Mergers and Acquisition in Financial Services Sector (2017-Q1 2020) – Thematic Research
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The main themes that drove M&A activity over this period across the banking, payments, and wealth management sectors were fintech, digital banking, digital payments, emerging economies, e-commerce, data analytics, and robo-advice. We expect these themes to continue to drive M&A in this industry as firms are forced to rapidly adapt their business models and user experiences to avoid being knocked out of the market by new digital competition. This drive to guard against disruptive technologies was never more evident than in 2019, when M&A deal values and volumes peaked. The pandemic has fundamentally shifted the way in which consumers purchase and access goods, giving more weight to contactless payments, online payments, and e-commerce. Banks will look to ensure that they get in on this market shift before it is dominated by disruptive players, and those that are cash-rich will look to acquire these disruptive firms.
Scope
M&A deal count has been trending down for the last two quarters, but has been broadly consistent over the last three years. Total deal value has been erratic and has generally remained at a higher level since its spike in Q1 2019.
In Q1 2020 a total of 51 M&A deals with a transaction value of $50m or more were announced in global financial services sectors.
These 51 deals had a combined transaction value of $88bn, which was down 28% when compared to the same quarter last year.
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Molo Finance
Aspiration
Starling Bank
Credit Kudos
Tink
10x Banking
Mambu
Thought Machine
N26
TrueLayer
Tink
Token
Citibank
BBVA
NatWest
Santander
BNP Paribas
ABN AMRO
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