JPMorgan Chase

More than $187 billion of deals came during the period, led by Thoma Bravo’s $9.6 billion purchase of RealPage.

The value of global transactions has risen more to $1.8 trillion since July, according to Bloomberg.

2020 is already the second-busiest year since the financial crisis for deals involving banks and financial technology.

BC Partners, which just three years earlier had saddled PetSmart with billions of dollars of debt to acquire Chewy, approached investors with a simple pitch: focus on services, such as grooming and training, that made the business resilient to online competitors.

The rule requires that 20 of the biggest U.S. lenders be able to rely on stable funding sources, such as long-term debt and customers’ deposits, in the event of a year long liquidity drought.