Top financials mergers and acquisitions in October 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 October 2026, 11 of them with a disclosed value, worth $110.5bn in total. The largest was UniCredit S.p.A.'s $40.2bn deal for Commerzbank AG, ahead of Intesa Sanpaolo and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena at $39.3bn.
Top financials mergers and acquisitions in October 2026
- 115 OctUniCredit S.p.A. → Commerzbank AGUniCredit wins ECB approval to take control of CommerzbankFinancials / BankingIn review$40.2bn
- 24 OctIntesa Sanpaolo → Banca Monte dei Paschi di SienaIntesa sweetens Monte dei Paschi bid to about EUR35bn and wins Delfin's backingFinancials / BankingIn review$39.3bn
- 31 OctZurich Insurance Group → BeazleyZurich completes £8.1bn takeover of BeazleyFinancials / InsuranceCompleted$10.7bn
- 414 OctFairfax Financial Holdings → IDBI Bank (60.72% stake)Fairfax wins $5.6bn auction for control of India's IDBI BankFinancials / BankingAnnounced$5.6bn
- 55 OctKKR → Gen II Fund ServicesKKR agrees $5.1bn deal for fund administrator Gen IIFinancials / Fund administrationAgreed$5.1bn
- 613 OctLondon Stock Exchange Group → OctusLSEG confirms talks to buy Octus from Permira for about $3.5bnFinancials / Financial dataIn talks$3.5bn
- 76 OctMetLife / CNP Assurances (bidders) → Prudential Financial Brazil & Mexico unitsMetLife and CNP circle Prudential's Latin American unitsFinancials / InsuranceIn talks$3bn
- 82 OctAxis Capital → Permanent TSBAxis Capital mulls €1.74bn counterbid for PTSBFinancialsIn talks$2bn
- 913 OctShinhan Financial Group → Lotte Non-Life Insurance (77.04% stake)Shinhan agrees ₩693bn deal for JKL's Lotte Non-Life InsuranceFinancials / InsuranceAgreed$520m
- 1015 OctEQT → StockbridgeEQT agrees to buy US property manager Stockbridge for up to US$550mFinancials / Real estate investment managementAgreed$375m
- 1113 OctPorch Group → Allied TrustPorch Group agrees to buy Louisiana-focused insurer Allied TrustFinancials / Property insuranceAgreed$200m
- 1216 OctLakala Payment → Guangzhou Gaofu Information Technology (Skyee)Lakala moves to take control of cross-border payments firm GaofuFinancials / PaymentsAnnouncedUndisclosed
- 1314 OctPayward (Kraken) → Saldo Bank (Saldo Finance Oy)Kraken parent Payward agrees to buy Lithuania's Saldo BankFinancials / BankingAgreedUndisclosed
- 1414 OctNational Bank of Greece → Allianz European Reliance (Allianz Greece) – 30% stakeNational Bank of Greece agrees to buy 30% of Allianz GreeceFinancials / InsuranceAgreedUndisclosed
- 1512 OctCrédit Agricole → IKB Deutsche IndustriebankCrédit Agricole agrees to buy German Mittelstand lender IKB from Lone StarFinancials / BankingAgreedUndisclosed