{ "schemaVersion": 1, "organisationId": "O-a7394fe544a444a6b990cc8a3eb221bc", "slug": "global-payments", "name": "GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC", "updatedAt": "2026-09-28T11:57:53.449838Z", "sections": [ { "type": "OVERVIEW", "text": "Global Payments Inc. is an Atlanta-based payments technology company that provides businesses with software and services to accept and manage payments. Its offerings include point-of-sale systems, integrated and embedded payment tools, ecommerce solutions, and card and digital-payment processing. Following its acquisition of Worldpay and divestiture of its Issuer Solutions business in January 2026, the company is focused on merchant commerce solutions. [P117044536][P99784825][P89655974][P8698523]\n\nThe company describes its aim as being a “partner of choice for commerce, worldwide.” It serves customers across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America, with a presence in more than 100 countries, and reports a workforce of about 27,000. Revenue from continuing operations was approximately $7.7 billion in 2025; that figure predates the Worldpay acquisition. [https://company.globalpayments.com/about-us][P117044536][https://developer.globalpayments.com/about-us][T1547642][P8698523]\n[P117044536][P99784825][P89655974][P8698523][T1547642][https://company.globalpayments.com/about-us][https://developer.globalpayments.com/about-us]", "updatedAt": "2026-09-28T11:57:53.449838Z" }, { "type": "PRODUCTS", "text": "Global Payments offers merchant payment acceptance and commerce software through three service lines: Point-of-Sale and Software Solutions, Integrated and Embedded Solutions, and Core Payments Solutions. Its services include card, check and digital-payment acceptance; transaction authorization, settlement and funding; chargeback support and payment security; terminal sales and leasing; and billing and reporting. Integrated and Embedded Solutions includes ecommerce capabilities and payments embedded in partners’ business-management software. [P89655974][P99784825]\n\nThe company’s Genius point-of-sale offering combines payments with software for retail and restaurants. Its capabilities include retail inventory and customer management, connected in-store and online selling, and restaurant ordering and kitchen workflows. Global Payments also provides software for education, property management, and health-and-fitness event organizers. [P121674312][https://www.globalpayments.com/point-of-sale/retail][https://www.globalpayments.com/point-of-sale/restaurant/full-service] In 2025, Point-of-Sale and Software Solutions generated $1.32 billion, Integrated and Embedded Solutions $3.41 billion, and Core Payments Solutions $2.98 billion—approximately 17%, 44%, and 39%, respectively, of the $7.71 billion Merchant Solutions total. [T4737373]\n\nGlobal Payments acquired Worldpay in January 2026, adding online and cross-border payment capabilities to its merchant portfolio. Worldpay’s offerings include online checkout and local payment methods, global acquiring, FraudSight fraud detection, and Dynamic Routing for transaction-routing optimization. The 2025 service-line revenue figures above precede that acquisition. 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These regions describe revenue from customer arrangements, not necessarily where transactions were processed. The United States accounted for 73% of consolidated revenue in 2025; the Americas figure is therefore not a U.S.-only figure. [https://investors.globalpayments.com/financial-information/all-sec-filings/content/0001104659-26-029491/0001104659-26-029491.pdf][P6788933]\n\nAt year-end 2025, Global Payments reported approximately 26,000 employees across 37 countries: 50% in the Americas, 22% in Europe and 28% in Asia Pacific. These workforce figures include its Issuer Solutions business, which was classified as discontinued operations. Its principal executive offices are in Atlanta, Georgia; its properties across its operating markets include offices and data centers, most of which are leased. 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The remaining **6%** was classified as Other, primarily revenue from portfolios and relationships the company considers non-core; Other is not a reportable segment. [T16834328][P147138566] This segment structure followed the acquisition of Worldpay and divestiture of Issuer Solutions in January 2026; Worldpay is not reported as a separate segment. [P147138326][P147138552]\n[P147138394][T16834328][T16834328][T16834328][T16834328][T16834328][P147138566][P147138326][P147138552]", "updatedAt": "2026-09-28T11:57:53.449838Z" }, { "type": "HISTORY", "text": "Global Payments was established in 2000 to receive National Data Corporation’s existing payments-related business. It became an independent public company through a spin-off in January 2001 and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in February. Later that year, it acquired assets of CIBC’s Canadian merchant-acquiring business. 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