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Lesaka Technologies, Inc. Common Stock and Mastercard Incorporated

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Lesaka Technologies, Inc. Common Stock

Lesaka Technologies, Inc. provides financial technology (fintech) products and services through its platform in South Africa and internationally. It operates in three segments: Merchant, Consumer, and Enterprise. The company offers merchant solutions comprising merchant acquiring, integrated POS software and hardware for the hospitality industry, cash management and digitalization, and small cash advances and business credit solutions; and alternative digital products (ADP), including bill payments, international money transfers, and supplier enabled payments, as well as prepaid solutions for airtime, data, electricity, and gaming. It also provides low-cost EasyPay Everywhere transactional bank accounts, short-term personal loans, life and funeral insurance, and secure payout solutions; Adumo, a payments and commerce enablement platform that provides payment processing and integrated software solutions; and Recharger, a prepaid electricity platform that provides submetering administration and payment processing solutions. In addition, the company offers card acquiring, payment gateway, cash management, payment, digital wallet, and various value-added services. Further, it engages in the sale of POS devices, SIM cards, and other consumables; and the licensing of rights to use certain technology developed by the company. The company serves unbanked and underbanked consumers; small-to-medium and micro merchants; and corporate and government organizations, including banks, mobile network operators, and municipalities. The company was formerly known as Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to Lesaka Technologies, Inc. in May 2022. Lesaka Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Mastercard Incorporated

Mastercard Incorporated, a technology company, provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services in the United States and internationally. The company offers integrated products and value-added services for account holders, merchants, financial institutions, digital partners, businesses, governments, and other organizations, such as programs that enable issuers to provide consumers with credits to defer payments; payment products and solutions that allow its customers to access funds in deposit and other accounts; prepaid programs services; consumer bill payment services; and commercial credit, debit, and prepaid payment products and solutions. It also provides solutions that enable businesses or governments to make payments to businesses, including Virtual Card Number, which is generated dynamically from a physical card and leverages the credit limit of the funding account; and a platform to optimize supplier payment enablement campaigns for financial institutions. In addition, the company offers Mastercard Move, which partners with digital messaging and payment platforms to enable consumers to send money directly within applications to other consumers; and partners with central banks, fintechs and financial institutions to help governments and nonprofits, as well as enables various cross-border payment flows. Further, it provides security solutions; personalization, issuer and merchant loyalty, and marketing services; advanced analytics, business intelligence, economic and location-based insights, payments consulting, and operational insights services; processing and gateway solutions; and open banking services. The company offers payment solutions and services under the MasterCard, Maestro, and Cirrus names. Mastercard Incorporated was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.

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