The rumors came true today as Alliance Data Systems Corp. reported that Blackstone Group has backed off from its $6.8 billion deal to purchase the card issuer and processor.
Blackstone told Alliance after the market close Friday that the deal was off because Blackstone could not meet approvals from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), according to an Alliance press release today.
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