Top financials mergers and acquisitions in September 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 September 2026, 7 of them with a disclosed value, worth $15.5bn in total. The largest was Sequence Holdings and DFO Management's $7.7bn deal for The Baldwin Insurance Group, ahead of SoftBank Group and DigitalBridge Group at $3.1bn.
Top financials mergers and acquisitions in September 2026
- 114 SeptSequence Holdings and DFO Management → The Baldwin Insurance GroupDell family office and Sequence agree $7.7bn take-private of BaldwinFinancials / Insurance brokerageAgreed$7.7bn
- 230 SeptSoftBank Group → DigitalBridge GroupSoftBank completes $3.1bn DigitalBridge takeoverFinancials / Digital infrastructureCompleted$3.1bn
- 321 SeptInvestor group led by Thomas Priore (WD Capital) → Priority Technology HoldingsPriority Technology agrees $1.6bn CEO-led buyoutFinancials / PaymentsAgreed$1.6bn
- 415 SeptGrab → Atome Financial (60%)Grab to buy 60% of Atome for $1.49bnFinancials / FintechAgreed$1.5bn
- 530 SeptPeoples Bancorp → Capital BancorpPeoples Bancorp agrees $728m all-stock deal for Capital BancorpFinancials / BankingAgreed$728m
- 614 SeptSG Fleet / ORIX / Sumitomo consortium (competing bidders) → FleetPartners GroupJapanese bidders lead FleetPartners auctionFinancials / Fleet leasingIn talks$700m
- 729 SeptCapitolis → eSecLendingCapitolis buys eSecLending for US$200mFinancialsAgreed$200m
- 830 SeptHanwha Life Insurance & Centroid Investment Partners → Acuon Group (Acuon Capital / Acuon Savings Bank)EQT sells Korea's Acuon to Hanwha Life consortiumFinancialsAgreedUndisclosed
- 930 SeptStripe → ParafinStripe agrees to buy embedded lender ParafinFinancialsAgreedUndisclosed