Total banking M&A deals in January 2019 worth $7.08bn were announced globally, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

The value marked an increase of 65.3% over the previous month and a rise of 5.9% when compared with the last 12-month average, which stood at $6.69bn.

Comparing deals activity in different regions of the globe, Middle East and Africa held the top position, with total announced deals in the period worth $3.99bn. At the country level, the United Arab Emirates topped the list in terms of deal value at $3.99bn.

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

The top country in terms of M&A deals activity in January 2019 was the United States with 28 deals, followed by the United Kingdom with 3 and Romania with 2.

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Banking M&A deals in January 2019: Top deals

The top five banking M&A deals accounted for 91.2% of the overall value during January 2019.

The combined value of the top five banking M&A deals stood at $6.46bn, against the overall value of $7.08bn recorded for the month.

The top announced banking M&A deal tracked by GlobalData in January 2019 was $3.99bn merger of Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank and Union National Bank.

In second place was the merger of Bandhan Bank and GRUH Finance for $1.68bn and in third place was $408.69m merger of Getin Noble Bank and Idea Bank.

The $291.16m merger of Entegra Financial and SmartFinancial and Heartland Financial USA’s acquisition of Blue Valley Ban for $93.9m held fourth and fifth positions, respectively.

This analysis considers only announced and completed deals from the GlobalData financial deals database and excludes all terminated and rumoured deals. Country and industry are defined according to the headquarters and dominant industry of the target firm.

GlobalData tracks real-time data concerning all merger and acquisition, private equity/venture capital and asset transaction activity around the world from thousands of company websites and other reliable sources.

More in-depth reports and analysis on all reported deals are available for subscribers to GlobalData’s deals database.