M&A Deal Summary

Worldline Acquires Cardlink

On May 28, 2021, Worldline acquired software company Cardlink

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Worldline’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Worldline’s 1st transaction in Greece.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-05-28
Target Cardlink
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Worldline
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Cardlink

Heraklion, Greece
Cardlink is a Greek Network Services Provider (NSP) with an above 240,000 POS fleet (46% of POS transactions), managing c. 500 million transactions a year (53% MSV market share). Cardlink also provides more than 10,000 online merchants with strong value-added services through the Cardlink check-out offering. Cardlink was founded in 2004 and is based in Heraklion, Greece.

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Buyer

Worldline

Paris, France
Category Company
Founded 1973
Sector Financial Services
Employees18,271
Revenue 4.6B EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Worldline is a provider of electronic payment and transactional services. Worldline was founded in 1973 and is based in Paris, France.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 5
Sector (Software) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 3
Country (Greece) 1 of 1
Year (2021) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-04-23 GoPay s.r.o.

Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

GoPay s.r.o. is an online collecting payment services provider for small and medium-sized businesses in Central Europe including the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland, offering an extensive range of local payment means and serving more than 9,000 e-shops. GoPay was formed in 2007 and is based in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-09-29 Online Payment Platform

Delft, Netherlands

Online Payment Platform (OPP) is a Dutch online PSP that focuses on digital payments for marketplaces and platforms with a specific focus on the C2C segment. The company offers services in the entire European Union and the UK, passporting their Dutch PI license which they obtained in 2014. OPP serves over a hundred marketplaces and platforms, such as e-Bay Kleinanzeigen, Marktplaats (both part of Adevinta), Gumtree, Royal FloraHolland, and PayPal. OPP has strong expertise in customer support for marketplaces, including fast merchant onboarding and dispute management. Online Payment Platform was formed in 2011 and is based in Delft, Netherlands.

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