M&A Deal Summary

Worldpay UK Acquires Pazien

On May 14, 2014, Worldpay UK acquired financial services company Pazien

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Worldpay UK’s 1st transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Worldpay UK’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Worldpay UK’s 1st transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-05-14
Target Pazien
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Worldpay UK
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Pazien

Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Pazien is creating products that simplify and demystify the payments ecosystem, which is becoming more complicated for businesses of all sizes around the globe to understand and manage. From selecting the optimal payment ecosystem partners and products for their business to maximizing the value of those solutions, the Pazien platform will ensure merchants efficiently and effectively leverage the payment ecosystem in a manner that previously has only been achievable by those companies willing and able to make large investments in payments operations.

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Buyer

Worldpay UK

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1993
Sector Financial Services
DESCRIPTION

WorldPay is a provider of single card and non-card electronic payment processing services to businesses. Worldpay provides an extensive range of technology-led payment products and services to around 400,000 customers, enabling their businesses to grow and prosper. Worldpay manages the increasing complexity of the payments landscape for its customers, allowing them to accept the widest range of payment types around the world. Using its network and technology, Worldpay is able to process payments across 146 countries and 126 currencies. Worldpay helps its customers to accept more than 300 different payment types.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector: Financial Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 3
State: Massachusetts M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 2 of 3
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-09-25 Century Payments

Frisco, Texas, United States

Century Payments, Inc. is a provider of payment processing programs for merchants. The company offers electronic payment processing products and services that help business owners to accept various forms of payments. It also provides consulting services to facilitate agreements for large national merchants, including restaurant chains, airlines, hotels, consumer electronics manufacturers, and retailers.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-11-11 SecureNet Payment Systems

Rockville, Maryland, United States

SecureNet is a provider in multi-channel commerce technology and has pioneered the payment industry’s only cloud-based solution that seamlessly integrates point-of-sale, mobile and eCommerce payments processing, inventory management and data analytics for merchants. The company’s sophisticated single stack of payment APIs and flexible architecture allows integration for all types of transactions, in all development languages, across all channels.

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