Global Payments in its $13.5 billion sale of its Issuer Solutions business to FIS

On April 17, 2025, Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), a leading worldwide provider of payment technology and software solutions, announced that it had entered into a definitive transaction agreement to sell its Issuer Solutions business to FIS® for a total valuation of $13.5 billion in exchange for FIS’s stake in Worldpay and cash.  Concurrently, Global Payments entered into a definitive transaction agreement to acquire the remaining stake in Worldpay from affiliates of GTCR for a total valuation of $24.25 billion for 100% of Worldpay.

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is serving as legal advisor to Global Payments.