
NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR) stock jumped 12.7% on Tuesday after The Wall Street Journal ("WSJ") reported that the private equity firm — Veritas Capital — is in exclusive talks to buy the consumer transactions software and services company.
Formerly known as National Cash Register and founded in 1884, NCR offers payment processing, multi-vendor connected-device services, automated teller machines, point-of-sale ("POS") terminals and self-service technologies.