Worldpay

Ownership

Owned by

Global Payments

Deals

• Apr 2025·acquired by Global Payments — Cash-and-stock; bought 55% from GTCR and 45% from FIS in a three-way deal alongside FIS taking Issuer Solutions
• Jul 2023·acquired by GTCR — GTCR bought a 55% majority stake in FIS's Worldpay unit (FIS retained 45%); $18.5B EV incl. up to $1B contingent on GTCR returns
• Mar 2019·acquired by FIS — Cash-and-stock: $11 cash + 0.9287 FIS shares per Worldpay share (~$43B EV incl. debt)
• Aug 2017·acquired by Vantiv — 55p in cash plus 0.0672 new Vantiv shares per Worldpay share, together with 5p of dividends, valuing Worldpay's issued share capital at about £8.0B. The combined group took the Worldpay name.
• Oct 2015·acquired by — IPO on the London Stock Exchange at 240p per share, valuing Worldpay at £4.8B. The offer raised about £2.16B gross (£2.48B if the over-allotment was taken up), of which roughly £948M went to the company and the rest to the selling owners.
• Nov 2014·acquired SecureNet Payment Systems — Worldpay agreed on 11 Nov 2014 to buy SecureNet Payment Systems, whose cloud-based platform integrates point-of-sale, mobile and e-commerce payments processing, from private equity firm Sterling Partners for an undisclosed price. It announced the closing on 22 Dec 2014.

Developments

• 18 Feb 2026·Global Payments outlines post-acquisition strategy as pure-play acquirer
• 12 Jan 2026·Global Payments completes $24.25B acquisition of Worldpay from GTCR/FIS