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Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia:

Global fintech investment experienced a notable slowdown in the first half of 2025. Total funding-including M&A, private equity, and venture capital-declined to $44.7 billion across 2,216 deals, compared to $54.2 billion across 2,376 deals in the second half of 2024, said a study.

According to KPMG's Pulse of Fintech H1'25, at the sector level, digital assets, AI, and regtech were all trending well ahead of 2024's investment levels at mid-year. Digital assets had $8.4 billion in investment in H1'25-compared to $10.7 billion during all of 2024, while AI saw $7.2 billion in investment-compared to $8.9 billion in all of 2024.

The report "Pulse of Fintech H1'25" pointed out that the sentiment at the start of 2025 was marked by cautious optimism. However, both investment value and deal activity contracted sharply, weighed down by ongoing geopolitical tensions and uncertainties around trade policies.

Drops in M&A deal value and PE investment helped pull down investment in H1'25-with just $19.9 billion in M&A deal value in H1'25-compared to $26.7 billion in H2'24-and $1.4 billion in PE investment-compared to $4.4 billion in H2'24.

Fintech-focused VC investment showed significant resilience, rising nominally from $23 billion to $23.4 billion between H2 2024 and H1 2025. At a regional level, the Americas attracted $26.7 billion of investment, while the EMEA region accounted for $13.7 billion, and the ASPAC region for $4.2 billion.......................

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