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April 17, 2020

Mastercard held deal talks with Sweden's Tink

The discussions, albeit short-lived, highlight the growing European ambitions of the US payment company.


Isabel Woodford

3 min read

Daniel Kjellén and Fredrik Hedberg founded the Fintech company Tink in 2012.

US payments company Mastercard held talks with Swedish fintech Tink late last year about a possible investment, according to three people with direct knowledge of the discussions.

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