Posts tagged: Fingerprint Cards

Chinese circle Fingerprint Cards - the series returns...

Thursday, 23 November 2017, 11:14 am

It's good to see the Nordic press finally follow up on Betaville's scoops about Beijing Watertek weighing a bid for Fingerprint Cards.

As usual, Betaville took a fair amount of stick after this website revealed last year that China's Beijing Watertek was preparing a takeover bid for Sweden's Fingerprint Cards, which specialises in biometrics. Here is a link to the original piece:..

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Chinese circle Fingerprint Cards - part 4

Thursday, 20 April 2017, 7:26 pm

Ping! A friendly stockbroker emails over a (translated) quote in Direkt magazine from Johan Carlstrom, the founder and main shareholder of Fingerprint Cards, the biometric technology company.

Apparently, Carlstrom told Direckt that: "There has never been a serious, fully financed bid on the company. However, on a few occasions I have received requests to sell my A and B shares. So far, I have chosen not to do that." Here is the link to the piece:..

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Chinese circle Fingerprint Cards - sources

Wednesday, 21 September 2016, 5:11 pm

Another day, another attempt by a Chinese company to buy a western business. This time the potential target is Fingerprint Cards, the Swedish biometric technology business.

According to three sources familiar with the situation, a Chinese company approached Fingerprint Cards this summer about a potential takeover deal that is likely to value the Gothenburg-based business at well over its current market capitalisation of SEK 33 billion (£3 billion)...

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