Worldline Selects Ingenico to be Europe’s New World-class Leader in Payment Services

​Worldline[Euronext: WLN], the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry and #4 player worldwide, has declared a strategic partnership with Ingenico, Global leader in seamless payment, on its vision of enabling sustainable and profitable economic growth for banks, merchants and the entire payments ecosystem.

Working with Ingenico, Worldline will become Europe's new world-class leader in payment services and joins the league of international payment leaders. Worldline is committed to operating payment solutions that enable viable economic growth and reinforce trust and security in our societies. With its global footprint and its dedication to excellence, innovation and sustainability, Worldline is set to accelerate the development of the European payments industry, further shaping new ways of paying, living and doing business. 

Merchants can expect solutions and services that support their growth agenda, and a wider range of digital payment capabilities for operational efficiencies and better customer engagement through:  

• State-of-the-art integrated payment solutions 

• Advanced technology

• Enhanced innovation capacities

• Extended global footprint 

Partnership brings together Worldline's extensive coverage of the payment value chain and its expertise in cross-border acquiring and Ingenico's global exposure to online commerce. 

“This is a very exciting milestone for Worldline, specifically designed to decidedly reinforce the value proposition of our businesses. Having the scale and now global capabilities, we have reshaped our group entirely in order to support, now more than ever, our clients, merchants and banks in particular, enabling them to rely on state-of-the-art electronic payment services to accelerate their own growth as well as their digital transformation strategy. In doing so, we are more than ever committed to contributing to the sustainable growth of the societies we operate in, while remaining at the highest possible level of social and environmental responsibility. Despite the difficult times we are all facing at the moment, I have never been this confident in the group's potential and future and in its 20,000 employees.” stated Gilles Grapinet, Chairman and CEO of Worldline.