Global Payments
Global Payments is a leading payments technology company that provides innovative software and services to businesses and financial institutions worldwide. The company delivers a comprehensive suite of merchant acceptance solutions, payment processing services, and specialized business management software across physical and digital channels. Its core value proposition centers on enabling frictionless commerce through a global, unified technology platform that integrates payments directly into vertical-specific software workflows.
Financials
Based on Q1 2026 filing
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Merchant Solutions
primaryProvides payment technology and software solutions that enable businesses to accept card, check, and digital payments. This segment integrates payment processing with vertical-specific business management software and commerce enablement services like data analytics and payroll.
Genius, specialty point-of-sale (POS) software, payment security services, accounts receivable automation, inventory management, terminal rental
Small-to-medium sized businesses, Enterprise retailers, Education institutions, Property management companies, Restaurants
Issuer Solutions
majorSupports the payment ecosystem for financial institutions by providing core processing, fraud strategy, and cardholder engagement services. This segment focuses on long-term processing contracts and cloud-native software solutions for card issuers.
core processing platform, enterprise tokenization, virtual cards, fraud strategy and managed services, loyalty redemption services
Global and regional banks, Credit unions, Financial technology companies, Neobanks, Retailers
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Competitive Position
A leading global payments provider with a significant presence in integrated payments and a large-scale distribution network through financial institution partnerships.
Geographies
North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America
Customer Segments
Financial institutions, Small and medium enterprises, Large enterprises, Government entities
Upstream Dependencies
Card networks (Visa, Mastercard), Hardware manufacturers for POS terminals, Cloud infrastructure providers, Member clearing financial institutions
Downstream Customers
Merchants, Financial institutions, Independent software vendors, Card issuers
Competitors & Partners
Competitors
Fidelity National Information Services
FIS
Competitor in issuer solutions and previous owner of Worldpay
Shopify
SHOP
Competitor in ecommerce and merchant services
Toast
TOST
Vertical-specific software and payment competitor in the restaurant industry
Marqeta
MQ
Competitor in modern card issuing and processing
Partners
Acrisure, LLC
Long-term commercial partner and mutual referral agreement following the sale of the payroll business
Visa
V
Payment network and card brand partner
Mastercard
MA
Payment network and card brand partner
American Express
AXP
Payment network and card brand partner
Subsidiaries
Worldpay Holdco, LLC
Industry-leading payments technology company acquired in 2026
Heartland Payroll Solutions, Inc.
Former payroll business unit (divested 2025)
AdvancedMD, Inc.
Former SaaS provider for physician practices (divested 2024)
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Global Payments is a leading payments technology company that provides innovative software and services to businesses and financial institutions worldwide. The company delivers a comprehensive suite of merchant acceptance solutions, payment processing services, and specialized business management software across physical and digital channels. Its core value proposition centers on enabling frictionless commerce through a global, unified technology platform that integrates payments directly into vertical-specific software workflows.
Global Payments (GPN) has a market capitalization of $20.2B and trades on NYSE.
Global Payments generated $8.9B in trailing twelve-month revenue with a net loss of $705.5M, representing a net margin of -8.0%. Gross margin stands at 67.3%, with free cash flow of $1.1B. These figures are based on the Q1 2026 filing.
Global Payments's key competitors include Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., Shopify Inc., Toast, Inc., and others. These companies compete in similar markets and product categories.
Global Payments has approximately 27,000 employees.