through digitizing the mortgage workflow ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>\nAFX operates the credit-sensitive American Interbank Offered Rate (AMERIBOR<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>). AMERIBOR is set daily based on unsecured interbank loans executed on the AFX platform through a network of over 1,000 American banks and financial institutions, producing an interest rate which reflects banks\u2019 actual unsecured borrowing costs.<\/p>\n<p>\nAs well as operating deeply liquid interest rate futures and options markets, ICE is a leading provider of indices, offering over 5,000 global equity, fixed income, commodity and foreign exchange indices to support benchmarking and performance measurement by investors. As of September 2024, ICE accounted for approximately $670 billion in AUM across passively managed products and approximately $2 trillion in AUM across active and passive strategies combined.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Intercontinental Exchange<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.com\/\"><b>Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. <\/b><\/a>(NYSE: ICE) is a Fortune 500 company that designs, builds and operates digital networks that connect people to opportunity. We provide financial technology and data services across major asset classes helping our customers access mission-critical workflow tools that increase transparency and efficiency. ICE\u2019s futures, equity, and options <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theice.com\/about\/exchanges-clearing\"><b>exchanges <\/b><\/a>\u2013 including the <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyse.com\/\"><b>New York Stock Exchange <\/b><\/a>\u2013 and <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theice.com\/solutions\/clearing\"><b>clearing houses <\/b><\/a>help people invest, raise capital and manage risk. We offer some of the world\u2019s largest markets to trade and clear energy and environmental products. Our fixed income, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theice.com\/about\/fixed-income-data\"><b>data services <\/b><\/a>and execution capabilities provide information, analytics and platforms that help our customers streamline processes and capitalize on opportunities. At <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theice.com\/about\/mortgage-technology\"><b>ICE Mortgage Technology <\/b><\/a>, we are transforming U.S. housing finance, from initial consumer engagement through loan production, closing, registration and the long-term servicing relationship. Together, ICE transforms, streamlines and automates industries to connect our customers to opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>\nTrademarks of ICE and\/or its affiliates include Intercontinental Exchange, ICE, ICE block design, NYSE and New York Stock Exchange. Information regarding additional trademarks and intellectual property rights of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. and\/or its affiliates is located <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.intercontinentalexchange.com\/terms-of-use\"><b>here <\/b><\/a>. Key Information Documents for certain products covered by the EU Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products Regulation can be accessed on the relevant exchange website under the heading \u201cKey Information Documents (KIDS).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nSafe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 \u2013 Statements in this press release regarding ICE&#8217;s business that are not historical facts are &#8220;forward-looking statements&#8221; that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of additional risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see ICE&#8217;s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors in ICE&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, as filed with the SEC on February 8, 2024.<\/p>\n<p><b>About 7RIDGE<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\n7RIDGE is a private markets asset manager invested in transformative technology for financial services to power the global economy. For more information about 7RIDGE, visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/7ridge.com\/\">https:\/\/7ridge.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>About American Financial Exchange<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nThe American Financial Exchange (AFX), launched in 2015, is a self-regulated exchange with over 240 bank and non-bank members across the United States. Many of AFX\u2019s participants are the community and regional banks that power the American economy through their diversified lending portfolios. AFX offers a suite of innovative products to improve transparency and efficiency in the interbank loans marketplace. AFX also facilitates the determination of a market-based interest rate benchmark called the American Interbank Offered Rate (AMERIBOR\u00ae). AMERIBOR is an interest rate benchmark that reflects the actual unsecured borrowing costs of more than 1,000 American banks and financial institutions, that together represent 25% of the U.S. banking sector&#8217;s total assets. For more information about AFX or AMERIBOR, visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ameribor.net\">www.ameribor.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\nCategory: FIDS<\/p>\n<p>\nICE-CORP<\/p>\n<p>\nSource: Intercontinental Exchange<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&amp;sty=20250108407374r1&amp;sid=flmnd&amp;distro=nx&amp;lang=en\" style=\"width:0;height:0\" \/><span class=\"bwct31415\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"mmgallerylink\"><span id=\"mmgallerylink-phrase\">View source version on businesswire.com: <\/span><span id=\"mmgallerylink-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20250108407374\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20250108407374\/en\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\nICE Media:<br \/>\n<br \/>Damon Leavell<br \/>\n<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:damon.leavell@ice.com\"><b>damon.leavell@ice.com<br \/>\n<\/b><\/a><br \/>+1 212 323 8587<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:media@ice.com\">media@ice.com<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ICE Investor:<br \/>\n<br \/>Katia Gonzalez<br \/>\n<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:katia.gonzalez@ice.com\"><b>katia.gonzalez@ice.com<br \/>\n<\/b><\/a><br \/>+1 678 981-3882<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:investors@ice.com\">investors@ice.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>KEYWORDS:<\/b> Georgia United States North America<\/p>\n<p><b>INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:<\/b> Software Banking Networks Professional Services Fintech Data Management Technology Digital Cash Management\/Digital Assets Data Analytics Other Professional Services Finance Other Technology<\/p>\n<p><b>MEDIA:<\/b><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"3\">\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><b>Logo<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20250108407374\/en\/2346667\/3\/ICE_logo_rgb.jpg\" alt=\"Logo\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICE Acquires the American Financial Exchange (AFX) ATLANTA&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, today announced that it has acquired the American Financial Exchange (AFX), an electronic exchange for direct lending and borrowing for American banks and financial institutions. ICE has acquired 100% of AFX from 7RIDGE. The acquisition is not expected to have a material impact on ICE\u2019s 2025 financial results or on ICE\u2019s deleveraging or capital return plans. \u201cAFX becoming part of ICE marks an extraordinary opportunity for AFX and we are confident that ICE\u2019s leadership will amplify AFX\u2019s success and its purpose to serve regional and local American banks by creating a transparent, robust and efficient interbank lending ecosystem,\u201d said &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/ice-acquires-the-american-financial-exchange-afx\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ICE Acquires the American Financial Exchange (AFX)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-798922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ICE Acquires the American Financial Exchange (AFX) - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/ice-acquires-the-american-financial-exchange-afx\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ICE Acquires the American Financial Exchange (AFX) - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ICE Acquires the American Financial Exchange (AFX) ATLANTA&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 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(NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, today announced that it has acquired the American Financial Exchange (AFX), an electronic exchange for direct lending and borrowing for American banks and financial institutions. ICE has acquired 100% of AFX from 7RIDGE. 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