Total financial services industry cross border deals worth $11.8bn were announced globally for September 2021, with the $2.73bn acquisition of Paidy being the sector’s biggest investment, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked a decrease of 76.4% over the previous month of $50.04bn and a drop of 12.3% when compared with the last 12-month average of $13.46bn.

In terms of number of cross border deals, the sector saw a flat growth with 114 deals in September 2021 when compared to the last 12-month average of 114 deals.

In value terms, Asia-Pacific led the activity with cross border deals worth $3.81bn in September 2021.

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financial services industry cross border deals in September 2021: Top deals

The top five cross border deals accounted for 66.1% of the overall value during September 2021.

The combined value of the top five cross border deals stood at $7.79bn, against the overall value of $11.8bn recorded for the month.

The top five financial services industry cross border deals of September 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) PayPal Holdings $2.73bn acquisition deal with Paidy

2) The $2.2bn acquisition of Prudential Annuities Life Assurance by Fortitude Group Holdings

3) Country Garden Property Services HK HoldingsLimited $1.55bn acquisition deal with Wealth Best Global

4) The $848.96m acquisition of Eurologi II S.a(HoldCo) by Aurora Investment (Cayman),Chengdong Investment and Pearl Bidcor.l

5) Northern Data $468.87m acquisition deal with Bitfield