The payments tech market was shaken by the intricate deal involving Global Payments, which bought Worldpay from GTCR and FIS for over $24B.

Also, Global Payments sold its TSYS business to FIS for $13.5B. The deal enhances their position in the financial technology and payments processing space.

There were also large deals in the Food & Grocery delivery space, including the $3.9B acquisition of British firm Deliveroo by its US rival DoorDash in a move to bolster its global presence. 

And Turkish delivery app Trendyol Go was gobbled up for $700M by Uber, growing its international footprint. 

Among other noteworthy deals, Social Snowball, an influencer, affiliate, and referral marketing platform, was acquired for $20M at 6.7 times revenue by Dotdigital, a marketing automation company, to diversify its customer acquisition channels and enhance its cross-channel marketing capabilities. 

Symbiosis, an AdTech startup focused on off-site advertising campaigns, was bought for $175 million by DoorDash, expanding its advertising capabilities and driving off-platform sales for its merchant partners. 

And in the UK, AI-driven fashion shopping platform Lyst was pocketed for $154 million by ZOZO, a Japanese fashion e-commerce company, to accelerate its international expansion and enhance its AI-driven fashion discovery capabilities.