Intuit yesterday said it had sold its Quicken personal finance software unit to H.I.G. Capital, a Miami-based private equity firm.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The announcement put an end to a sales process that went public last August, when Intuit told customers it was unloading three parts of its business — Quicken, QuickBase and Demandforce — to focus on its most profitable software and services, the QuickBooks small business accounting division and the seasonally-skewed TurboTax tax preparation group. In January, Intuit sold Demandforce to Internet Brands for an undisclosed amount.

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Source: COMPUTER WORLD