Mastercard / Ekata 2021

Mastercard acquired Ekata for $850M on April 19, 2021.

Target

Ekata

Acquirer

Mastercard

Deal value

$850M

Deal type

Cash

Announced

April 19, 2021

Sub-sector

Regtech

Mastercard buys digital identity verification platform to bolster its fraud and authentication capabilities across the global payments stack.

Deal value

$850M

Target revenue

—

Target EBITDA

—

EV / Revenue

—

EV / EBITDA

—

Announcement

April 19, 2021

Close date

June 25, 2021

Acquirer

Mastercard (Strategic)

Target HQ

United States

Deal type

Cash

Sub-sector

Regtech

Source: mastercard.com