Global Payments - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Global Payments M&A Summary

Global Payments has acquired 22 companies, including 6 in the last 5 years. A total of 10 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 3 assets.

Global Payments’ largest acquisition to date was in 2019, when it acquired Total System Services for $21.5B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2022, when it sold Global Payments - Netspend Consumer Business to Searchlight Capital Partners for $1.0B. Global Payments has acquired in 8 different US states, and 6 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include information technology (50%) and internet software and services (25%).

Global Payments Business Overview

Where is Global Payments headquartered?

Global Payments is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

What is Global Payments’ revenue?

Global Payments disclosed revenue of 9,654M USD for 2023 and 8,976M USD for 2022.

How many employees does Global Payments have?

Global Payments has 27,000 employees.

What sector is Global Payments in?

Global Payments is a financial services company.

When was Global Payments founded?

Global Payments was founded in 1967.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity23
    • M&A Buy Activity20
    • M&A Sell Activity3
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 6
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 11
  • M&A Advisors 7

Global Payments

Global Payments, Inc.

3550 Lenox Road,
Atlanta, Georgia 30326
United States,
(770) 829-8000
www.globalpaymentsinc.com

Global Payments is a worldwide provider of payment technology services. The Company's payment solutions enables merchant customers to accept card, electronic, check and digital-based payments at the point of sale. Global Payments' primary business model provides payment services directly to merchants as customers. Global Payments was founded in 1967 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.6/yr) # 17 - 2 1 - - 20
vol $29.7B $1.4B $4.0B $35.1B
Sell (0.4/yr) # 1 - - 1 - 1 3
vol $1.0B $1.0B
  23

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
AdvancedMD Software, Inc. 2024-10-30 - Divestiture
South Jordan, Utah · www.advancedmd.com
EVO Payments, Inc. 2022-08-01 4.0B USD Add-on Acquisition
Atlanta, Georgia · www.evopayments.com
Global Payments, Inc. - Netspend Consumer Business 2022-08-01 1.0B USD Divestiture
Atlanta, Georgia
MineralTree, Inc. 2021-09-08 500M USD Add-on Acquisition
Waltham, Massachusetts · www.mineraltree.com
PayLease LLC 2021-05-04 925M USD Add-on Acquisition
San Diego, California · www.gozego.com
Total System Services, Inc. 2019-09-18 21.5B USD Merger
Columbus, Georgia · www.tsys.com
Sentral Pty Ltd. 2019-03-04 - Add-on Acquisition
Chatswood, Australia · www.sentral.com.au
SICOM Systems, Inc. 2018-09-27 415M USD Add-on Acquisition
Doylestown, Pennsylvania · www.sicom.com
AdvancedMD Software, Inc. 2018-08-02 700M USD Add-on Acquisition
South Jordan, Utah · www.advancedmd.com
The Active Network, Inc. 2017-08-03 1.2B USD Add-on Acquisition
San Diego, California · www.activenetwork.com
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Total System Services, Inc.    - Cayan LLC 2017-12-18 10
Columbus, Georgia · www.tsys.com Boston, Massachusetts · www.cayan.com
Total System Services, Inc.    - TransFirst LLC 2016-01-26 9
Columbus, Georgia · www.tsys.com Hauppauge, New York · www.transfirst.com
Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. 2015-12-15 Heartland Payment Systems - SmartLink 2016-01-04 1
Princeton, New Jersey · www.heartlandpaymentsystems.com , United States
Total System Services, Inc.    - ProCard, Inc. 2008-01-03 8
Columbus, Georgia · www.tsys.com Lakewood, Colorado · www.procard.com

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Information Technology 10 (50%) 27.4B (78%) 1 (33%) 1.0B (100%)
Internet Software and Services 5 (25%) 2.2B (6%) 1 (33%) -
Financial Services 3 (15%) 4.6B (13%) 1 (33%) -
Software 2 (10%) 915M (3%) - -
Total 20 $35.1B 3 $1.0B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 13 34.6B 3 1.0B
  California 3 2.5B - -
  Utah 2 1.1B 1 -
  Texas 2 200M 1 -
  Georgia 2 25.5B 1 1.0B
  Pennsylvania 1 415M - -
  New Jersey 1 4.3B - -
  Massachusetts 1 500M - -
Australia 3 318M - -
Bosnia and Herzegowina 1 - - -
Ireland 1 130M - -
Russia 1 75M - -
Spain 1 - - -
Domestic 13 (65%) 34.6B (99%) 3 (100%) 1.0B (100%)
Cross-border 7 (35%) 523M (1%) - -
Total 20 $35.1B 3 $1.0B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Evercore Group
2
BofA Securities
2
J.P. Morgan Securities
1
Legal Deals
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
3

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 4 $31.0B
$100M to $1B 9 $4.0B
< $100M 2 $125M
TOTAL $35.1B
Largest Total System Services, Inc.
$21.5B (2019-09-18)
sell # Total
> $1B 1 $1.0B
TOTAL $1.0B
Largest Global Payments, Inc. - Netspend Consumer Business
$1.0B (2022-08-01)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
40%
8 (40%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
100%
3 (100%)
Strategic(s)
33%
1 (33%)

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