M&A Deal Summary

MasterCard Acquires Nets Denmark AS - Corporate Services Businesses

On August 6, 2019, MasterCard acquired information technology company Nets Denmark AS - Corporate Services Businesses from Nets for 2.9B EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is MasterCard’s 5th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is MasterCard’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is MasterCard’s 1st transaction in Denmark.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-08-06
Target Nets Denmark AS - Corporate Services Businesses
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) MasterCard
Sellers(s) Nets
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 2.9B EUR

Target

Nets Denmark AS - Corporate Services Businesses

Ballerup, Denmark
Nets Denmark AS - Corporate Services Businesses comprises the clearing and instant payment services, and e-billing solutions of Nets’ Corporate Services business.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

MasterCard

Purchase, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1966
Sector Financial Services
Employees33,400
Revenue 25.1B USD (2023)
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 18 of 28
Sector (Information Technology) 5 of 10
Type (Divestiture) 4 of 5
Country (Denmark) 1 of 2
Year (2019) 5 of 7
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-05-03 Transactis

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Transactis, Inc. is a provider of proprietary, patent-pending TransactMail technology that allows secure online transactions to take place directly from an email client using SSL without the need to herd the consumer over to a browser where they may become frustrated with the need to start their transaction all over again. Transactis, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-10-22 SessionM

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

SessionM, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based solutions integrate loyalty marketing technology with marketing automation and profile management capabilities to drive personalized consumer relationships through the mobile device and across channels. SessionM was founded in 2010 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Nets

Ballerup, Denmark

Category Company
Founded 1968
Sector Financial Services
DESCRIPTION

Nets is a payments processing utility for the Nordics region. Nets connects banks, businesses, public sector organizations, merchants and consumers through an international network facilitating digital payments. Nets was founded in 1968 and is based in Ballerup, Denmark.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (Denmark) 1 of 1
Year (2019) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-01-07 Concardis

Eschborn, Germany

Concardis is a payment service provider that offers intelligent solutions to meet the extensive requirements for a modern cashless payment process the ability to accept payments made with all major credit and debit cards, including card terminals and contactless payment processes for face-to-face retailers, innovative solutions for e-commerce and m-commerce, as well as support in the form of customer management. Concardis was founded in 2003 and is based in Eschborn, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-03-11 Polskie ePłatności S.A.

Warszawa, Poland

Polish ePayment company involved in processing cashless payment and delivery of innovative business services, providing support for payment transactions using payment cards and performing other services through POS terminals.

Buy €405M