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Experian Invests In Serasa SA

On June 26, 2007, Experian invested in financial services company Serasa SA for 2.3B RON

Investment Highlights
  • This is Experian’s 1st transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Experian’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Experian’s 2nd transaction in Brazil.

Investment Summary
Date 2007-06-26
Target Serasa SA
Sector Financial Services
Investor(s) Experian
Deal Type Stake Purchase
Deal Value 2.3B RON

Target

Serasa SA

Sao Paulo, Brazil
Serasa owns the most extensive databases in Brazil on the credit behaviour of consumers and companies. Its credit information database includes 161 million Brazilian consumer records and c. 5 million Brazilian company records. It plays an active role in most credit and business related decisions made in Brazil on a daily basis. Its data-gathering capabilities are extensive, sourcing data from a network of Brazilian banking, commercial and judicial organisations, over 45,000 accountants and more than 5,500 notaries.

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Investor

Experian

Dublin, Ireland
Category Company
Founded 1826
Sector Information Services
Employees23,300
Revenue 7.5B GBP (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Experian is a global information services group with operations in 40 countries. Experian was founded in 1826 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 31 of 66
Sector: Financial Services M&A 1 of 8
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 1 of 4
Country: Brazil M&A 2 of 5
Year: 2007 M&A 7 of 10
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 17
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