M&A
confidence high
sentiment positive
materiality 0.70
Banc of California acquires Deepstack payment platform for $24M in cash and stock
BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
- Acquisition of Deepstack's payments platform for $24M (70% cash, 30% stock at $17.46/share).
- Expected to be neutral to 2023 consensus EPS, accretive thereafter; ~2.7% dilutive to TBV per share.
- Deal includes three-year earn-out from operating profits; Deepstack's 11 employees join Banc of California.
- Jayme Amirie remains President of Deepstack as an operating subsidiary; three executives sign 3-year agreements.
- Expands into payment processing, adds high-margin fee income and noninterest-bearing deposits.