Global Presence, Local Expertise
We simplify commerce with powerful technology so our customers around the world can grow with confidence.
Our Unique Strategy
We provide cutting-edge payments and software solutions all under one roof to help startups to enterprise businesses simplify commerce and cultivate their vision of success. Leveraging our unparalleled global presence and deep local-market expertise, we deliver highly competitive ecommerce and unified commerce solutions in a global economy.
Our strategy has created a differentiated model in the payments technology landscape, reinforcing our view that not all payments companies are created equal. Our customers value our capabilities and reach, enabling them to offer seamless payment experiences in-person, online, on device, and over the phone across a wide range of markets.
Facts and Figures
Solutions for > 3.5M businesses
Partner with > 1,300 leading financial institutions globally
Support more than 140 payment types
Easy to do business with > 3,500 global sales professionals
Approximately $8.6B adjusted net revenues + network fees
Approximately 24,000 employees
50B transactions processed annually
24/7 service in over 30 languages
Driving Innovation
We've been in the payments business for over 50 years, but the transition of Global Payments from a traditional merchant acquirer into a technology company began in 2012 when we entered the integrated payments space. Since that time, we have reinvented the business as a leading worldwide provider of payment technology and software solutions.
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We're Recognized Globally
Human Rights Campaign’s 2020 list of Best Places to Work
Global Payments named to World's Best Employers List
All-America Executive Team, Best CEOs - Overall
#23 on Georgia's Top 100 Public Companies
One of the Most Admired CEOs
Our History
It all started with an idea. In 1967, George W. Thorpe, a retired Deputy Director of Intelligence with the US Air Force, conceived a plan to offer specialized data processing services. Launched as National Data Corporation (NDC) in Atlanta, the company quickly opened offices in three other U.S. cities.
What follows is in incredible growth story. By 1977, 50 percent of all banks in the U.S. and Canada used NDC for MasterCharge authorization. By 1984, NDC had made multiple acquisitions, launched new services and processed more credit card transactions than any other company in the world.
Renamed Global Payments Inc. in 2000, we’ve continued our trajectory of growth and innovation. In 2019, we combined with TSYS to form the leading pure play payments technology company, bringing the value chain of payments under one roof to better serve our customers around the world. Today, Global Payments is a worldwide leader in delivering the total value of payments and integrated software solutions.
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