Fintech funding in Europe is gaining ground even as the global market struggles, with the latest figures showing the region attracting more capital in early 2025 – www.naijnaira.com reports.
The new Pulse of Fintech report from KPMG shows total EMEA investments climbed to €11.6B across 759 deals, compared to €9.4B from the previous half-year.
Globally, however, activity slowed, with overall deals falling to €38B across 2,216 transactions, the weakest performance since 2020.
The United Kingdom remained the leader, accounting for €6.2B and securing eight of the ten largest European deals.
Among them was BlackRock’s $3.1B acquisition of Preqin, alongside $500M raises by Rapyd and FNZ Group.
France followed with Bridgepoint’s $1.6B acquisition of Esker, while Germany saw volumes shrink to €553M.
Investors are now paying closer attention to artificial intelligence, blockchain, and digital assets, areas that continue to attract large-ticket funding despite wider global caution.
Article updated 15 hours ago. Content is written and modified by multiple authors.
