Mastercard will pay $850M to acquire identification startup Ekata, which spun out of Whitepages
The news: Financial giant Mastercard announced today that it will acquire Seattle startup Ekata for $850 million. Ekata's background: The company sells identity verification products to help more than 2,000 businesses such as Postmates, Alaska Airlines, and Lyft discern between good and bad actors.
https://www.geekwire.com/2021/mastercard-will-pay-850m-acquire-seattle-enterprise-identity-verification-startup-ekata/