Worldline to acquire merchant acquiring activities of Banco Desio

Worldline to acquire merchant acquiring activities of Banco Desio

Worldline, through the Worldline MS Italy joint venture, has agreed to acquire merchant acquiring activities of Banco Desio, an Italian banking group, for €100 million, in a move to strengthen its presence in the Italian market. The transaction follows the acquisition of Axepta Italy earlier this year by the French payment and transactional services company […]

Worldline acquires 53% stake in Czech online payments provider GoPay

Worldline acquires 53% stake in Czech online payments provider GoPay

French payment solutions company Worldline has wrapped up its previously announced acquisition of a 53% stake in GoPay, a Czech Republic-based online payments provider. Financial terms of the deal announced in April 2020 were not disclosed. GoPay operates as an online collecting payment services provider for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) in the Czech Republic, […]

French payment companies Worldline, Ingenico sign €7.8bn merger deal

French payment companies Worldline, Ingenico sign €7.8bn merger deal

Worldline acquisition of Ingenico : European payments company Worldline has signed a stock-cum-cash deal worth €7.8 billion to acquire rival French payment services firm Ingenico. The two French payment companies plan to merge with an aim to capture the fourth place in the world for payment services. The merged payment services company will have about […]