What We Learned This Week: No Shortage of News Flow in a Short Week

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What We Learned This Week: No Shortage of News Flow in a Short Week

Deutsche Bank

Research

North America Industry Date

United States 21 June 2026

What We Learned

TMT Industry Update

Payments, Processors, & IT This Week

Services

No Shortage of News Flow in a Short

Week

Nate Svensson, CFA

FISV and ACN bookend a hectic few days Research Analyst

In what was an eventful week across our coverage. Payments & Fintech +1-917-547-4768

performance was mixed with 10 of our 21 names up on the week leading to the

Hersh Shintre, CFA

overall group just slightly underperforming (+0.3% vs the S&P at +0.9%). Notable Research Associate

events during the week included the acquisition of PAYO by Nuvei (link) and +1-917-459-1162

FISV’s CEO abruptly leaving (link) to join TFC as their CEO, which raised further

Paul Tomaszewski

questions around the company’s 2H26 growth outlook and medium-term strategy.

Research Associate

Even as spending trends continue to look strong, with 3rd party data indicating

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accelerating spending growth into May, we continue to monitor the health of the

overall consumer as inflation continues to accelerate, all as rates may be ticking up

later this year.

In news that should shock no one covering the space, IT Services had a tough week

with the group down -16.5% as ACN’s 3Q26 earnings (link) brought the whole

sector down (although the sector was also underperforming before results with

our group down -4.1% on avg. through Wednesday). Before the print, investor

concern was elevated around outsized impacts from the conflict in the Middle East

and the looming threat of AI. ACN's call affirmed many of the fears on the Middle

East with the company noting a ~$100m impact to 3Q26 revenue (primarily skewed