Commercial Intelligence & Fintech

W13
Discrete commercial events across the sector — M&A deals, investment rounds, market entry and exit.
155Jurisdictions
96Moved this cycle
622Sourced findings
W13Module

Every jurisdiction World Payments Monitor tracks for W13, with the standing position recorded in the current weekly cycle. Each entry links to the full module on that jurisdiction’s page, where the sourced findings and evidence sit.

Africa

AFRHigh5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month window (run date 2026-06-20). African payments M&A and funding are consolidating: Flutterwave acquired open-banking firm Mono (announced 5 Jan 2026, completed Dec 2025, all-stock; value undisclosed but stated above Mono's ~$17.5m raised)… Full module →

Algeria

DZAssessed4 sourced findings

Commercial activity is dominated by regulatory-enabled product launches rather than large disclosed M&A; VC funding remains modest, with a new domestic FCPR fund vehicle launched.

Argentina

ARConfirmed3 sourced findings

The standout trailing-12-month transaction is Visa's acquisition of Prisma Medios de Pago and Newpay from Advent International — announced 19 February 2026 and completed in 2026 — reuniting major Argentine card-processing infrastructure (6bn+ annual… Full module →

Asia-Pacific

APACAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month APAC payments commercial activity (run date 2026-06-20): payments/embedded-finance funding and M&A remained active across Southeast Asia, India and Australia, with payments the leading fintech segment by funding. Notable events captured… Full module →

Australia

AUAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month AU commercial activity: Airwallex US$300m Series F (May 2025, US$6.2bn); Banking Circle acquired ADI-status Australian Settlements Limited (Jan 2025); Tyro agreed to acquire Thriday (completion Jan 2026).

Austria

ATAssessed6 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month Austrian payments commercial activity is dominated by Bitpanda's build-out ahead of a planned Frankfurt IPO (stock/ETF product launch, Bitpanda Enterprise B2B platform, Global Dollar Network stablecoin distribution, Deutsche Börse… Full module →

Bangladesh

BDAssessed5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity in Bangladesh payments is dominated by a wave of new PSP/PSO licence grants, the Digital Bank licensing window, and the resolution of major interoperability licensing disputes (Nagad), alongside an active but still-early… Full module →

Belgium

BEAssessed4 sourced findings

Belgian-linked commercial activity in the trailing 12 months is dominated by processor restructuring at Worldline amid the 'Dirty Payments' fallout, continued Wero/bank-consortium investment, and modest early-stage VC activity from Belgian investors.

Brazil

BRAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month (≈Jun 2025-Jun 2026) commercial activity: the IPO window reopened with PicPay's $434m Nasdaq listing (29 Jan 2026, ticker PICS) — the first major Brazil fintech listing since Nubank (2021); Nubank received conditional OCC approval (Jan 2026)… Full module →

Bulgaria

BGAssessed5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity in Bulgarian payments/fintech is led by continued venture funding into Paypercut and fund-level capital formation targeting the CEE fintech ecosystem (Morphosis Capital), alongside incumbent players (tbi bank, Payhawk)… Full module →

Cambodia

KHAssessed5 sourced findings

Within the trailing 12 months, Cambodia's payments/fintech commercial activity has been dominated by SBI Holdings' completed acquisition and rebranding of a domestic bank, ACLEDA Bank's cross-border UPI partnership with India's NPCI International, Wing Bank's… Full module →

Cameroon

CMAssessed5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity in Cameroon's payments space centres on new-entrant product launches (Camtel Blue Money, Wave/CBC) and scheme partnerships (GIMAC-Visa MoU) rather than major disclosed M&A; overall Cameroon-specific venture funding… Full module →

Canada

CAAssessed5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month deal flow is led by Nuvei's agreed US$2.75 billion acquisition of Payoneer (announced June 2026) following Advent International's 2024 US$6.3 billion take-private of Nuvei. Other notable events: Fiserv's completed acquisition of Payfare… Full module →

Canada – Alberta

CA-ABAssessed4 sourced findings

Alberta's commercial activity centres on Calgary, led by Neo Financial's $68.5M securitization-enabling raise and Tetra Digital Group's ATB/National Bank-backed CADD stablecoin launch, alongside a wave of seed-stage payments-adjacent rounds.

Canada – British Columbia

CA-BCAssessed5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity touching BC payments centres on Vancouver-headquartered fintechs: PayByPhone's sale from Corpay to Lightyear Capital, E-xact Transactions' acquisition by Paynt, and Fiserv's completion of its Payfare acquisition via a BC… Full module →

Canada – New Brunswick

CA-NBPossible1 sourced finding

No New Brunswick-specific payments/fintech M&A, funding round, or product-release event with a trailing-12-month event_date was identified in this pass despite a dedicated search; the closest relevant trailing-12-month commercial event is national-level… Full module →

Canada – Ontario

CA-ONHigh6 sourced findings

The trailing-12-month CA-ON commercial intelligence window is dominated by continued bank exit from payments infrastructure and cross-border scale-up: Nuvei's pending $2.75bn acquisition of Payoneer and RBC/BMO's advanced-stage ~$2bn sale of Moneris to… Full module →

Canada – Quebec

CA-QCAssessed5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity is dominated by Montreal-headquartered Nuvei's ongoing global expansion (direct acquiring launch, product partnerships, and reported acquisition talks for Payoneer) following its 2024/2025 take-private by Advent… Full module →

Chile

CLAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month deal flow shows consolidation in Chilean paytech (Itaú Chile's acquisition of Klap), continued venture funding for recurring-payments fintech Toku, neobank market entry (Tenpo Bank seeking a CMF banking licence), and product partnerships… Full module →

China (mainland)

CNAssessed3 sourced findings

Within the trailing 12 months, the most material China-linked commercial events concern Airwallex: two large funding rounds ($8bn Dec 2025, $11bn Jun 2026) and the Paynuri acquisition (Jan 2026), amid growing US political scrutiny of its China ties.

Colombia

COHigh5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity: Bold US$50m Series C (Mar 2025, General Atlantic) and ~US$40m round (Oct 2025); MOVii Peru neo-acquirer entry (Dec 2025); Cobre real-time B2B over Bre-B (Jul 2025). Earlier 2024 rounds (Addi US$186m, Finkargo US$95m… Full module →

Costa Rica

CRAssessed2 sourced findings

Costa Rica-specific commercial activity in the trailing 12 months is comparatively thin relative to processor-level regional M&A (e.g., Evertec's broader Latin American acquisition programme); the clearest Costa Rica-specific event in-window is a nearshore… Full module →

Croatia

HRAssessed4 sourced findings

Croatia's fintech/payments commercial activity in the trailing 12 months centres on continued growth at Aircash and Electrocoin, HANFA's first full MiCA CASP authorisation (Electrocoin, April 2026), and a broader Croatian startup funding surge in early 2026… Full module →

Curaçao

CWAssessed1 sourced finding

No confirmed M&A, funding round, or major product-release event specific to Curacao's payments/fintech sector was identified within the trailing 12-month baseline window (July 2025-July 2026). The most notable prior payments-sector M&A (Girasol Payment… Full module →

Cyprus

CYAssessed3 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity is shaped by MiCA-driven crypto re-domiciliation into Cyprus and bank consolidation. Revolut secured a CySEC MiCA CASP licence (October 2025), making Cyprus its EEA crypto hub. Bank of Cyprus (CET1 ~21%) signalled… Full module →

Czech Republic

CZAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month Czech payments/fintech commercial activity is dominated by continued BNPL-sector consolidation around Twisto (Param/Zip Co lineage), modest fintech-specific funding relative to the broader Czech startup market (~$45.8M raised across 10… Full module →

Denmark

DKAssessed5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month Danish payments/fintech commercial activity is dominated by Flatpay's unicorn-status growth round (November 2025), alongside a cluster of Series A raises (Performativ, Embankment) and continued MiCA-driven crypto-licensing activity (GCEX)… Full module →

Dominican Republic

DOAssessed5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity is dominated by regulatory-driven market development (SIPARD reform) and cross-border partnership expansion (PaySett/JMMB, Félix Pago/Mastercard) rather than large disclosed M&A.

Ecuador

ECAssessed6 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity is dominated by regulatory-institutional restructuring events (JPRFM merger, AML/CFT law entry into force, COSEDE reform) against a still-small VC funding base led by Kushki.

Egypt

EGAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial intelligence is dominated by fintech funding and expansion. Notable events include Paymob's USD 72m Series B (Sep 2024) and Mastercard/Woo/Shopify partnerships; MNT-Halan's continued regional expansion (acquired Turkey's Tam… Full module →

Estonia

EEAssessed3 sourced findings

Commercial activity led by scale-stage growth/recognition events (Wallester FT1000, Montonio volume growth) rather than large disclosed M&A; early-stage funding (Creem) continues via the domestic VC ecosystem.

European Economic Area

EEAHigh4 sourced findings

European payments commercial activity rebounded 2025: $100m+ deal value $3.9bn H1 2025 (near double FY2024). Notable: Marqeta/TransactPay (EU EMI), Trade Republic EUR 1.2bn secondary at EUR 12.5bn, Flatpay $145m.

Finland

FIAssessed5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity centres on Paxos USDG launch, continued VC funding growth, and cross-border expansion by Coinmotion/Holvi/Nomentia.

France

FRAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12m FR commercial activity: Pennylane EUR 175m raise (~EUR 3.6bn val, Jan 2026); Qonto bank-licence filing (Jul 2025); Worldline MeTS-to-Magellan (~EUR 410m) and Shift4 NA-subsidiary talks; Revolut joins EPI/Wero (Jun 2025).

Germany

DEAssessed5 sourced findings

DE commercial activity centres on acquiring consolidation and pan-European wallet build-out; key events Unzer-AllCash (Mar 2026), Mollie-GoCardless (EUR 1.1bn), Solaris Series G (EUR 140m), SumUp IPO prep.

Ghana

GHAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity concentrated in fintech/payments; ~$120-127m raised across ~38 deals in 2025; Zeepay Series B (Visa-led) and debt facility; enza Ghana market entry; Telecel-AirtelTigo merger as the structural deal.

Gibraltar

GIAssessed3 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month (approx. Jun 2025-Jun 2026) commercial/product signals in Gibraltar's payments/DLT space center on public-private framework launches (GFSC + Bullish digital clearing & settlement) and product/regulatory milestones (Virtual Asset Arrangements… Full module →

Greece

GRAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity is dominated by continued merchant-acquiring consolidation (Worldline full buyout of Eurobank stake; pending CrediaBank/Euronet sale) and IRIS's pan-European EuroPA launch. Greece's fintech funding pool remains modest… Full module →

Hong Kong

HKAssessed3 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity is concentrated around the new stablecoin regime and cross-border product launches: the first stablecoin licences (HSBC; Standard Chartered-led Anchorpoint Financial) on 10 April 2026, infrastructure funding for… Full module →

Hungary

HUAssessed3 sourced findings

The trailing 12-month window shows continued inbound EMI licensing activity into Hungary (Pay10) and a small but growing fintech investment base (SEON's headline Series B), against a backdrop of broader Hungarian startup ecosystem funding uptick reported to… Full module →

Iceland

ISConfirmed1 sourced finding

Within the trailing 12-month baseline window (2025-07-04 to 2026-07-04), the standout commercial/infrastructure event is Iceland's formal accession to the ECB's TIPS instant-payments system; no other material M&A or funding events specific to Icelandic… Full module →

India

INAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial intelligence is dominated by a fintech IPO pipeline amid more selective funding. Razorpay confidentially filed a ~$600m IPO (June 2026) and obtained shareholder approval for a ₹2,700cr fresh issue; PhonePe filed in late 2025 and… Full module →

Indonesia

IDAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity is dominated by large cross-border payments raises by Singapore-headquartered players amid an overall APAC funding slowdown. Airwallex raised US$301m (Series F) and Thunes raised US$150m (Series D, April 2025); Bolttech… Full module →

Ireland

IEAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity (run date 2026-06-24): Irish fintech attracted ~$259.4m across 2025 (up 9% YoY per KPMG Pulse of Fintech H2'25), with 7 fintech acquisitions in 2025. Largest deal: Teybridge Capital Europe ($58.61m, trade finance)… Full module →

Isle of Man

IMPossible3 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity centres on continued fintech/insurance M&A interest in Isle of Man-domiciled listed entities and a modest but active early-stage venture-investor base (largely blockchain/payments-adjacent), though disclosed deal values… Full module →

Italy

ITHigh6 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month Italian payments commercial activity is dominated by the reported CVC Capital Partners take-private approach for Nexi, Poste Italiane's ~EUR500m acquisition of a 49% stake in PagoPA (finalised late 2025), Bancomat's early-2025… Full module →

Ivory Coast (UEMOA bloc)

CIHigh4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month CI payments commercial activity is investment- and licence-driven: Djamo $17m Series B (largest Ivorian raise) + first fintech microfinance licence; repeat CDC-CI Capital strategic investments into Djamo and Julaya; 23 deals / $28m in 2025.

Japan

JPHigh5 sourced findings

MGM Osaka Corp underwent a senior-leadership change effective 2026-05-01, alongside a confirmed $450M equity commitment from MGM for 2026.

Kazakhstan

KZHigh6 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity is dominated by Kaspi.kz partnership/product expansion and shareholder moves, ForteBank's international bond debut, and regulatory-driven digital-asset licensing events, against a backdrop of otherwise modest standalone… Full module →

Kenya

KEHigh3 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month KE commercial intelligence dominated by KCB Group vertical integration into payments: 75% of Riverbank Solutions (~KES 2bn, Mar 2025, completed) and an announced minority stake in Pesapal (31 Oct 2025, undisclosed, pending CBK approval as of… Full module →

Laos

LAPossible2 sourced findings

Disclosed M&A/investment activity specific to Laos' payments sector in the trailing 12 months (July 2025-July 2026) is thin: Tracxn/Fintech Times data show only 2 of ~19 Lao fintech startups ever funded (one Series A+), with no large disclosed deal announced… Full module →

Latin America

LATAMHigh5 sourced findings

LATAM fintech funding rebounded in 2025 (Q3: US$572m/40 deals, +82% YoY), led by Mexico (Plata to US$3.1bn, Klar Series C + Bineo). Strategic consolidation and big-tech entry (Amazon-Rappi) rising.

Latvia

LVHigh6 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity: Paynt/E-xact Transactions M&A, Civinity/Mobilly stake, Handwave and POS Finance funding rounds, new specialised credit institution licence framework, continued licensing pipeline growth.

Liechtenstein

LIHigh5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity is dominated by MiCAR-driven authorisation events among Liechtenstein's crypto-banking cluster (Bank Frick, Sygnum, Floin), alongside continued licence consolidation as firms transition from TVTG registration to full… Full module →

Lithuania

LTAssessed3 sourced findings

Trailing-12m LT commercial activity centred on inbound acquisitions of LT-licensed assets and MiCA-entry licensing: Checkout.com/Blue EMI; Ebury/ArcaPay; Robinhood Europe UAB first CASP licence; DriveWealth licensed; Revolut mortgages.

Luxembourg

LUHigh3 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity dominated by digital-asset/payments licensing into the Luxembourg EU gateway: Coinbase MiCA+EU-HQ (Jun 2025); Ripple preliminary EMI (Jan 2026), full EMI (Feb 2026), preliminary CASP (23 Jun 2026); dtcpay CSSF EMI… Full module →

Macau SAR

MOAssessed5 sourced findings

The trailing-12-month window (July 2025-July 2026) is dominated by regulatory-product launches rather than disclosed M&A: Macau's Investment Funds Law and new Tax Code stood up a private-fund industry with active AMCM promotional engagement of prospective… Full module →

Malaysia

MYAssessed5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity (run date 2026-06-24) centres on capital injections into e-wallet/digital-banking players and merchant-acquiring/cross-border product expansion. TNG Digital secured ~USD 75 million from strategic investors and targeted… Full module →

Malta

MTAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12m commercial activity: BVNK MiCA CASP licence (Feb 2026); HSBC Malta sold to CrediaBank and MDB Group to Banka Creditas; 2025 fintech funding peak >$2bn (Binance-dominated); Gemini EU-HQ relocation 2025.

Mexico

MXAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month (mid-2025 to mid-2026) commercial activity shows Mexico leading LATAM venture funding for the first time in a decade in Q2 2025 (~US$198m/$437m by different counts), driven by large fintech rounds. Marquee events: Klar's US$190m Series C… Full module →

Morocco

MAAssessed5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity is dominated by fintech funding and a landmark licensing milestone: Chari secured a record $12m Series A (Oct 2025) and became the first VC-backed startup to win a BAM payment-institution licence; ORA Technologies raised… Full module →

Mozambique

MZAssessed4 sourced findings

Mozambique's payments/fintech commercial-intelligence flow over the trailing 12 months is limited but active: South African B2B lending-as-a-service fintech Kuunda expanded into Mozambique and secured a US$7.5m pre-Series A round (continent-wide, including… Full module →

Myanmar

MMPossible2 sourced findings

Sanctions, conflict and currency instability have severely constrained conventional M&A/investment activity in Myanmar's payments sector over the trailing 12 months; identified discrete commercial events are concentrated in regulatory-driven product… Full module →

Nepal

NPAssessed5 sourced findings

The trailing-12-month window (July 2025-July 2026) is dominated by the live cross-border UPI(India)-NPI(Nepal) rail launch (June 2026) via NIPL/NCHL and Fonepay, continuing consolidation momentum from the 2025 IME Pay-Khalti wallet merger, and Nepal's… Full module →

Netherlands

NLAssessed4 sourced findings

NL commercial activity: Buckaroo→Keensight M&A; Wero NL rollout (POS 2026); nine-bank euro stablecoin announced; Quantoz EURQ/USDQ authorised. Most values undisclosed.

New Zealand

NZAssessed5 sourced findings

Inbound consolidation: Shift4/Smartpay completed (~NZ$296.4m); Cuscal/Paymark (A$27m/c.€17m) PENDING completion (French Works Council + put option) expected by 30 June 2026, not completed at 27 June 2026; Klarna/Laybuy BNPL consolidation.

Nigeria

NGHigh5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial intelligence is dominated by fintech consolidation into banking. Flutterwave acquired open-banking startup Mono (completed December 2025, made public January 2026; all-stock, ~US$25–40m) and then secured a Nigerian national… Full module →

Norway

NOAssessed3 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity in Norwegian payments is dominated by regulatory-enabled product milestones (MiCA CASP authorisation, DORA/Crypto Assets Act entry into force) rather than large disclosed-value M&A; aggregate fintech acquisition activity… Full module →

Pakistan

PKAssessed7 sourced findings

Virtual-asset market entry (Binance/HTX NOCs, MoF-Binance tokenisation MoU), continued strategic bank-fintech investment (VEON-Mobilink), new digital-bank entrant (Mashreq), and a16z-led ZAR stablecoin raise dominate commercial activity amid overall funding… Full module →

Panama

PAPossible3 sourced findings

Panama's fintech investment activity remains modest in absolute terms relative to its role as a financial hub: trailing-12-month equity funding has been in the low tens of millions of dollars across a handful of rounds, with limited M&A exits in the fintech… Full module →

Peru

PEAssessed5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity centres on Credicorp/Krealo's fintech consolidation and venture investment (Culqi CEO change, Akua and Welli investments), alongside major regulatory-driven market events: BCRP's new payments regulation, SBS's Open… Full module →

Philippines

PHAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity is dominated by the prospective fintech IPOs of GCash (Mynt) and Maya. In June 2026 Mynt's board authorised filing a registration statement with the SEC and a PSE listing application (offer ~12% of post-IPO capital), with… Full module →

Poland

PLAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity (run date 2026-06-27): continued fintech consolidation and international expansion. Provident Polska secured a full KIP licence (Dec 2025). Polish payment firms (BLIK/PSP, Autopay/ex-Blue Media, Zen.com) are pushing… Full module →

Portugal

PTAssessed5 sourced findings

Fintech investment in Portugal accelerated markedly in 2025, with the payments/crypto segment producing the country's most notable regulatory-linked product launch (Bison Bank's MiCA-compliant stablecoin). Banking-sector M&A (NovoBanco's ongoing sale) remains… Full module →

Qatar

QAAssessed3 sourced findings

Payment-fintech-led but small-scale T12M commercial activity: SkipCash $4m Series A (Feb 2026, QDB-backed); product launches (QNB UPI acceptance, Apple Pay on national prepaid card, Doha Bank-Nium remittance); most fintechs partner banks for settlement; 2… Full module →

Romania

ROAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month Romanian commercial activity is dominated by banking consolidation (UniCredit/Alpha Bank România completed; BT/OTP; Intesa/First Bank) and selective fintech funding rounds (FintechOS, Finqware, Instant Factoring's EUR 30m). The fintech… Full module →

Russia

RUAssessed4 sourced findings

Within the trailing 12 months, Russian payments commercial activity has centred on bank-led infrastructure joint ventures and marketplace/loyalty-payment product launches rather than conventional M&A or external venture funding, reflecting the isolation of… Full module →

Rwanda

RWAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity centres on regulatory and ecosystem milestones rather than headline M&A: the Feb 2025 Ghana–Rwanda fintech licence-passporting MoU (Africa's first), the Feb–Apr 2026 CBDC e-FRW PoC-to-pilot transition, RNDPS 2.0/eKash P2M… Full module →

Saudi Arabia

SAHigh4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity is led by the BNPL/fintech segment. Tamara secured up to $2.4bn asset-backed Shariah-compliant financing (Goldman Sachs/Citi/Apollo, Sept 2025) and obtained Saudi Arabia's first full SAMA consumer-finance licence (March… Full module →

Senegal

SNAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month activity dominated by Wave's $137M debt round, Cameroon entry, TerraPay partnership, and BCEAO's PI-SPI launch.

Serbia

RSAssessed4 sourced findings

Within the trailing 12 months (July 2025-July 2026), Serbia's payments-sector commercial intelligence is dominated by regulatory-driven market development (SEPA accession operationalisation, open-banking go-live, new cybersecurity law) rather than large… Full module →

Singapore

SGAssessed3 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month window (run date 2026-06-23). Singapore remained ASEAN's top fintech-funding recipient: H1 2025 attracted ~US$1.04bn across 90 deals (highest since H1 2023, +~87% YoY), though Q3 2025 cooled to US$192.8m. Payments and digital assets led… Full module →

Slovakia

SKPossible5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity centres on Blik's (Polish PSP) platform acquisition and bank-partnership build-out in Slovakia as a euro-zone hub, alongside continued fintech/crypto-infrastructure investment (e.g. Blockmate) and modest but growing… Full module →

Slovenia

SIAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity in Slovenia's payments-adjacent space is dominated by continued banking-sector consolidation aftershocks (OTP/Nova KBM-SKB integration, NLB Lease&Go/Summit Leasing merger) and modest but present fintech seed-stage… Full module →

South Africa

ZAAssessed6 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity (run date 2026-06-23) shows strong consolidation and a funding rebound: South African startups raised ~$335.9m across 42 deals in 2025 (a 234% surge on 2024), with fintech leading M&A (67 deals, up 72% YoY). Key payments… Full module →

South Korea

KRAssessed5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial intelligence is dominated by Naver Financial's all-stock acquisition of Dunamu (Upbit operator), valued at ~US$10.3bn, announced November 2025, with the merger delayed to a ~Sept 2026 close pending Korea FTC antitrust review and… Full module →

Spain

ESHigh5 sourced findings

Bit2Me EUR30M Tether-led round (Aug 2025) with Bankinter joining cap table (Jan 2026); CNMV MiCA CASP wave (6 banks, 5 fintechs).

Sri Lanka

LKAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity in Sri Lankan payments/fintech is dominated by multilateral development financing rather than private M&A: a large IFC bank-recapitalisation package, GovPay's public-sector platform launch, and a cross-border… Full module →

Sweden

SEHigh7 sourced findings

The trailing-12-month window is dominated by Klarna's NYSE IPO and subsequent stablecoin/product launches, Safello's first Swedish MiCA CASP licence, and continued FI enforcement-driven exits (authorisation withdrawals) from the payments-institution… Full module →

Switzerland

CHAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity is shaped by sector consolidation touching Swiss-relevant players. Worldline (the dominant Swiss acquirer) is in turnaround, divesting assets and agreeing in November 2025 to sell its electronic data management (EDM) unit… Full module →

Taiwan

TWAssessed3 sourced findings

Within the trailing 12 months, Taiwan's headline payments-sector commercial event is the 30 June 2026 passage of the Virtual Asset Service Act reshaping the competitive landscape toward bank-led stablecoin issuance; discrete payments-adjacent M&A/product deal… Full module →

Tanzania

TZAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity (baseline window) is led by Selcom's bank acquisition — Selcom acquired Access Microfinance Bank (renamed Selcom Microfinance Bank) and is piloting the Selcom Pesa neobank, a landmark fintech-acquires-bank move. CRDB Bank… Full module →

Thailand

THHigh4 sourced findings

Three virtual-bank licences awarded 19 Jun 2025 to SCB X (WeBank/KakaoBank), Krungthai (Gulf/AIS/PTT OR) and ACM Holding/Ascend Money (CP/Ant International); operations required within one year.

Tunisia

TNAssessed3 sourced findings

The trailing-12-month window is dominated by regulatory market entry rather than disclosed M&A: OFT Tunisie (Ooredoo FinTech) received its final BCT payment-institution licence in January 2026, becoming the 16th licensed PSP; the BCT itself launched the… Full module →

Turkey

TRHigh5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity led by iyzico/Paynet $87M close, Midas $80M Series B (QED), ColendiBank launch and record ~$219.7M 2025 fintech funding.

Uganda

UGHigh6 sourced findings

The trailing-12-month window (July 2025-July 2026) is dominated by three commercial events: the BoU/CMA Small Systems RTGS modernisation contract, the GSN/Diacente $5.5bn tokenisation and CBDC-pilot partnership, and the stalled/cancelled National Payments… Full module →

Ukraine

UAAssessed4 sourced findings

The trailing-12-month window (mid-2025 to mid-2026) was dominated by Fintech-IT Group / monobank's ascent to Ukraine's first fintech unicorn via a UMAEF strategic investment, alongside monobank's expansion into merchant acquiring and continued growth of the… Full module →

United Arab Emirates

AEAssessed5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month UAE commercial activity led by Network International-Magnati merger (~Oct 2025, Brookfield-led), Tabby $4.5bn valuation + CBUAE SVF licence, NymCard $33m Series B, USDU stablecoin registration, and PayPal-NEOPAY / Botim-TerraPay partnerships.

United Kingdom

UKHigh5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month UK payments commercial activity (run date 2026-06-20). Headline: Global Payments' acquisition of Worldpay from FIS (announced April 2025, CMA Phase-1 clearance Oct 2025, completed early 2026; c.$22.7bn / $24.7bn enterprise). Barclays'… Full module →

United States

USHigh5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month US payments commercial activity is dominated by consolidation among acquirers and processors plus stablecoin/instant-rail product launches. Headline deals: Global Payments' acquisition of Worldpay (closed Jan 9, 2026) with simultaneous… Full module →

United States – Alabama

US-ALHigh4 sourced findings

Within the trailing twelve months, Alabama's payments-adjacent commercial activity centers on the CommerceOne Financial/Green Dot Bank bank-fintech restructuring, continued community-bank consolidation (CBS Banc-Corp/TAG Bancshares), and a minority growth… Full module →

United States – Alaska

US-AKAssessed5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month (July 2025-July 2026) Alaska payments/banking commercial activity centers on: Northrim BanCorp's capital-raising and steady earnings; Credit Union 1's pending merger with MAC Federal Credit Union; a shareholder-rights investigation opened… Full module →

United States – Arizona

US-AZHigh4 sourced findings

The trailing-12-month window shows active Arizona-nexus payments/fintech commercial activity: a $130 million bank-charter acquisition by OppFi, continued payments-sector M&A (Paya/Paragon, Corsair/Aurora Payments), and the Scottsdale-headquartered Zelle… Full module →

United States – Arkansas

US-ARAssessed4 sourced findings

The trailing-12-month window (July 2025-July 2026) shows continued Arkansas bank-sector consolidation activity — most notably the pending Huntington Bancshares acquisition of Cadence Bank (which will make Huntington a top-ten Arkansas bank by deposits) and… Full module →

United States – California

US-CAAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month (approx. June 2025–June 2026) California-relevant payments commercial activity: stablecoin and crypto-payments M&A dominated (Ripple/Rail; Mastercard/BVNK; Capital One/Brex), with large infrastructure and digital-banking funding rounds… Full module →

United States – Colorado

US-COConfirmed4 sourced findings

The dominant trailing-12-month commercial event for Colorado payments/banking is PNC's acquisition of Colorado's largest independent state-chartered bank, FirstBank Holding Company — announced September 2025 and completed January 2026 — which materially… Full module →

United States – Connecticut

US-CTHigh4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity centered on Connecticut-based payments/fintech firms includes an acquisition of a Glastonbury digital-payments platform by a national core-banking provider, a growth investment in a Greenwich-based payments ISO, and… Full module →

United States – Delaware

US-DEHigh4 sourced findings

The trailing-12-month window is dominated by (i) the Delaware-regulator-cleared Capital One-Discover combination advancing toward close, (ii) Capital One's completed acquisition of Brex, (iii) new fintech-bank market entry into Delaware (Cross River), and… Full module →

United States – District of Columbia

US-DCHigh5 sourced findings

The trailing-12-month DC commercial picture is dominated by one notable market-entry licensing event (Navro), a sharp YoY decline in local fintech equity funding, and continued OAG enforcement activity against payments/digital-asset firms — offset by DISB's… Full module →

United States – Florida

US-FLAssessed3 sourced findings

Within the trailing-12-month baseline window, Florida payments/fintech commercial activity is dominated by regulatory-product events (the stablecoin and virtual-currency-kiosk frameworks) and organic growth at Miami-based remittance fintechs, plus an OFR… Full module →

United States – Georgia

US-GAConfirmed2 sourced findings

The trailing-12-month window is dominated by the completion of the three-way Global Payments/Worldpay/FIS transaction, the largest recent restructuring of Georgia's payments industry, alongside continued DBF regulatory-driven market entries/exits (Fortress… Full module →

United States – Hawaii

US-HIAssessed2 sourced findings

The dominant Hawaii-relevant commercial event in the trailing 12 months is the announced acquisition by Bank of Hope (parent of Hawaii's Territorial Savings unit) of SMBC's Americas commercial banking business, expected to close in H2 2026. Hope Bancorp's… Full module →

United States – Idaho

US-IDAssessed5 sourced findings

Idaho's payments-adjacent commercial activity in the baseline window is dominated by regulatory/legislative product events rather than confirmed new M&A; the state's marquee bank M&A event (Glacier/Bank of Idaho) closed just outside the strict 12-month window.

United States – Illinois

US-ILHigh3 sourced findings

The dominant trailing-window commercial event remains the integration fallout from Capital One's $35 billion acquisition of Riverwoods-based Discover Financial Services (closed May 2025), including a ~600-employee layoff round at the former Discover campus in… Full module →

United States – Indiana

US-INAssessed2 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month activity anchored by the First Merchants/First Savings merger and continued Allied Payment Network growth-capital investment.

United States – Iowa

US-IAAssessed3 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month Iowa commercial activity dominated by Dwolla's acquisition by Network Merchants (May 2026) following its Money20/20 showcase (October 2025), against the Hiscox v. Dwolla litigation backdrop.

United States – Kansas

US-KSAssessed3 sourced findings

Within the trailing 12 months, Kansas commercial activity is dominated by continued bank/credit-union consolidation centered on Wichita's Equity Bancshares and Lenexa's CommunityAmerica Credit Union, alongside a major new fintech-employer entrant (Fiserv)… Full module →

United States – Kentucky

US-KYPossible2 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity touching Kentucky payments/banking is dominated by interstate bank consolidation extending acquirer footprints into the Louisville MSA, alongside modest, thinly-documented fintech venture funding in the broader… Full module →

United States – Louisiana

US-LAAssessed3 sourced findings

Within the trailing 12 months (July 2025-July 2026), Louisiana's commercial-intelligence signal in payments/financial-services M&A is dominated by community-bank and credit-union consolidation rather than standalone payments-fintech deals; no major… Full module →

United States – Maine

US-MEAssessed2 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month Maine commercial activity is dominated by bank/trust consolidation (Gorham Savings/Maine Community Bancorp; Corient/H.M. Payson) rather than fintech venture funding.

United States – Maryland

US-MDHigh5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity in Maryland's payments-adjacent space is dominated by regulatory/product events rather than headline M&A: the Maryland Stablecoin Act's enactment, the Earned Wage Access Act's signing, finalized virtual currency kiosk… Full module →

United States – Massachusetts

US-MAAssessed3 sourced findings

Within the trailing 12 months (July 2025-July 2026), Massachusetts-headquartered payments/stablecoin companies show continued consolidation and product activity: Circle's acquisition of Interop Labs' cross-chain technology and Flywire's continued quarterly… Full module →

United States – Michigan

US-MIHigh6 sourced findings

Trailing 12 months (Jul 2025-Jul 2026) saw major MI-linked M&A: Fifth Third-Comerica, Acrisure-Heartland Payroll Solutions, Rocket Companies-Redfin/Mr. Cooper, and Supreme Lending-Michigan Mutual, alongside continued Detroit fintech seed activity.

United States – Minnesota

US-MNAssessed8 sourced findings

Minnesota's trailing-12-month payments-adjacent commercial activity is headlined by the $12.3 billion Thoma Bravo take-private of Dayforce (formerly Ceridian), alongside U.S. Bancorp's pending BTIG acquisition, several Minnesota credit-union and… Full module →

United States – Mississippi

US-MSHigh4 sourced findings

The dominant Mississippi-relevant commercial event in the trailing 12 months is Huntington Bancshares' acquisition of Cadence Bank; state-level venture activity remains modest and concentrated in InvestMS-backed seed rounds and bank-affiliated venture arms.

United States – Missouri

US-MOAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity centers on community-bank consolidation, a PE minority stake, and a bank-fintech instant-payments partnership, against reduced state VC funding.

United States – Montana

US-MTAssessed3 sourced findings

Dominant trailing-12-month commercial event is Frontier Credit Union's acquisition of First Citizens Bank of Butte (closed 2026-02-01), the first whole-bank credit-union acquisition in Montana; deal value undisclosed.

United States – Nebraska

US-NEHigh6 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity in Nebraska payments/fintech is dominated by Telcoin Digital Asset Bank's charter and capital raise, alongside continued bank-sector consolidation and a record state VC year; discrete dated events are captured below.

United States – Nevada

US-NVHigh4 sourced findings

The trailing-12-month window is dominated by Apollo's ~$6.4bn Everi/IGT completion (July 2025) and OBOOK's Nevada MTL grant (January 2026), alongside smaller payments-technology bolt-ons.

United States – New Hampshire

US-NHAssessed5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity centers on Portsmouth-headquartered Bottomline's steady cadence of product releases under Thoma Bravo ownership and the April 2026 Metro Credit Union/Members Plus Credit Union merger announcement with direct NH-county… Full module →

United States – New Jersey

US-NJHigh4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity is dominated by state-backed venture/innovation-fund events: an $85M Evergreen tax-credit auction and a $20M AI Hub fund with CoreWeave.

United States – New Mexico

US-NMAssessed3 sourced findings

U.S. Eagle FCU's acquisition of Southwest Capital Bank is NM's most significant payments-adjacent commercial event in the trailing 12 months.

United States – New York

US-NYAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month NY-relevant commercial activity is dominated by stablecoin/crypto-payments consolidation and federal/state charter migration. Key events: Mastercard's NYDFS BitLicense (MTS US, May 27 2026) and ~$1.8B BVNK acquisition (March 2026) plus… Full module →

United States – North Carolina

US-NCAssessed5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month NC payments/fintech commercial activity is concentrated in Charlotte, headlined by the $2.2bn take-private of AvidXchange by TPG/Corpay, alongside continued acquiring consolidation and community fintech funding rounds.

United States – North Dakota

US-NDHigh4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity in North Dakota payments is dominated by the Bank of North Dakota / Fiserv Roughrider Coin initiative (announcement through Industrial Commission pilot approval) alongside conventional in-state community-bank… Full module →

United States – Ohio

US-OHHigh4 sourced findings

The dominant Ohio commercial-intelligence event in the trailing 12 months is Global Payments' completed $24.25 billion acquisition of Cincinnati-headquartered Worldpay from GTCR/FIS in January 2026, alongside continued Ohio venture-funding momentum in… Full module →

United States – Oklahoma

US-OKConfirmed1 sourced finding

The dominant trailing-12-month commercial event in the Oklahoma payments/banking space is BancFirst Corporation's acquisition and completed merger integration of American Bank of Oklahoma. No other Oklahoma-specific, distinctly-dated fintech M&A… Full module →

United States – Oregon

US-ORAssessed2 sourced findings

The standout Oregon-linked commercial event of the trailing period is the Columbia Banking System / Pacific Premier Bancorp all-stock merger (announced April 2025, ~$70bn combined assets, Umpqua-to-Columbia Bank rebrand), while venture funding into Oregon's… Full module →

United States – Pennsylvania

US-PAHigh5 sourced findings

The trailing-12-month window shows Pennsylvania bank/payments commercial activity dominated by in-state and cross-border bank consolidation (PNC's $4.1bn FirstBank acquisition, Mid Penn/1st Colonial, Norwood/PB Bankshares, Community Bank NA's Santander branch… Full module →

United States – Rhode Island

US-RIPossible1 sourced finding

Trailing-12-month (July 2025-July 2026) commercial activity specific to Rhode Island-headquartered payments/fintech entities is limited; the clearest identified event is Providence-based Beeline's corporate deal with MagicBlocks in August 2025. Broader… Full module →

United States – South Carolina

US-SCHigh3 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity touching SC includes out-of-state bank expansion (Huntington, Carter Bankshares) and S.163's digital-asset legislative event. No SC-headquartered payments fintech M&A or funding event identified.

United States – South Dakota

US-SDHigh3 sourced findings

No South Dakota-headquartered payments fintech M&A or funding-round events were identified within the trailing 12 months; the state's principal trailing-12-month commercial/regulatory events are legislative/regulatory in nature (Bitcoin public-investment… Full module →

United States – Tennessee

US-TNAssessed3 sourced findings

The defining trailing-12-month commercial event for Tennessee payments/banking is the Pinnacle Financial Partners–Synovus Financial Corp merger completion. Secondary trailing-window events include national crypto-ATM operator Bitcoin Depot's Chapter 11 filing… Full module →

United States – Texas

US-TXAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity touching Texas payments/banking centres on the Fifth Third-Comerica bank merger, continued Texas Stock Exchange capital formation, and smaller private fintech funding rounds (e.g., Coba), set against a national… Full module →

United States – Utah

US-UTHigh5 sourced findings

The trailing-12-month window (July 2025-July 2026) has been dominated by a wave of Utah industrial-bank charter filings and approvals from major payments, auto-finance and wealth-management firms, led by PayPal's application to form PayPal Bank and capped by… Full module →

United States – Vermont

US-VTPossible1 sourced finding

No Vermont-headquartered payments-sector M&A, funding round, or product launch within the trailing 12 months identified; national Capital One-Brex deal noted as context only.

United States – Virginia

US-VAAssessed2 sourced findings

The dominant trailing-12-month commercial event tied to Virginia is Capital One's $35.3bn acquisition of Discover Financial Services, closed 2025, with continuing 2026 post-merger layoffs.

United States – Washington

US-WAAssessed4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity in Washington payments is led by Remitly's product/membership expansion (Remitly One, forthcoming line of credit) and continued early-stage fintech funding activity in the Seattle ecosystem, alongside a major multistate… Full module →

United States – West Virginia

US-WVHigh4 sourced findings

The trailing-12-month window shows consolidation among WV-domiciled depositories (a landmark credit-union-acquires-bank transaction and continued out-of-state bank M&A into WV markets) alongside two large adjacent digital-infrastructure investment… Full module →

United States – Wisconsin

US-WIHigh4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity in Wisconsin payments is dominated by Fiserv's CEO transition, workforce restructuring, and continued product/partnership activity.

United States – Wyoming

US-WYHigh2 sourced findings

Within the trailing 12 months (July 2025-July 2026), Wyoming's most significant commercial/product events are the public launch of the state-issued Frontier Stable Token (January 2026) and Kraken Financial's Federal Reserve master account approval (March… Full module →

Uruguay

UYHigh4 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month (2025-07 to 2026-07) commercial activity is dominated by BCU's own regulatory-product pipeline (sandbox bill, Open Finance bill, PSAV consultation) and dLocal's continued cross-border expansion, including an announced African-market… Full module →

Venezuela

VEAssessed5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month commercial activity centres on renewed fintech investor interest following January 2026 political changes: a modest funding base (~$8.22M cumulative across 6 funded startups), targeted cross-border expansion (Qash), a new investor-facing… Full module →

Vietnam

VNAssessed3 sourced findings

Within the trailing-12-month baseline window, Vietnam's payments commercial activity centred on product launches and partnerships rather than large new funding rounds. MoMo (valued ~US$2bn, profitable since 2024, ~US$434m raised cumulatively) partnered with… Full module →

Zambia

ZMAssessed5 sourced findings

Trailing-12-month activity led by Lupiya's Series A, Airtel Zambia's LuSE market-cap milestone, a Western Union/Zoona/Chipper Cash partnership, MTN MoMo's new international-transfer product, and a rumoured Standard Chartered Zambia-unit divestiture.