FinTech Industry Newsletter

Mercer Capital provides FinTech companies with valuation, financial advisory, and consulting services. To learn more, click here.

Mercer Capital’s Value Focus: FinTech industry newsletter focuses on the payments, technology, and solutions industry segments.

We follow the industry and provide key metrics including public market indicators, an update on IPOs, M&A, and venture capital deals in the space, and recent performance of public guideline companies.

As a bonus, we often include a venture capital case study of a FinTech company or an article discussing valuation issues of interest.

CURRENT ISSUE

First Quarter 2022

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• Payments
• Solutions
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The Impact of Interest Rate Expansion on FinTechs

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2021 Issues

• Fourth Quarter 2021
  • Recent Insights
• Third Quarter 2021
  • Bonus Article: Understand the Value of Your Payment Company
• First Half 2021
  • Bonus Article: FinTech Private Equity Valuations During Turbulent Times

2019 Issues

• Year-End 2019
  • Bonus Article: Quality Of Earnings Study:  The “Combine” to Help Harvest Top FinTech Acquisition Targets
• Mid-Year 2019
  • Bonus Article: Key Valuation Considerations for FinTech Purchase Price Allocations

2018 Issues

• Fourth Quarter 2018
  • Bonus Article: How to Value an InsurTech Company
• Third Quarter 2018
  • Bonus Article: How to Value an Early-Stage FinTech Company
• Second Quarter 2018
  • Case Study: WePay
• First Quarter 2018
  • Takeaways from FinXTech 2018: The Rise of Bank and FinTech Partnerships

2017 Issues

• Third Quarter 2017
  • Webinar Recording Available: How to Value an Early-Stage FinTech Company
  • Venture Capital Case Study: Factom
• First Half 2017
  • Is FinTech a Threat or an Opportunity to Community Banks?
  • Venture Capital Case Study: Vyze

2016 Issues

• Second Half 2016
  • Community Banks and FinTech Partnerships: Robo-Advisors
  • Venture Capital Case Study: Lemonade
• Second Quarter 2016
  • Three Reasons to Consider a Valuation of Your FinTech Company
  • Venture Capital Case Study: FutureAdvisor
• First Quarter 2016
  • Are Market Conditions Driving More FinTech Partnerships and M&A
  • Venture Capital Case Study: TradeKing

2015 Issues

• Fourth Quarter 2015
  • Preferences and FinTech Valuations
  • Venture Capital Case Study: Stripe
• Third Quarter 2015
  • Fairness Opinions and Down Markets
• Second Quarter 2015
  • How to Value FinTech Venture Capital Portfolio Investments
  • Venture Capital Case Study: LendingClub
• First Quarter 2015
  • Venture Capital Case Study: Coinbase

2014 Issues

• Q4 2014 – Focus: 2014 FinTech IPOs and M&A Overview
  • Venture Capital Case Study: Banno, LLC
• Q3 2014 – Segment Focus: Payments
  • Venture Capital Case Study: Gyft, Inc.
• Q2 2014 – Segment Focus: Solutions
  • Venture Capital Case Study: Check, Inc.
• Q1 2014 – Segment Focus: Technology
  • Venture Capital Case Study: Simple

2013 Issues

• Q4 2013 – Segment Focus: Payments
  • Venture Capital Case Study: Square, Inc.