Total financial services industry cross border M&A deals worth $450.9m were announced globally in January 2021, led by Arab Banking(Bahrain)’s $426.79m acquisition of Blom Bank Egypt, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked a decrease of 96.7% over the previous month of $13.8bn and a drop of 91.5% when compared with the last 12-month average, which stood at $5.29bn.

Comparing cross border M&A deals value in different regions of the globe, Middle East and Africa held the top position, with total announced deals in the period worth $426.91m. At the country level, the Egypt topped the list in terms of deal value at $426.79m.

In terms of volumes, Europe emerged as the top region for financial services industry cross border M&A deals globally, followed by North America and then Asia-Pacific.

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The top country in terms of cross border M&A deals activity in January 2021 was the US with eight deals, followed by the UK with seven and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China with four.

In 2021, as of January, financial services cross border M&A deals worth $450.9m were announced globally, marking an increase of 91.03% year on year.

financial services industry cross border M&A deals in January 2021: Top deals

The top three cross border M&A deals accounted for 99.7% of the overall value during January 2021.

The combined value of the top three financial services cross border M&A deals stood at $449.63m, against the overall value of $450.9m recorded for the month.

The top three financial services industry cross border M&A deals of January 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) Arab Banking(Bahrain)’s $426.79m acquisition of Blom Bank Egypt

2) The $13.86m acquisition of Valour Structured Products by Routemaster Capital

3) Tech Mahindra’s $8.98m acquisition of Payments Technology Services