Blog: Is Standard Life targeting banks with Focus purchase?

The latest proposed takeover in the technology space was announced this morning and it was a slight variation on the M&A activity seen to date; namely a Product Provider - Standard Life - acquiring Focus Solutions, one of the leading Financial Services e-commerce companies. Focus is a company well know to AT8, not least because I and my fellow directors worked there for a period. It is a company that has transformed itself in recent years from a supplier of bespoke Point of Sales (POS) systems, to a supplier of what it claims, is a ‘whole of office', packaged solution, - ‘Focus 360°'. ...