Afterpay planning four-year wholesale transaction
- Wednesday, 18 April 2018
Afterpay Touch Group (Afterpay) (NR) disclosed on 17 April that it is preparing a four-year, senior-unsecured transaction with indicative volume of A$40 million (US$31.1 million). The transaction, which is being arranged by National Australia Bank, is being offered to professional and sophisticated investors under wholesale documentation.
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