CVC Capital Partners weighs ~€9bn bid to take Nexi private

Around 29 April 2026, FT-sourced reporting said CVC Capital Partners is exploring a roughly €9 billion bid to take Italian payments group Nexi private, lifting Nexi shares ~4%. It is CVC's third approach; Nexi has ~€4.5bn market cap and ~€4.9bn net debt after a ~65% four-year share decline. A deal would face Italian 'golden power' scrutiny over national payments infrastructure. Talks are preliminary with no certainty of an offer.

PE ownership often accelerates cost-driven hardware-vendor consolidation; a Nexi take-private could reset its terminal/POS estate strategy and Nets integration, shifting positioning for Ingenico, Worldline and PAX.

Whether CVC tables a binding offer, the Italian government's golden-power stance, CDP's position on its Nexi stake, and any change to Nexi terminal sourcing or the Nets roadmap.

• privateequitywire.co.uk
• Global Banking & Finance
• PaySpace