Top financials mergers and acquisitions in April 2026
Every verified merger and acquisition in the financials sector in this period, ranked by disclosed value. Updated every morning.
We tracked 9 deals in the financials sector in April 2026, 7 of them with a disclosed value, worth $9.6bn in total. The largest was Orient Securities Company Limited's $3.7bn deal for Shanghai Securities Co., Ltd., ahead of Standard Life plc and Aegon UK plc at $2.7bn.
Top financials mergers and acquisitions in April 2026
- 119 AprOrient Securities Company Limited → Shanghai Securities Co., Ltd.Orient Securities moves to absorb Shanghai Securities in RMB25bn dealFinancials / BrokerageIn review$3.7bn
- 215 AprStandard Life plc → Aegon UK plcStandard Life agrees £2bn deal for Aegon UKFinancials / Pensions and savingsAgreed$2.7bn
- 327 AprDaiwa Securities Group Inc. → ORIX Bank CorporationDaiwa agrees ¥370bn purchase of ORIX BankFinancials / BankingCompleted$2.3bn
- 417 AprPayward, Inc. (Kraken) → BitnomialKraken parent Payward agrees up-to-US$550m deal for BitnomialFinancials / Crypto derivatives exchangeCompleted$550m
- 522 AprTMX Group Limited → Cboe Australia and Cboe CanadaTMX agrees US$300m deal for Cboe's Australian and Canadian exchangesFinancials / ExchangesCompleted$300m
- 629 AprANZ Group Holdings Limited → Worldline Australia Pty Ltd (ANZ Worldline, 51%)ANZ agrees to buy out Worldline from Australian payments ventureFinancials / Merchant paymentsCompleted$64m
- 714 AprCuscal Limited → Paymark Limited (Worldline New Zealand)Cuscal agrees A$27m purchase of New Zealand's PaymarkFinancials / Payments infrastructureCompleted$19m
- 830 AprThe Federal Bank Ltd → Standard Chartered Bank India credit card portfolioFederal Bank agrees to buy Standard Chartered's Indian card portfolioFinancials / Consumer credit cardsAgreedUndisclosed
- 917 AprAxight → La Trobe Financial (minority stake)Axight buys minority stake in Australian credit manager La Trobe from BrookfieldFinancials / Private credit asset managementAgreedUndisclosed