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Total banking M&A deals in Q4 2018 worth $13.77bn were announced globally, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

The value marked a decrease of 21.8% over the previous quarter and a drop of 32.5% when compared with the last four-quarter average, which stood at $20.43bn.

Comparing deals activity in different regions of the globe, North America held the top position, with total announced deals in the period worth $6.15bn. At the country level, the United States topped the list in terms of deal value at $6.15bn.

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 Q4 2018 was the United States with 64 deals, followed by Germany with 6 and India with 6.

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In 2018, as of the end of Q4, banking M&As worth $80.28bn were announced globally, marking an increase of 89.5% year on year.

Banking M&A deals in Q4 2018: Top deals

The top five banking M&A deals accounted for 57.4% of the overall value during Q4 2018.

The combined value of the top five banking M&A deals stood at $7.91bn, against the overall value of $13.77bn recorded for the quarter.

The top announced banking M&A deal tracked by GlobalData in Q4 2018 was Life Insuranceof India’s $2.19bn acquisition of IDBI Bank.

In second place was Hunter Maritime Acquisition’s acquisition of NCF Wealth for $2bn and in third place was Power Finance’s $1.99bn acquisition of Rural Electrification.

The $881.62m merger of Ameris Bancorp and Fidelity Southern and the merger of CenterState Banks and National Commerce for $850.4m 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.