Mastercard Acquires CipherTrace
September 9, 2021
Mastercard has acquired CipherTrace, a cryptocurrency intelligence company, to strengthen its digital assets security, fraud detection and compliance capabilities. The deal integrates CipherTrace’s blockchain analytics and intelligence with Mastercard’s AI, cyber and payments infrastructure to provide greater transparency and regulatory support for customers; terms were not disclosed.
- Buyers
- Mastercard
- Targets
- CipherTrace
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- California, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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