Worldline reinforces its E-Commerce position in Eastern Europe with the acquisition of GoPay and drives its M&A roadmap further

Bezons, 23 April 2020 – Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European leader in payment and transaction services, announced today that it has acquired a majority stake in GoPay, an expert player in online payments in Eastern Europe. With this acquisition, Worldline expects GoPay to further reinforce the company’s Merchant Services business and strengthen its Central and Eastern European market position. The announcement forms part of the company’s Q1 2020 financial results announcement, which also underlines Worldline’s M&A strategy.

Resilient first quarter 2020 revenue

Worldline´s YUMI wins prestigious iF Design Award 2020 as payment device of the year.

Bezons, 21 April 2020 - Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European market leader in payment and transaction services, is proud to announce that YUMI, Worldline’s game-changing business facilitator for merchants, is a winner of this year’s iF DESIGN AWARD, the world-renowned design prize. YUMI achieved a win in the Product discipline, Payment Terminal category.

Worldline joins forces with fintech Meniga to boost digital customer engagement with new personalised banking features

Bezons, 15 April 2020 - Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European market leader in payment and transaction services, signed a partnership agreement with Meniga, the London-headquartered fintech and provider of digital banking technology. The collaboration is aimed at increasing digital customer engagement through the creation of personalised banking features.

Postponement of Worldline’s 2020 Annual General Meeting

The Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten contracts equensWorldline to switch to Instant Payments

Utrecht, 11 March 2020 – The Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten (CBCS) has contracted equensWorldline SE, a subsidiary of Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, to introduce an Instant Payments (IP) CSM on top of their current clearing & settlement system. This means that all interbank payments in Curaçao, Sint Maarten and Bonaire will soon be processed within ten seconds - 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. The Instant Payment transactions will be handled in Antillean Guilders and US Dollars. This makes the CBCS one of the first institutions to use a direct dual currency system and to process dollars instantly. The IP CSM will be fully compliant with international standards and ISO20022. The contract with equensWorldline will initially be for a period of five years.

Worldline has been awarded “A-“rating for its first participation in the CDP

Bezons, 9 March 2020 – Worldline, [Euronext: WLN] European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, announces that it has obtained an A- rating following its first assessment by the CDP disclosure, which is recognized by the investors as the best reference rating for a company’s environmental awareness, governance and leadership to address climate change. As part of this exercise, Worldline reveals its long term Science Based Target (SBT) objectives to reduce CO2 emissions.

All banks in Aruba now offer Instant Payments through IP-infrastructure of the Central Bank of Aruba implemented by equensWorldline

Utrecht, 5 March 2020 – Aruba’s entire banking community has switched to Instant Payments (IP) using the Clearing and Settlement Mechanism (IP CSM) of the Centrale Bank van Aruba (CBA), which was implemented by equensWorldline SE, a subsidiary of Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry. The implementation of this new payment infrastructure – which is led by the CBA – is unique because the Caribbean island switched completely from traditional batch payments to instant payments. After this successful switch, all interbank payments in Aruban florin initiated in Aruba can be instantly processed 24/7/365. The IP CSM is fully compliant with international standards and ISO20022.

equensWorldline partners with UniCredit to manage its payments processing business in Germany and Austria

Utrecht, 27 February 2020 – equensWorldline SE, a subsidiary of Worldline [Euronext: WLN], European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, signed a long term strategic partnership with UniCredit, a leading financial institution in Europe. Based on this agreement, which represents - following Commerzbank - another major long-term processing contract with a leading Tier-1 Bank, equensWorldline will process all SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area) payments, instant payments, multi-currency, domestic and high value payments for both financial institutions.

Update on Key Transaction Terms Following Ingenico’s Proposed Cash Dividend