(Reuters) - Bank of America Corp (N:BAC) said on Monday it would end its electronic payment services joint venture with First Data Corp next June, hours after Fiserv Inc (O:FISV) completed its acquisition of the payment processor.
The bank said it expects to incur a non-cash, pretax impairment charge of about $1.7 billion to $2.1 billion in the third quarter of 2019 due to the termination of the partnership started in 2009 .
The charge is expected to reduce the second-largest U.S. lender's common equity tier 1 ratio, a key measure of capital against risk-weighted assets, by 9 to 11 basis points.
U.S. financial technology provider Fiserv announced the acquisition of First Data earlier this year, in a $22 billion all-stock deal.
Bank of America said http://investor.bankofamerica.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=71595&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2405030#fbid=tRUHJC6WQK3 on Monday it and First Data had agreed to provide uninterrupted services to clients of Banc of America Merchant Services through at least June 2023.
Fiserv's shares were down 1.5% at $103.10 in extended trading, while that of Bank of America's were broadly unchanged.