Global Payments reports developments in merchant payment technology, software and commerce enablement for businesses across online, in-store and platform channels. Company updates commonly cover enterprise and embedded-payment partnerships, including Genius point-of-sale deployments, Payrix Pro integrations and Link2Gov digital payment services for tax payments.
Recurring announcements also include Worldpay payment-market research, operating results, conference presentations, board and governance changes, and capital actions such as share repurchase programs. The company’s completed Worldpay acquisition and Issuer Solutions divestiture frame its current identity as a merchant-solutions business.
Global Payments (NYSE: GPN) completed its acquisition of Worldpay and divested its Issuer Solutions business to FIS, creating a pure-play commerce solutions provider. The combined company will serve >6 million merchant locations, process $3.7 trillion in payment volume and ~94 billion transactions annually across 175+ countries. Global Payments will sell via three channels (Enterprise, SMB, Integrated & Platforms), invest over $1 billion annually in innovation, and targets adjusted net leverage of 3.0x within 18–24 months.
GTCR announced the closing of the previously disclosed sale of Worldpay to Global Payments (NYSE: GPN) as part of a three-way transaction that also involved FIS (NYSE: FIS) acquiring Global Payments' Issuer Solutions business. The transaction provided $24.25 billion in cash and stock consideration and positions Worldpay within the combined Global Payments platform.
As part of the deal, GTCR will own approximately 15% of Global Payments' equity capitalization, enabling it to participate in projected synergies and future value creation from the combined business.
Global Payments (NYSE: GPN) on December 11, 2025 released its sixth-annual 2026 Commerce and Payment Trends Report, based on expert interviews and a survey of hundreds of global technology and payment professionals.
The report identifies six trends shaping commerce: AI as shopping agents, an expanded point-of-sale role, embedded finance as core infrastructure, faster/instant money movement, rising attention to stablecoins for cross-border payments, and growing frictionless self-service commerce.
To download the full report, visit globalpayments.com/commerce-payment-trends.
Global Payments (NYSE: GPN) announced that CEO Cameron Bready will present live at the UBS Global Technology and AI Conference on Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 1:35 p.m. ET in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Investors and interested parties can listen via a live webcast accessible from the company’s investor relations site at investors.globalpayments.com. A replay will be available after the event.
Global Payments (NYSE: GPN) announced a partnership with Uber Eats at its inaugural Genius User Conference on November 18, 2025, to integrate Uber Eats as the preferred delivery partner within the Genius POS platform.
The integration enables self-serve onboarding to Uber Eats for restaurants in the U.S. and Canada, instant syncing of orders, updates and cancellations, and aims to speed access to delivery demand while improving operational efficiency. The conference also showcased Genius Drive Thru, a patented camera vision system, and launched a modular countertop POS device for restaurant and retail use.
Global Payments (NYSE: GPN) introduced a modular, countertop point-of-sale device purpose-built for its Genius POS platform, unveiled at the inaugural Genius User Conference in Atlanta on November 11, 2025. The device offers configurable hardware — dual-screen, single-screen, and low-profile options — plus a 15.6-inch edge-to-edge merchant display, Power over Ethernet (PoE), IP43 ingress protection, and a hidden cable-management design.
Commercial rollout begins in the U.S. in December 2025 for enterprise customers, with small-business availability and the low-profile configuration planned for the first quarter of 2026.
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Global Payments (NYSE: GPN) will report third quarter 2025 financial results before the market opens on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. Management will host a live audio webcast to discuss the results at 8:00 a.m. ET on November 4, 2025.
Investors can access the audio webcast and an archived replay via the company’s investor relations site at investors.globalpayments.com.
Global Payments (NYSE: GPN) announced a multi-year global partnership with Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment to become the Official Payment Technology Provider for Prudential Center, the New Jersey Devils, and the Philadelphia 76ers.
Global Payments will deploy Genius point-of-sale across food and beverage locations at Prudential Center and Devils venues and will serve as the ticketing payment provider for the 76ers, Devils, and Prudential Center, aiming to streamline online, box office, and in-venue payments. The deal expands Global Payments’ sports footprint, which already powers 160 stadiums and venues. Global Payments operates across 38 countries with 27,000 team members and is a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company.
Global Payments (NYSE: GPN) launched Genius for higher education institutions in the U.S. and Canada on October 6, 2025.
Genius is a unified POS and commerce enablement solution for campus merchants, dining halls, recreation, departments, clubs, and stadiums. Key features include inventory management, handheld devices with simplified workflows, advanced card and mobile wallet acceptance, kiosk/mobile/online ordering, meal-plan rule support, centralized order management, and campus-wide transaction visibility to streamline reconciliation and compliance.
Genius aims to reduce cash/check usage, lower staff time, improve oversight, and maximize revenue. The product will be featured at COMTEC hosted by TouchNet from October 6–9, 2025. More info at globalpayments.com/industries/education.