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Top financials mergers and acquisitions in July 2026

Every verified merger and acquisition in the financials sector in this period, ranked by disclosed value. Updated every morning.

We tracked 15 deals in the financials sector in July 2026, 7 of them with a disclosed value, worth $13.6bn in total. The largest was Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.'s $5.7bn deal for MarketAxess Holdings Inc., ahead of Grant Thornton Advisors LLC and CBIZ, Inc. at $5bn.

Top financials mergers and acquisitions in July 2026

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  1. 130 JulIntercontinental Exchange, Inc. → MarketAxess Holdings Inc.ICE agrees US$5.7bn deal for MarketAxessFinancials / Market infrastructureAgreed$5.7bn
  2. 229 JulGrant Thornton Advisors LLC → CBIZ, Inc.Grant Thornton agrees US$5bn takeover of CBIZFinancials / Accounting and advisoryAgreed$5bn
  3. 323 JulMapfre S.A. → Safety Insurance Group, Inc.Mapfre agrees US$1.54bn takeover of Safety InsuranceFinancials / InsuranceAgreed$1.5bn
  4. 49 JulS-Bank Plc → Oma Savings Bank PlcS-Bank agrees €571m takeover of Oma Savings BankFinancials / BankingAgreed$653m
  5. 517 JulGuohai Securities Co., Ltd. → Datong Securities Co., Ltd. (51.59%)Guohai Securities wins CNY3.2bn auction for control of Datong SecuritiesFinancials / BrokerageIn review$470m
  6. 623 JulEquals (Alakazam Holdings Bidco Limited) → OFX Group LimitedEquals agrees terms for A$247m cash takeover of OFXFinancials / Cross-border paymentsIn talks$170m
  7. 715 JulHome Credit India Finance (TVS Holdings) → Varthana Finance Private LimitedTVS Holdings' Home Credit India agrees ₹967 crore deal for Varthana FinanceFinancials / Non-bank lendingAgreed$100m
  8. 830 JulTMX Group Limited → MEMXTMX takes control of MEMX in US$2.3bn exchange combinationFinancials / Market infrastructureAgreedUndisclosed
  9. 929 JulInvestcorp → Berger Financial Group (majority stake)Investcorp agrees to buy majority of Berger Financial GroupFinancials / Wealth managementAgreedUndisclosed
  10. 1028 JulS&P Global Inc. → Agusto & Company Limited (majority stake)S&P Global agrees to take majority stake in Nigeria's Agusto & Co.Financials / Credit ratingsAgreedUndisclosed
  11. 1124 JulIyogin Holdings, Inc. → The Ehime Bank, Ltd.Iyogin Holdings to absorb Ehime Bank in Shikoku banking tie-upFinancials / Regional bankingAnnouncedUndisclosed
  12. 129 JulWarburg Pincus → CreditorWatch (Commercial Credit Holdings)Warburg Pincus agrees to buy Australia's CreditorWatchFinancials / Credit dataAgreedUndisclosed
  13. 137 JulSompo International Holdings Ltd. → Service Insurance CompaniesSompo agrees deal for workers' comp insurer Service InsuranceFinancials / InsuranceAgreedUndisclosed
  14. 146 JulTPG Rise Climate-led consortium (with GIC and ICICI Bank) → Aseem Infrastructure FinanceTPG-led group agrees to buy India's Aseem Infrastructure FinanceFinancials / Infrastructure lendingAgreedUndisclosed
  15. 156 JulSöderberg & Partners → Benchmark Capital (Schroders)Söderberg & Partners agrees to buy Schroders' BenchmarkFinancials / Wealth managementAgreedUndisclosed