European Credit Card Processing Giant
Founded in 1970, Worldline is a French multinational credit and debit card payment and transactional services company. Previously known as Atos Worldline, in 2019 the company gained financial autonomy as a result of the Atos Group redistributing a portion of its Worldline shares back to shareholders. Worldline is a sizable European merchant services company, likely the largest in Europe. It boasts an estimated 20,000 employees and processing billions in transactions annually.
In 2018 Worldline began a series of acquisitions starting with SIX Payment Services. Since 2020, The company has acquired the French point-of-sale hardware company, Ingenico, as well as Czech payment gateway specialists GoPay. Worldline now also owns Canadian-based payment processor Bambora, which had been acquired by Ingenico. While SIX Payment Services initially continued to function under its original business name, it now appears that Worldline is consolidating all of its acquisitions under its own name and phasing out subsidiary brands.
Worldline’s Merchant Services
The company offers a wide array of merchant account services including in-store and online payments, card payment terminals, digital banking, and customer engagement solutions. Worldline also appears to be focusing more efforts into digital platforms that handle transactions and digital authentication for businesses, as well as fraud protections. In 2020 after its acquisition of Ingenico the company announced that it would shift away from conventional point of sale systems and payment terminals to focus its effort on digital payments and software as a service (SaaS) solutions.
Worldline Location and Ownership
Worldline has dozens of locations throughout the world, with its corporate headquarters located at Immeuble River Ouest 80 Quai Voltaire, Bezons, France, 92059.
The CEO of Worldline is Gilles Grapinet.
Worldline is a registered ISO of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Concord, CA.
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