Boku, publicly owned and headquartered in the US, was founded in 2008 and employs approximately 500 individuals. The company reported $128.8M in revenue as of 2025. Boku specializes in providing carrier commerce and mobile identity solutions.
Boku announced on July 30, 2026, it had purchased ordinary shares through Investec Bank plc, continuing a buyback program that covered the period from July 23 to July 29, 2026. This followed a similar announcement on July 23, 2026, regarding shares bought between July 16 and July 22, 2026. Earlier on July 22, 2026, the company appointed Peter Klein as chief commercial officer, effective immediately. Klein, a former Mastercard executive with over 25 years of experience in building and scaling payments businesses, previously co-led Mastercard's global account-to-account and cross-border payments business. His appointment aims to accelerate Boku's growth and expand its global network of local payment methods.
Boku's customers primarily consist of search, social, and retail media, enterprise cloud and software Development companies. Examples of Boku's customers include Microsoft, Google and Amazon.