{"title":"Global Payments Acquires Worldpay for $24.25 Billion: The Three-Way Deal That Reshaped Payments","source":"https://www.acquiry.com/insights/global-payments-worldpay-acquisition/","publisher":"Acquiry","published":"2026-03-01","updated":"2026-09-30","licence":"Free to quote with credit to Acquiry and a link to the source article.","rows":[{"id":"fig-1","value":"$24.25bn","basis":"Disclosed","description":"Enterprise value Global Payments agreed for 100% of Worldpay Announced 17 April 2025, including about $1.55bn of anticipated tax assets.","permalink":"https://www.acquiry.com/insights/global-payments-worldpay-acquisition/#the-numbers-behind-the-deal"},{"id":"fig-2","value":"$22.7bn","basis":"Disclosed","description":"Net purchase price once expected tax assets are deducted The basis for the 8.5× adjusted EBITDA multiple, which also includes run-rate synergies.","permalink":"https://www.acquiry.com/insights/global-payments-worldpay-acquisition/#the-numbers-behind-the-deal"},{"id":"fig-3","value":"$13.5bn","basis":"Disclosed","description":"What FIS paid Global Payments for Issuer Solutions FIS is the buyer on this leg. It settled part of the price with its Worldpay stake.","permalink":"https://www.acquiry.com/insights/global-payments-worldpay-acquisition/#the-numbers-behind-the-deal"},{"id":"fig-4","value":"$6.6bn","basis":"Disclosed","description":"Pre-tax value credited for FIS’s 45% Worldpay stake Implied net cash from FIS to Global Payments of about $6.9bn before adjustments.","permalink":"https://www.acquiry.com/insights/global-payments-worldpay-acquisition/#the-numbers-behind-the-deal"},{"id":"fig-5","value":"~15%","basis":"Disclosed","description":"GTCR’s stake in Global Payments after taking about 43 million new shares GTCR also received cash for the balance of its 55% Worldpay stake.","permalink":"https://www.acquiry.com/insights/global-payments-worldpay-acquisition/#the-numbers-behind-the-deal"},{"id":"fig-6","value":"$800m","basis":"Disclosed","description":"Annual run-rate synergies targeted: $600m cost plus at least $200m revenue Targeted within about three years of completion.","permalink":"https://www.acquiry.com/insights/global-payments-worldpay-acquisition/#the-numbers-behind-the-deal"},{"id":"fig-7","value":"1.31×","basis":"Calculated","description":"Worldpay’s 2025 value against the 2023 GTCR mark $24.25bn against about $18.5bn, in under two years. An enterprise-value comparison, not GTCR’s equity return.","permalink":"https://www.acquiry.com/insights/global-payments-worldpay-acquisition/#the-numbers-behind-the-deal"},{"id":"fig-8","value":"44%","basis":"Calculated","description":"Fall in Worldpay’s headline value from FIS’s 2019 purchase $24.25bn against about $43bn including debt. Not a measure of FIS’s realised loss.","permalink":"https://www.acquiry.com/insights/global-payments-worldpay-acquisition/#the-numbers-behind-the-deal"}]}