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GLOBAL REGTECH INVESTMENT AT US $ 18.6 BILLION IN 2022 , GLOBAL FINTECH INVESTMENT FALLS FROM 2021 HIGH
KPMG ’ s Pulse of Fintech report reveals Global fintech market attracts U $ 164.1 billion across 6,006 deals in 2022 .
After reaching a record US $ 238.9 billion across 7,321 deals in 2021 , total global fintech investment across M and A , PE and VC fell to US $ 164.1 billion across 6,006 deals in 2022 – according to the latest Pulse of Fintech report from KPMG . billion in investment in 2022 – with the US accounting for US $ 61.6 billion of this total .
As context , the APAC region reached a marginal new high of US $ 50.5 billion during 2022 and the EMEA region attracted US $ 44.9 billion .
While results were substantially lower compared to 2021 ’ s peak highs , 2022 was not a poor year as a whole .
The report shows it was the third best year for fintech investment ever and the second strongest year for deal volume .
But a sharp drop-off in fintech investment between H1 2022 and H2 2022 from US $ 119.2 billion to US $ 44.9 billion highlights the rapidly shifting market conditions much more clearly .
Regionally , the Americas remained the dominant force of fintech investment globally , accounting for US $ 68.6
While the payments space attracted the largest share of fintech funding in 2022 ( US $ 53.1 billion ), Regtech was the hottest sector of the year , with investment rising from US $ 11.8 billion in 2021 to US $ 18.6 billion in 2022 .
“ 2022 was a tale of two fintech markets . The variance between the first half of the year and the second highlights the rapid shift in investor sentiment amidst a combination of challenges – high inflation and rising interest rates , the lack of IPO exits , the downward pressure on valuations , and , of course , the turbulence in the crypto space ,” said Anton Ruddenklau , Global Head of Financial Services Innovation and Fintech , KPMG International .
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