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Global Payments Company Overview

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Global Payments

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Payment processing · Atlanta, Georgia · Est. 2000
FintechPaymentsSaaS↗ Website
$19.3B
Valuation
$9.5B
Revenue
27k+
Employees
2000
Founded

Global Payments is a leading payment technology company providing end-to-end payment solutions to merchants, issuers, and financial institutions across more than 170 countries. The company serves over 4 million merchant locations and 1,300 financial institution clients through its technology-first commerce ecosystem spanning payment processing, software, and issuer services.

Recent Press
5 items
Press Release·2026-02-18
Global Payments Guides 2026 EPS Growth of 13–15% Following Worldpay Integration
Management issued 2026 guidance projecting EPS in the $13.80–$14.00 range (13–15% growth), citing merchant services synergies from the combined Global Payments and Worldpay platform.
Press Release·2026-02-18
Global Payments Stock Surges 16% After Q4 2025 Earnings and $2.5 Billion Buyback
Global Payments shares jumped 16% on February 18, 2026, after posting FY2025 adjusted net revenue of $9.32 billion and announcing a $2.5 billion share repurchase program including a $550 million accelerated buyback.
Acquisition·2026-01-12
Global Payments Completes $24.3 Billion Acquisition of Worldpay
Global Payments closed its $24.3 billion acquisition of Worldpay on January 12, 2026, ahead of schedule, creating a leading pure-play commerce solutions provider.
Press Release·2026-01-12
Global Payments Divests Issuer Solutions Business to FIS for $13.5 Billion
As part of its strategic realignment, Global Payments simultaneously closed the $13.5 billion sale of its TSYS-based Issuer Solutions business to FIS, allowing both companies to focus on core competencies.
Partnership·2025-09-10
Global Payments Migrates Core Merchant Technology to Google Cloud
Global Payments completed migration of its core merchant acquiring technology to Google Cloud, reducing latency and enabling global software deployments in days rather than months.
Company History
7 milestones
Global Payments was spun off from National Data Corporation (NDC) as an independent public company, focusing on merchant payment processing and issuer services as a standalone fintech entity.

Global Payments Organization Structure & Team

Org Chart
27,000 employees · Click a leader to explore their team
26,710 across 12 departments
Chief Executive Officer
Cameron Bready
Josh Whipple — Departments
· 26710 people across 12 depts

Global Payments Financials, Revenue & Market Share

Annual Revenue
$9.5B
+6% vs prior year
YoY Growth
+6%
From $7.7B to $9.5B
Revenue / Employee
$352K
Annual revenue per full-time employee
Revenue Growth
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
$7.7B
$8.5B
$8.9B
$9.2B
$9.5B
Market Share
Global Payment Processing
11%
share
Global Payments
11%
FIS
18%
Fiserv
15%
Worldpay
12%
Stripe
9%
$3.2T
TAM
$160B
SAM
$18B
SOM
Revenue Streams
Merchant Solutions55%
Issuer Solutions (TSYS)35%
Business & Consumer Solutions10%
Business Units
Merchant Solutions55%
Heartland, OpenEdge, and GP Commerce merchant acquiring serving 4M+ merchant locations across North America and Europe.
Issuer Solutions35%
TSYS card issuer processing for 1,300+ banks and financial institutions across 40+ countries.
Business & Consumer10%
Payroll (Heartland), gift cards, and prepaid financial solutions for small businesses and consumers.

Global Payments Internal Tools & Processes

Internal Tools
12 departments
Issuer Solutions (TSYS)6500 people · 3 roles
Standards & Certifications
10 standards
Compliance frameworks, security audits, and quality certifications this company maintains.
Security
PCI DSS Level 1
Certified
Global Payments holds PCI DSS Level 1 certification as a payment processor handling billions of transactions annually across Heartland, TSYS, and OpenEdge platforms, subjecting the company to quarterly network scans and annual QSA audits.
Security
SOC 1 Type II
Certified
Global Payments' SOC 1 Type II attestation covers TSYS issuer processing controls, required by every bank client whose financial statement auditors must review controls at service organizations handling card transaction processing.
Security
SOC 2 Type II
Certified
Global Payments holds SOC 2 Type II across its cloud-hosted merchant processing and issuer platforms, providing enterprise merchants and financial institutions with assurance of security and availability controls.
Security
ISO 27001
Certified
Global Payments is ISO 27001 certified across its global operations in 170+ countries, providing a consistent information security management framework for merchant and issuer client data across all regions.
Privacy
GDPR
Compliant
Global Payments processes EU cardholder and merchant data in compliance with GDPR, with data processing agreements covering its European merchant acquiring and TSYS issuer processing operations in the region.
Regulatory
NACHA Certification
Certified
Global Payments' Heartland segment is NACHA-certified for ACH payment origination, enabling payroll processing and B2B payment services for 400,000+ small and mid-sized business clients.
Regulatory
PSD2 Compliance
Compliant
Global Payments complies with PSD2 across European merchant acquiring operations, supporting 3DS2 strong customer authentication and open banking payment flows through GP Commerce and EVO Payments platforms.
Quality
ISO 22301
Certified
Global Payments holds ISO 22301 business continuity certification across data centers supporting TSYS issuer processing, ensuring payment processing resilience for bank clients whose cardholders depend on 24/7 availability.
Privacy
CCPA
Compliant
Global Payments complies with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and CPRA for consumer data processed through its US merchant acquiring and payment gateway operations, honoring California consumer privacy rights for cardholder and account data.
Security
NIST CSF
Compliant
Global Payments applies the NIST Cybersecurity Framework across its global payments infrastructure security program, using the Identify Protect Detect Respond and Recover functions to manage cybersecurity risk across its acquiring issuing and software business units.

Global Payments Interview Preparation

Interview Prep
Role-specific interview questions and keywords. Select a department, then click any role to prepare.
Issuer Solutions (TSYS)· 3 roles

Global Payments Products & Competitors

Product Suite
4 products · select one to explore
Payment processing
Platform
OpenEdge
Embedded payments for software companies

OpenEdge by Global Payments is an embedded payment platform enabling ISVs and vertical SaaS companies to integrate payment acceptance directly into their software. It provides white-label payment APIs, sub-merchant onboarding, and revenue sharing for software vendors in healthcare, legal, property management, and non-profit verticals processing payments within their platforms.

Use Cases
Legal case management SaaS integrating OpenEdge to accept client retainer payments within their platformProperty management software embedding OpenEdge for tenant rent payments and HOA fee collectionHealthcare practice management system adding OpenEdge patient payment collection with HSA/FSA card support
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Key Customers
AF
AppFolio
CL
Clio (Themis)
KA
Kareo
Competitive Intelligence
VSStripe Connect
THEM

Stripe Connect is Stripe's platform and marketplace payments product enabling software businesses to accept payments from third-party sellers, manage payouts to multiple recipients, and handle complex multi-party transaction flows through a single integration.

EDGE

Dedicated ISV support team and faster sub-merchant onboarding in regulated verticals like healthcare

VSWorldpay for Platforms
THEM

Worldpay for Platforms is Worldpay's embedded payments solution enabling software companies and SaaS platforms to integrate payment acceptance and payout capabilities directly into their products.

EDGE

Deeper vertical SaaS integrations with certified payment modules for legal, property, and healthcare software

VSAdyen for Platforms
THEM

Adyen for Platforms is Adyen's embedded financial services product enabling software platforms and marketplaces to offer their users split payments, payouts, and card issuing through Adyen's financial infrastructure integrated directly into the platform experience.

EDGE

Broader international reach enabling OpenEdge ISV partners to expand payment acceptance into global markets