Total disclosed deal values reached $28.9 billion in the first six months of 2025, aided by seven megadeals. Only 13% of FinTech transactions disclosed their deal values as buyers preferred to keep their M&A strategies private. 

Coming in at the top of the buyers leaderboard during the first half of 2025 were two PE firms, Advent International and Main Capital Partners, both of which made 4 deals. Additionally, the strategics Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Perfios, Coinbase, Accenture and PE firm J.C. Flowers & Co. each made 3 acquisitions. 

In the first half of 2025, M&A activity in the FinTech sector was healthy with 492 deals, up 76% year-over-year, indicating that dealmaking is sharply rebounding. Financial acquirers were active in this space as 23% of these transactions were made by Private Equity buyers.