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Western EuropeSeptember 1 2021

European bank M&A forecast to accelerate

The consolidation drive is expected to continue into 2022, with domestic deals taking the lion’s share of activity, according to report.
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European bank M&A forecast to accelerate

The surge in European bank merger and acquisition (M&A) activity shows no sign of slowing down, driven by domestic deals and a rise in interest by non-bank investors, according to a recent report ‘Sustained momentum around bank M&A in Europe’ by Scope Ratings.

“This trend was picking up before Covid-19 because of the digital pressures and the low interest rate environment,” says Dierk Brandenburg, an analyst at Scope Ratings. “But now as we come out of the pandemic it’s really taking off.”

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