Nasper is Set To Acquire Citrus Pay For $180 Million
Citrus Pay, founded by Jitendra Gupta and Satyen Kothari in 2011 set to acquire by South African media and internet conglomerate Naspers for around $150-180 million, in an all-cash transaction deal.
Japan's internet major Rakuten was also one of the contender to acquire Citrus Pay. However, the deal fell through.
This acquisition deal is one of the largest deals in the Indian payments market. Earlier Snapdeal buy out Freecharge for $400 million (30% cash, 70% stock). The domestic payments market has been abuzz with mergers and acquisitions in the past year after vast opportunity created by leading players Paytm and Freecharge.
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