The rapidly evolving payments landscape inspired investors to pump money into these payment technology companies at a feverish pace, setting the stage for the record-breaking year.
The investment haul in 2021 has already far outpaced 2020’s totals, when funding amounted to $16.1 billion, and 539 deals were recorded. The 2021 sums also top 2018, the last record-setting year for investments in the payments sector, when companies brought in $26.4 billion across 483 investments.
