edenred said tuesday that it has bought reward gateway a ukbased employee engagement platform company for 115 billion pounds 144 billion the french digital payments company said the acquisition will extend its employee benefits offers to provide hr managers a broader range of solutions reward gateway has achieved doubledigit revenue growth and high profitability over recent years and is forecast to see gbp95 million in revenue and gbp45 million in earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortization edenred said while reward gateway is bringing us leading positions in the uk and in australia as well as a promising presence in the us market we will be looking at scaling reward gateway outside of its current footprint in selected key countries chief executive bertrand dumazy said the employee fintech company which is known for its ticket restaurant voucher said the acquisition is expected to close within two days