MasterCard - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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MasterCard M&A Summary

MasterCard has acquired 30 companies, including 16 in the last 5 years. A total of 10 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

MasterCard’s largest acquisition to date was in 2019, when it acquired Nets Denmark AS - Corporate Services Businesses for $3.2B. MasterCard has acquired in 10 different US states, and 9 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include information technology (36%) and internet software and services (29%).

MasterCard Business Overview

Where is MasterCard headquartered?

MasterCard is headquartered in Purchase, New York.

What is MasterCard’s revenue?

MasterCard disclosed revenue of 25,098M USD for 2023 and 22,237M USD for 2022.

How many employees does MasterCard have?

MasterCard has 33,400 employees.

What sector is MasterCard in?

MasterCard is a financial services company.

When was MasterCard founded?

MasterCard was founded in 1966.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity28
    • M&A Buy Activity28
  • Total Sectors Invested 5
  • Total Countries Invested 9
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 16

MasterCard

MasterCard, Inc.

2000 Purchase Street,
Purchase, New York 10577
United States,
(914) 249-2000
www.mastercard.com

MasterCard is a payments solutions company that provides a family of well-known, widely-accepted payment card brands including MasterCard, Maestro and Cirrus and serves consumers, financial institutions, and businesses in over 210 countries and territories worldwide. MasterCard was founded in 1966 and is based in Purchase, New York.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (1.6/yr) # 20 1 5 - 1 1 28
vol $6.0B $985M $850M $2.7B $10.5B
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  28

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Recorded Future, Inc. 2024-09-12 2.7B USD Add-on Acquisition
Somerville, Massachusetts · www.recordedfuture.com
Baffin Bay Networks 2023-03-20 - Add-on Acquisition
Stockholm, Sweden · www.baffinbaynetworks.com
Dynamic Yield Ltd. 2021-12-21 - Divestiture
New York, New York · www.dynamicyield.com
Arcus Financial Intelligence, Inc. 2021-11-24 - Add-on Acquisition
Mexico, Mexico · www.arcusfi.com
CipherTrace, Inc. 2021-09-09 - Add-on Acquisition
Menlo Park, California · www.ciphertrace.com
Aiia 2021-09-07 - Add-on Acquisition
Copenhagen, Denmark · www.aiia.eu
Ekata, Inc. 2021-04-19 850M USD Add-on Acquisition
Seattle, Washington · www.ekata.com
Finicity Corp. 2020-06-23 985M USD Add-on Acquisition
Murray, Utah · www.finicity.com
RiskRecon, Inc. 2019-12-23 - Add-on Acquisition
Salt Lake City, Utah · www.riskrecon.com
SessionM, Inc. 2019-10-22 - Add-on Acquisition
Boston, Massachusetts · www.sessionm.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Information Technology 10 (36%) 6.8B (65%) - -
Internet Software and Services 8 (29%) 1.6B (15%) - -
Financial Services 4 (14%) 2.1B (20%) - -
Business Services 3 (11%) - - -
Software 3 (11%) - - -
Total 28 $10.5B - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 16 5.1B - -
  Massachusetts 2 2.7B - -
  California 2 - - -
  Utah 2 985M - -
  Texas 2 - - -
  New York 2 - - -
  Illinois 1 - - -
  Washington 1 850M - -
  Virginia 1 600M - -
  North Carolina 1 - - -
United Kingdom 4 2.1B - -
Denmark 2 3.2B - -
Australia 1 - - -
Canada 1 - - -
  British Columbia 1 - - -
Ireland 1 100M - -
Mexico 1 - - -
Sweden 1 - - -
Turkey 1 - - -
Domestic 16 (57%) 5.1B (49%) - -
Cross-border 12 (43%) 5.4B (51%) - -
Total 28 $10.5B - -

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 3 $6.9B
$100M to $1B 5 $3.4B
< $100M 1 $100M
TOTAL $10.5B
Largest Nets Denmark AS - Corporate Services Businesses
$3.2B (2019-08-06)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
29%
8 (29%)
Strategic(s)
21%
6 (21%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Financial Services

Revenue

25,098   13% 2023
22,237   18% 2022
18,884   24% 2021
15,301   10% 2020
16,883   13% 2019
14,950   20% 2018
12,497   16% 2017
10,776   12% 2016
9,667   3% 2015
9,473   14% 2014
8,346   13% 2013
7,391   2012
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Employees

33,400

Established

1966

Public

NYSE: MA

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