• Global fintech M&A volume for the first half of 2019 of $148.3 billion is already at a new full-year record high, surpassing the 2018 level of $127.8 billion and the prior record of $138.3 billion in 2015. During 2019, three of the four largest FinTech M&A transactions ever have occurred: FIS' $43 billion acquisition of Worldpay, Fiserv's $41 billion acquisition of First Data, and Global Payments' $25 billion acquisition of TSYS.
• 63% of FinTech M&A deals in the first half of 2019 involved acquisitions of North American companies, accounting for 65% of the total dollar volume.
• Global FinTech IPO activity has been steady so far in 2019, with12 total IPOs.”
The full report, which includes further details on specific M&A transactions, and more, can be downloaded through this link: https://www.ftpartners.com/fintech-research/almanac.