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Region closed 150 transactions placing third behind US and Europe.<\/p>\n
Asia\u2019s funding deals in the financial technology (fintech) sector reached a total of $1.7b in the first quarter of 2026, the third largest share compared to other markets.<\/p>\n
It also closed 150 deals. Compared to its peers, the US recorded $6.7b (361 deals) whilst Europe saw $2.4b (161 deals), according to CB Insights’ State of Fintech Q1\u201926 Report.<\/p>\n
Other regions lagged behind, with Latin America bringing in $0.7b, Africa $0.3b, and Oceania $98m.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Canada saw $85m in funding, whilst all other regions combined accounted for $0.1b.<\/p>\n Global fintech investment remained subdued in the first quarter of 2026, with deal activity falling to its lowest level in several years, according to CB Insights data.<\/p>\n A total of 762 equity deals were recorded in the quarter, marking a continued decline and the fifth consecutive quarterly drop.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Funding levels also remained weak, coming in at about $12.1b, roughly half the level seen at the start of 2022.<\/p>\n Late-stage banking technology deals made up 35% of activity, though overall late-stage deal count fell to 34, a multi-year low.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Of the largest banking deals, most funding went to companies working directly with banks rather than partners.<\/p>\n Mergers and acquisitions also slowed, with 199 deals completed during the quarter, down 26% from the previous quarter and marking a six-quarter low.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Activity was concentrated in areas that had previously experienced strong growth.<\/p>\n In the crypto sector, average startup valuation per employee reached $6.4m, nearly double the broader fintech average of $3.5m.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Several of the highest-valued fintech firms in the quarter were crypto-focused companies.<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Region closed 150 transactions placing third behind US and Europe. Asia\u2019s funding deals in the financial technology (fintech) sector reached a total of $1.7b in the first quarter of 2026, the third largest share compared to other markets. It also closed 150 deals. Compared to its peers, the US recorded $6.7b (361 deals) whilst Europe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5979,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bez-rubriki"],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":["https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Asia-fintech-1-1140x445.webp",1140,445,true],"list":["https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Asia-fintech-1-463x348.webp",463,348,true],"medium":["https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Asia-fintech-1-300x169.webp",300,169,true],"full":["https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Asia-fintech-1.webp",1145,645,false]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5980,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5978\/revisions\/5980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}