JPMorgan mentioned Wednesday it plans to purchase a majority stake of near 75% in Volkswagen’s funds enterprise.

The U.S. banking big mentioned the deal would assist it increase its digital cost capabilities and enter into the automotive trade for the primary time.

Over time, the 2 firms plan to develop Volkswagen’s platform to cowl markets exterior the automotive sector, JPMorgan mentioned.

“We plan to construct on Volkswagen Monetary Companies’ progressive groundwork on the present platform and apply the worldwide scale of our funds experience to satisfy evolving buyer expectations within the auto area and past,” mentioned Shahrokh Moinian, EMEA head of wholesale funds at JPMorgan, in a press release.

Monetary phrases of the deal weren’t disclosed.

Volkswagen has been pushing into the digital funds trade for a while now. The agency’s funds arm was established in Luxembourg in 2017. Its platform lets clients purchase and lease automobiles and pay for parking tickets and electrical car charging, amongst different issues.

The information did little to spice up Volkswagen’s share value, which was down over 2% Wednesday amid a broad stoop in European markets.

The German automaker’s cost division will come underneath the management of JPMorgan’s wholesale funds enterprise. The transaction is predicted to be finalized within the first half of 2022. JPMorgan hinted the 2 companies might change the branding of the enterprise following the deal’s completion.

It is the most recent in a string of acquisitions and investments by JPMorgan this yr. The corporate agreed to purchase British on-line wealth supervisor Nutmeg and OpenInvest, a San Francisco-based platform targeted on moral investments, in June.