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MasterCard Acquires Arcus

On November 24, 2021, MasterCard acquired internet software and services company Arcus

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is MasterCard’s 7th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is MasterCard’s 1st transaction in Mexico.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-11-24
Target Arcus
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) MasterCard
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Arcus

Mexico, Mexico
Arcus is a platform that enables businesses to launch and offer innovative payment solutions across LatAm. Arcus helps to enable bill pay and cash-in, cash-out services for some of the biggest billers, retailers, fintech, and traditional financial institutions in the U.S. and Mexico. Arcus was founded in 2013 and is based in Mexico City.

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Buyer

MasterCard

Purchase, New York, United States
Category Company
Founded 1966
Sector Financial Services
Employees35,300
Revenue 28.2B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

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.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 25 of 28
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 7 of 8
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 21 of 23
Country: Mexico M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2021 M&A 4 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-09-09 CipherTrace

Menlo Park, California, United States

CipherTrace is a cryptocurrency intelligence company, bridges virtual currencies and financial services together with fraud protection, anti-money laundering and financial investigation solutions. CipherTrace was founded in 2015 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-12-21 Dynamic Yield

New York, New York, United States

Dynamic Yield is an AI-powered Personalization Anywhere platform that delivers individualized experiences at every customer touchpoint: web, apps, email, kiosks, IoT, and call centers. The platform’s data management capabilities provide for a unified view of the customer, allowing the rapid and scalable creation of highly targeted digital interactions. Marketers, product managers, and engineers use Dynamic Yield daily for launching new personalization campaigns, running server-side and client-side A/B tests, leveraging machine-learning for product and content recommendations, and employing algorithms for smartly triggered email and push notifications. Dynamic Yield was founded in 2011 and is based in New York City.

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