Today KPMG released its
Pulse of Fintech report. Investment in US-based fintech companies reached $14.2 billion in the first half of 2018 over 427 deals. $5 billion of that came from venture capital.
In Europe investment reached $26 billion across 198 deals in the first half of 2018. But these figures include the acquisitions of Worldpay ($12.9bn) and iZettle($2.2bn) and buyouts of Nets ($5.5bn) and IRIS ($1.8bn). The UK accounted for $16 billion of the figure.
In Asia, the figure reached $16.8 billion across 162 deals, though Ant Financial accounted for $14 billion alone.
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