Intercontinental Exchange acquires American Financial Exchange, no terms

Intercontinental Exchange announced that it has acquired the American Financial Exchange or AFX, an electronic exchange for direct lending and borrowing for American banks and financial institutions. ICE has acquired 100% of AFX from 7RIDGE. The acquisition is not expected to have a material impact on ICE’s 2025 financial results or on ICE’s deleveraging or capital return plans. “Complementing our leading global index business and our best-in-class mortgage technology network, AFX is a natural fit to ICE,” said Christopher Edmonds, President of ICE Fixed Income and Data Services. “AFX’s focus on regional, midsize, community and minority-owned banks covers many of the same customers ICE serves through our mortgage technology network. We look forward to continuing to serve this important market, delivering innovation and new product development made possible through the addition of AFX to our portfolio.” ICE has built a unified network of mortgage assets for the management of the U.S. mortgage life cycle spanning a life-of-loan offering starting from the point of consumer acquisition all the way through to the secondary capital markets. This network was created to deliver ICE’s mission to lower mortgage costs for lenders and borrowers through digitizing the mortgage workflow ecosystem.