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Fintech's global investments increased at a record pace in the first half of 2018, with $ 57.9 billion invested in 875 contracts, a significant increase compared to $ 38.1 billion invested throughout 2017, according to the The last KPMG Pulse of Fintech report.
The highlights of the first half of the year included the success of the closing of two massive agreements: a record rise of $ 14 billion from Ant Financial in the second quarter of 2018 and the acquisition of WorldPay by Vantiv for 12.9 billions of dollars in the first quarter of 2018.
Overall volume of business was robust, rising from 834 in the second quarter of 2017 to 875 in the first half of 2018. In addition, the global median size of the advanced business loans jumped to 25 million US dollars in the first semester 18, compared to the annual average of 14 million US dollars in 2017.
The size of the agreements in the initial phase has also increased, going from an average of $ 5.0 million in 2017 to $ 9.2 million in mid-2018.
"Big business in all phases of fintech investment in the first half of 2018," said Ian Pollari, global co-lead, KPMG Fintech. "But the investment is also noteworthy, we are seeing a mix of fintech sub-sectors that are attracting increasing interest, including data, artificial intelligence and regtech: these horizontal capabilities are addressed to the whole spectrum. of the financial services industry. "
Venture capitalists are excited to finance the start-up of fintech increases through a wide range of fintech sub-sectors, but mergers and acquisitions also grows when mature seek outings. The current merger and acquisition business has easily matched the most active M & A periods seen to date.
"At ASEAN, we are starting to see the second phase of the fintech revolution with the biggest Chinese fintechs targeting the countries of the region as the next step in their growth program," said Chia Tek Yew, head of financial services, KPMG Singapore.
"With a large population, a macroeconomics relatively similar to China, large under-populations and a significant number of Chinese abroad, the region is seen as a milestone for further global expansion. not only add up more investment in regtech and insurtech, the country is paving the way to ASEAN in developing a regional sandbox for fintech innovation, and seeing stronger support for regulators that allows greater financial inclusion. "
The highlights of the H1 strategy 2018
- Fintech's global investments (PE, VC and M & A) more than doubled: from $ 22 billion in the second half of 2017 to a new maximum of $ 57.9 billion in the first half of 2018, supported by nine USD 1 + megadeals.
- The four best European operations of Fintech represented an investment of 22.4 billion US dollars, including the acquisition of $ 12.9 billion WorldPay by Vantiv based in the United Kingdom.
- In the first half of 2018, investments in fintech companies in Asia reached US $ 16.8 billion total 162 offers, an increase over the 119 transactions of H2 2017.
- Fintech's VC volume remained relatively stable from the beginning of 2015, with a slight increase to 653 transactions in the first half of 2018.
- Late Median VC in the Fintech segment increased dramatically – from US $ 14 million in 2 From 017 to 25 million US dollars in H12018.
Fintech Asia reaches US $ 16.8 billion – by virtue of the financial affair Ant
After a solid $ 2 billion in H2 2017, total financing in Fintech in Asia is increased US $ 16.8 billion out of 162 offers in the first half of 2018 fueled by a massive round of $ 14 billion VC C Series financing from Ant Financial. Excluding this mega-deal, Asia still saw a strong investment in fintech, including the quarter-on-quarter increases in total fintech investments in India, Australia and Singapore.
Following a global trend, the average of late-currency transactions of fintech VC in Asia increased significantly during the first half of the year, from $ 25 million to $ 37.7 million, the higher than any region. Blockchain and AI continued to be key priority areas for fintech investors in Asia, as well as insurtech and regtech.
