While Global Payments' US$24.25 billion acquisition of Worldpay from FIS and FIS's US$13.5 billion response acquisition of Global Payments' issuer solutions have dominated headlines, the sheer volume of deals in the payments...more
In the 13th edition of our report, we bring you the key deal highlights and M&A trends across UK/Europe in the past 12 months which have shaped the financial services landscape. Focusing on the following verticals...more
9/16/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Asset Management ,
Banking Sector ,
Brokers ,
Capital Markets ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Corporate Financing ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Lenders ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
UK ,
Wealth Management
Equity and debt cheques from financial sponsors fuel growth, with investment committee appetite across the full spectrum from Seed through to late stage / pre-IPO. The payments sector bucks the trend on IPOs.
Current...more
10/2/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Banking Sector ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Investment ,
Lenders ,
Mergers ,
Payment Systems ,
Private Equity ,
UK ,
Venture Capital
Asset / Wealth Management -
Current market:
Consistently high M&A activity levels -
We are seeing:
Europe’s barbell becomes more pronounced—larger asset / wealth managers swallow smaller competitors at pace:
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9/27/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Asset Management ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Capital Markets ,
Corporate Finance ,
EU ,
Investment ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investors ,
Lenders ,
Lending ,
Mergers ,
Online Marketplace Lending ,
Payment Plans ,
Specialty Financing ,
Stock Exchange ,
UK ,
Wealth Management
Deliver a burst of bright sunlight amidst storm clouds across the European financial services M&A landscape. Service providers merge, acquire, partner and de-SPAC their way to scale, scope and new technology....more
UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2021 | H1 2022 — Payments -
Investor appetite is at an all-time high—while VC investors back growing service providers, PE investors supercharge IPO glide paths and...more
7/28/2022
/ Acquisitions ,
Banks ,
Capital Markets ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Global Market ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
UK ,
Venture Capital
Financial institutions M&A sector trends: payments — H1 2021 and outlook for H2 2021 -
The COVID-19 pandemic drove e-commerce to levels never seen before—payment rail, service and solution providers responded with an...more
9/24/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
Banking Sector ,
E-Commerce ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
UK ,
Venture Capital ,
Venture Funding
Companies and their workforces are facing extraordinary challenges during the period of disruption caused by COVID-19, and Governments around the world are introducing new legislation and guidance on a frequent basis to help...more
Financial Institutions M&A sector trends: Consumer finance — H1 2020 and outlook for H2 2020.
A time of temperance as COVID-19 covenant breach forbearance, payment holiday and repossession deferral relief measures take their...more
Financial institutions M&A sector trends: consumer finance — H2 2019 and outlook for 2020 -
Financial sponsors see opportunities to back new entrants targeting under-serviced customer segments, including gig economy...more
2/28/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Banks ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Sponsors ,
Mergers ,
Payday Loans ,
Private Equity ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
Nordic M&A activity has staged something of a comeback. Q2 2019 witnessed a sharp quarter-on-quarter rise in total value of 198% (to US$25.6 billion) versus a slight 6% fall in volume (to 259 deals), giving reason for...more
9/10/2019
/ Acquisitions ,
Chemicals ,
Denmark ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Finland ,
Foreign Investment Fund ,
Lithium Batteries ,
Mergers ,
Norway ,
Oil & Gas ,
Sweden
Financial institutions M&A sector trends: credit cards/consumer finance — H1 2019 and outlook for H2 2019.
CURRENT MARKET -
Consistent, marginal upward.
WE ARE SEEING -
New market entrants securing funding from...more