Total payments industry deals for Q3 2020 worth $6.22bn were announced globally, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked an increase of 41.9% over the previous quarter and a drop of 19.2% when compared with the last four-quarter average of $7.7bn.
In terms of number of deals, the sector saw a rise of 23.9% over the last four-quarter average with 135 deals against the average of 109 deals.
In value terms, North America led the activity with deals worth $2.55bn.
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By GlobalDataPayments industry deals in Q3 2020: Top deals
The top five payments deals accounted for 58.4% of the overall value during Q3 2020.
The combined value of the top five payments deals stood at $3.63bn, against the overall value of $6.22bn recorded for the month.
The top five payments industry deals of Q3 2020 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) The $1.3bn merger of FinTech AcquisitionIII and Paya
2) The $753.06m acquisition of Afterpay by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3) BlackRock, Bonnier, HMI Capital, Merian Chrysalis InvestmentLimited, Northzone Ventures, Silver Lake Partners, TCV and GIC’s $650m private equity deal with Klarna Bank
4) The $581.21m acquisition of Comercia Global Payments Entidad de Pago by Global Payments
5) Corsair Capital’s private equity deal with Multi Service Technology Solutions for $350m.
Verdict deals analysis methodology
This analysis considers only announced and completed deals from the GlobalData financial deals database and excludes all terminated and rumoured deals. Country and industry are defined according to the headquarters and dominant industry of the target firm. The term ‘acquisition’ refers to both completed deals and those in the bidding stage.
GlobalData tracks real-time data concerning all merger and acquisition, private equity/venture capital and asset transaction activity around the world from thousands of company websites and other reliable sources.
More in-depth reports and analysis on all reported deals are available for subscribers to GlobalData’s deals database.
