Total disclosed deal values reached $71.7 billion in 2025, aided by eighteen megadeals, more than double 2024 levels. Only 15% of FinTech transactions disclosed their deal values as buyers preferred to keep their M&A strategies private.

Looking at M&A activity in the FinTech sector, with a healthily 948 deals announced in 2025, almost exceeding the 10-year high of 1,035 transactions reached in 2021. That easily surpassed 671 transactions seen in 2024, a 41% annual increase. Financial acquirers were active in this space as 23% of these transactions were made by Private Equity buyers.

The top buyers leaderboard during 2025 consisted of strategic Coinbase  with 8 deals, PEs Advent International  and Hg Capital making 7 deals each, followed by Thoma Bravo making 6 deals. Additionally, PE firms Main Capital and TA Associates and strategics Accenture, Kinective, and Ripple Labs each made 5 acquisitions.