September 4, 2024
European fintech acquisitions returned to the deal calendar in June 2024, with four announcements landing across UK retail banking, French SME banking, Swedish e-commerce checkout software, and German point-of-sale systems. The European fintech acquisitions covered below were announced between 14 June and 24 June 2024, and involved buyers from the United Kingdom, Denmark, the United
September 4, 2024
Mid-market fintech and payments companies attracted increased private equity (PE) buyout interest in Q1 2024, according to a May 2024 analyst note from PitchBook titled "Quarterly Fintech M&A Review: PE Goes After Middle-Market Fintechs". The mid-market fintech segment, which sits between small early-stage startups and large established players, has drawn buyer attention for its growth
September 4, 2024
Cross-border payments provider Corpay, Inc. (NYSE: CPAY) signed a definitive agreement on 19 June 2024 to acquire GPS Capital Markets, LLC, a US-based provider of business-to-business cross-border and treasury management solutions to upper middle market companies. Corpay's investor presentation accompanying the announcement disclosed a transaction value of $725 million. GPS Capital Markets ranks as the
September 4, 2024
Fintech mergers and acquisitions in 2023 came against a backdrop of reduced deal activity, with PitchBook recording only 128 M&A deals in the first half of the year compared with 248 in H1 2022 and 188 in H2 2022. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence, the segments still drawing fintech mergers interest in 2023 included
September 4, 2024
Paymerang acquisition news landed on 8 May 2024 when Atlanta-based Corpay, Inc. (NYSE: CPAY) signed a definitive agreement to acquire Chesterfield County, Virginia-based payments and invoice automation provider Paymerang from Aldrich Capital Partners for approximately $475 million. The Paymerang acquisition was disclosed in a Corpay SEC filing and an accompanying press release. The deal added
September 4, 2024
FinTech IPO Index movement turned positive in late June 2024, climbing 2.2% for the week as a series of acquisition announcements heading into the end of the second quarter dominated headlines. The FinTech IPO Index gains came from a combination of M&A news, a tender offer, a lending partnership, and a senior leadership appointment across
