M&A Deal Summary

Worldline Acquires Ingenico

On February 3, 2020, Worldline acquired financial services company Ingenico for 7.8B EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Worldline’s 1st transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Worldline’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Worldline’s 1st transaction in France.
Investment Fate
  • Ingenico was divested to a consortium of buyers in 2022.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2020-02-03
Target Ingenico
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Worldline
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 7.8B EUR
Advisor(s) Goldman Sachs
Rothschild Global Advisory (Financial)
Bredin Prat (Legal)

Target

Ingenico

Paris, France
Ingenico is a provider of payment solutions, enabling banks and merchants to manage their payment activities across all sales channels (in-store, on-line and mobile). Ingenico was founded in 1980 and is based in Paris, France.

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Buyer(S) 1

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 2 of 5
Sector (Financial Services) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 3
Country (France) 1 of 1
Year (2020) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-07-17 Digital River World Payments AB

Stockholm, Sweden

Digital River World Payments AB is an online global payment service provider. Digital River World Payments AB was founded in 1997 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

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FOLLOWING 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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