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Last Year, We Said Banks Would Buy & Invest More in Startups – What Happened?

Prove
September 16, 2021

[UPDATED 12-Dec-2018] This is the time of the year when many consulting, research, and media firms make FinTech predictions. We wanted to do it differently this time but also wanted to put ourselves to the test. Skin in the game is what we are doing here; let’s look back at the predictions we made last year and see where we have reached. In December 2017, we predicted that banks would start buying FinTechs, invest more, and learn to benchmark innovation in 2018. We also predicted that, in the year 2018, you can see new venture arms/funds of FIs/banks cropping up and that you would see more action from the existing venture arms of banks. Some banks may not have these arms or may not call them that, but you will see corporate development and M&A teams getting into action. So, has this prediction come true?

Let’s take a look at the investment and acquisition deals of 2018:

Analysis of Investment Deals

Investment Deals

  • Total Investments deal value - 5.0B USD
  • Total number of deals - 159
  • 74 banks invested in 142 FinTechs
  • 10 insurance companies invested in 15 FinTechs
  • 2 asset management companies invested in 2 FinTechs

Top investment deals

  • Deutsche Bank, Mitsui Banking Corporation & Goldman Sachs invested USD 900M in Prodigy Finance
  • Goldman Sachs has invested USD 250M in Cadre
  • Credit Suisse has invested USD 200M each in OnDeck & BlueVine

Analysis of Acquisition Deals

Acquisition Deals

  • Total acquisition deal value - 1.4B USD
  • Total number of deals - 20
  • 10 banks acquired 13 FinTechs
  • 2 asset management companies acquired 2 FinTechs
  • 5 insurance companies acquired 5 FinTechs

Top acquisition deals

  • Intermediate Capital Group acquired IRIS Software for USD 1.36B
  • Munich Re acquired Relayr for 0.3B
  • The Royal Bank of Scotland acquired FreeagentAXA acquired XL GroupUnitedHealth Group acquired genoa Healthcare for USD 0.06B

 

 

 

The banking industry is going through a massive disruption. Over the last few years, traditional financial institutions and non-traditional FinTech firms have realized that collaboration may be an effective path for long-term growth. The future of the banking industry will depend on its ability to leverage the power of customer insight, advanced analytics, and digital technology to provide digitized services that help the new-generation, tech-savvy customers manage their finances efficiently.

Apart from the ongoing FinTech investments and acquisitions in 2018, we have also witnessed some large financial companies getting acquired by the corporate giants in the finance sector:

  • XL Group was acquired by AXA for USD 14B
  • Blackhawk Network was acquired by Silver Lake & P2 Capital Partners for USD 3.5B
  • Genoa Healthcare was acquired by UnitedHealth Group for USD 2.5B
  • Adira Insurance was acquired by Zurich Insurance Group for USD 0.4B

Investments or acquisitions made in the large FinTech space:

  • BNP Paribas invested USD 0.03B in Digital Reasoning
  • ING Group acquired Payvision for 0.30B
  • Grupo Supervielle acquired InvertirOnline for 0.03B

As financial and technology companies embrace a broader view of banking by delivering both banking and non-banking services, the ultimate winner will be the consumer irrespective of the provider they opt for.

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