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title: "Payment technology company Global Payments acquires Worldpay, with a total transaction value of nearly $24.3 billion"
description: "Payment technology and software solutions provider Global Payments announced on April 17 local time that it has reached a final agreement to sell its issuing solutions business to FIS for $13.5 billio"
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url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/236417921.md"
published_at: "2025-04-17T12:11:21.000Z"
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# Payment technology company Global Payments acquires Worldpay, with a total transaction value of nearly $24.3 billion

> Payment technology and software solutions provider Global Payments announced on April 17 local time that it has reached a final agreement to sell its issuing solutions business to FIS for $13.5 billion and to acquire Worldpay from private equity firms GTCR and FIS for a net price of $22.7 billion. The total value of the transaction is $24.25 billion, which includes $1.55 billion in expected tax assets

Payment technology and software solutions provider Global Payments announced on April 17 local time that it has reached a final agreement to sell its issuing solutions business to FIS for $13.5 billion and to acquire Worldpay from private equity firms GTCR and FIS for a net price of $22.7 billion. The total value of the transaction is $24.25 billion, which includes $1.55 billion in expected tax assets

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