The top buyers leaderboard during the nine months of 2025 consisted of four strategics with Coinbase making the most deals at 6, followed by Accenture, BlueMatrix, and Cash Flow Management [Kinective] buying 4 companies each. Additionally, PE firms Advent International and Main Capital Partners each made 4 acquisitions.

Total disclosed deal values reached $41.9 billion in the first nine months of 2025, aided by eleven megadeals. Only 14% of FinTech transactions disclosed their deal values as buyers preferred to keep their M&A strategies private.

During the first three quarters of 2025, M&A activity in the FinTech sector was healthy with 738 deals, exceeding levels seen in all of 2024 as transaction volumes boomed higher by 53% compared to the same period the prior year. Financial acquirers were active in this space as 23% of these transactions were made by Private Equity buyers.