Worldline SA
French financial services company
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| June 25 2025 | A network of international press researchers named 'Dirty Payments' accused Worldline of handling billions of euros in fraudulent payments, causing the company's share price to fall by 21%. |
| March 1 2025 | Pierre-Antoine Vacheron was appointed CEO, succeeding Marc-Henri Desportes. |
| 2024 | Credit Agricole SA acquires a minority stake of 7% in Worldline SA, becoming a significant shareholder in the company. |
| 2024 | The company achieved a revenue of €4.63 billion, demonstrating significant growth in the payment processing industry. |
| November 2024 | Worldline considered selling its Mobility and e-Transactional Services (MTS) business. |
| September 30 2024 | Gilles Grapinet stepped down as CEO and director, with Marc-Henri Desportes appointed as interim CEO. |
| June 13 2024 | At the Annual General Meeting, Wilfried Verstraete was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors. |
| April 2023 | Crédit Agricole and Worldline entered exclusive discussions to create a joint company in merchant services, planned to be fully operational by 2025. |
| April 2022 | Worldline acquired a 51% stake in ANZ Bank's electronic payments business for A$925 million. |
| March 2022 | Worldline expanded its business to Japan, offering nationwide credit card payment processing for merchants. |
| February 2022 | Worldline entered exclusive negotiations with Apollo funds to sell its TSS subsidiary for 2.3 billion euros. |
| October 2021 | Worldline implemented new governance, with Bernard Bourigeaud appointed as Chairman while Gilles Grapinet remained CEO. |
| July 2021 | Worldline purchased 80% of Axepta Italy, a subsidiary of BNP Paribas, for 180 million euros. |
| May 2020 | CEO Gilles Grapinet announced the creation of EDPIA (European Digital Payment Industry Alliance), becoming its first president. |
| April 2020 | Worldline announced the acquisition of 53% of GoPay shares, a specialist in online payments in Eastern Europe, with plans to purchase remaining shares by 2022. |
| March 2020 | Worldline entered the CAC 40, the flagship index of the Paris stock market, reflecting its market capitalization growth from €2.2 billion in 2014 to over €11 billion. |
| February 2020 | Worldline announced the acquisition of Ingenico for €7.8 billion, with Worldline shareholders to retain 65% stake and Ingenico shareholders 35%. |
| September 2019 | Worldline completed the acquisition of 36.4% minority interest in equensWorldline, becoming its sole owner. |
| May 2019 | Worldline gained independence when Atos' shareholders approved the redistribution of 23.4% of Worldline shares to their investors, with Atos remaining the main shareholder at 27%. |
| January 2019 | Atos, which held a 50.8% stake in Worldline, announced the sale of a 23.4% stake to its shareholders through an exchange of shares. |
| May 2018 | Worldline acquired SIX Payment Services (Europe) SA for €2.3 billion, primarily financed by issuing new shares. The acquisition included 1,600 employees and merchant services for over 200,000 merchants, generating around €530 million in income and increasing Worldline's turnover by 30%, establishing market leadership in Switzerland, Austria, and Luxembourg. |
| 2017 | Worldline acquired First Data Baltics, a subsidiary of First Data Corp in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia for approximately €73 million. These subsidiaries generated a turnover of €23 million in 2016 and employed around 200 people. |
| July 2017 | Worldline announced the acquisition of Digital River World Payments (DRWP), a Swedish company founded in 1997 and based in Stockholm, which generated annual sales of $37 million. |
| March 2017 | Worldline collaborated with Belgian bank Belfius to develop the first smartphone payment application in Belgium during spring. |
| November 2015 | Worldline merged its electronic financial transaction processing activities with Equens, a Dutch company. Worldline paid 72 million euros and acquired 63.6% ownership of the newly created equensWorldline Company, with the remaining shares held by Dutch, German, and Italian banks. |
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