Fintech Report 2H2022
M&A relating to financial management, payments, banking, lending, crypto, defi, digital assets, trading and investing, broadly categorised as Fintech, has maintained its record levels of activity and high valuations during these uncertain times.
Despite record inflation, supply chain and geo-political risk, and concerns of a recession – or perhaps precisely because of these factors – deal-making in Fintech has been particularly robust in 2022 thus far.
The report focuses on Fintech subsectors such as Financial Management Solutions; Payments; Banking & Lending Technology; Crypto & Blockchain; and Wealth & Capital Markets Technology. It includes:
- Trends and analysis of deal activity
- Deal geography
- Top acquirers
- Valuation metrics
Top Buyers
The above graph covers the period between January 2015 and June 2022. Throughout the M&A report, median “trailing 30-month” multiples plotted in the graphs refer to the 30-month period prior to and including the half year.