Financial Services

NBA basketball franchise the Golden State Warriors has agreed a multi-year partnership with financial services company American Express.

Austrian Bundesliga football club Sturm Graz has agreed a deal with Merkur-Versicherung which names the insurance company the new naming rights partner of the its home stadium.

English county cricket club Essex has extended its partnership with main sponsor Amlin.

Financial services group Virgin Money has opted to extend its title sponsorship of the London Marathon.

The Formula E electric car-racing series has enhanced its partnership with the European arm of payment services company Visa.

Binary options trading company EZTrader will continue to use football to build market share, despite the cancellation of club deals involving Eredivisie football club Feyenoord and Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.

Binary options trading company EZTrader said this month that its strategy of investing in European football clubs was modelled on that of Austrian online betting company Bwin

German Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich has agreed a six-year extension to its partnership with financial services group HypoVereinsbank.

Insurance company XL Catlin has signed on as a global partner of sailing event the America’s Cup.

North American professional ice hockey league the ECHL has agreed a first-of-its-kind partnership with insurance firm Geico.

The Formula E electric car-racing series has extended its partnership with Julius Baer, the Swiss private banking group.

Australian A-League football club Western Sydney Wanderers has renewed its partnership with financial services firm the Pepper Group.

NFL American football franchise the Detroit Lions has entered into a multi-year partnership with credit card processing firm International Bancard in an effort to help support local businesses.

NBA basketball team the Chicago Bulls has agreed a long-term partnership with Cinkciarz.pl, the online currency exchange company.

Huajin Securities, a Shanghai-based brokerage firm, will title sponsor the inaugural Elite Trophy tennis tournament in Zhuhai, the Women’s Tennis Association has confirmed.

US loans company Nova Home Loans has struck a deal to become title sponsor for the inaugural edition of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s new Arizona Bowl college American football game.

NBA basketball team the Boston Celtics has secured a multi-year partnership with the Putnam Investments firm.

Portuguese Primeira Liga football club FC Porto has signed a partnership with online financial trading platform BuzzTrade.