M&A Deal Summary

FIS Global Acquires Worldpay

On March 18, 2019, FIS Global acquired financial services company Worldpay for 43.0B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is FIS Global’s 2nd transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is FIS Global’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is FIS Global’s 16th transaction in the United States.
  • This is FIS Global’s 2nd transaction in Florida.
Investment Fate
  • Worldpay was divested to a consortium of buyers in 2023.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-03-18
Target Worldpay
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) FIS Global
Deal Type Merger
Deal Value 43.0B USD
Advisor(s) Credit Suisse Investment Banking (Financial)
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (Legal)

Target

Worldpay

Jacksonville, Florida, United States
website
Worldpay is a provider of payment acceptance services. The company offers a broad suite of payment processing services that enable its clients to meet their payment processing needs through a single provider, including in omnichannel environments that span point-of-sale, e-commerce, and mobile devices. Worldpay was established in 2009 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Buyer

FIS Global

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1968
Sector Financial Services
Employees65,000
Revenue 14.5B USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION
FIS' corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida.
FIS' corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida.

FIS Global is a provider of core processing for financial institutions; card issuer and transaction processing services; and outsourcing services to financial institutions and retailers. FIS Global was incorporated in 1968 and is based in Jacksonville, Florida.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 18 of 20
Sector (Financial Services) 2 of 3
Type (Merger) 1 of 1
State (Florida) 2 of 3
Country (United States) 16 of 18
Year (2019) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-10-22 Reliance Trust Company Of Delaware

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Reliance Trust Company Of Delaware is a limited purpose trust company with more than $7 billion in assets under administration. RTCDE has more than 90 employees in seven locations and accepts appointments as Agent for Trustee/Guardian/Executor, Co-Trustee, Custodian, Discretionary Trustee, and Directed Trustee for all types of personal trust accounts. RTCDE works with financial advisors to offer trust services that preserve the advisor/client relationship, administering more than 5,000 trust accounts including Life Insurance Trusts and Special Needs Trusts.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-02-14 Payrix

Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States

Payrix enables vertically-focused SaaS companies to embed and manage payments natively within their software, securing additional recurring revenue and creating an awesome experience. The company provides the tools to create a seamless, embedded user experience and offers clients the choice of payment facilitation-as-a-service (PFaaS) or a full payment infrastructure (payment IaaS) product based on business appetite. Payrix was founded in 2015 and is based in Sandy Springs, Georgia.

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