HCL Technologies on Monday said it would acquire US-based mortgage business service provider Urban Fulfillment Services, LLC for more than Rs 199 crore ($30 million), which would help it to expand its local workforce in the US. Through acquisition of UFS, a 15-year-old mortgage business process and fulfilment services provider spread across three centres in the US, HCL aims to scale up its digital technology based services to clients. India's fourth largest IT service providers will also see 350 highly-skilled professionals of UFS joining its team in the US. The deal is likely to be completed by June depending on certain regulatory approvals for transfer of licenses. "Combining UFS's talent and client portfolio with HCL's deep industry expertise and business acumen, offers us the unique opportunity to provide platform-based services on our own platform, driving transformation through robotics process automation," said Anoop Tiwari, Global Head, Business Services, HCL. Turnover of .
No financial details of the deal were disclosed
BS ReporterHyderabad, 30 March: India's fourth largest IT services company HCL Technologies today signed an MoU with Andhra Pradesh government to set up its campus in Vijayawada-Amaravati region. The company will invest Rs 500 crore in ten years in the project involving a development center and a training facility spread over 27.86 acres to be allotted by the government."The objective of this MoU is to create a state-of-the-art global IT development center, recruit local talent and mainly create an ecosystem to nourish the sector," AP government said in a statement.The company is committed to provide employment to 5,000 local residents under two phases. In phase 1 project, HCL plans to invest Rs 300 crore providing employment to 3,000 people while in phase 2, which is likely to commence in 2022, Rs 200 crore will be invested providing jobs to 2,000 locals, according to the statement. The company will begin construction of the phase 1 center in early May, 2017 and start training ...
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