There were 122 merger and acquisition (M&A)transactions in the merchant processing and acquiring sector of the payment card industry during 2022. Those deals occurred in 34 countries. There were 43 deals in the US, 37 in Europe, 25 in Asia-Pacific, 7 in the Middle East and Africa, 7 in Latin America and 3 in Canada. There were 68 transactions in the first six months of 2022 and 54 in the second half of the year. Among all 122 M&A deals, financial details were made known for only 25 transactions. The combined value of those transactions was $7.95 billion. The largest transaction w...