Company Database - Worldline

Payments to grow your world.

Worldline is a global leader in payments technology. We help businesses of all shapes and sizes to accelerate their growth journey – quickly, simply, and securely. With advanced technology, local expertise, and solutions customised for hundreds of markets and industries, Worldline powers the growth of millions of businesses around the world.

Website

www.worldline.com

Head office

Tour Voltaire

1 Place des Degrés

CS 81162

92059 Paris la Défense Cedex

Core solution

Our suite of solutions helps businesses accelerate their growth journey, from in-store and online commercial acquiring, to digital services and highly secure payment transaction processing. Wherever you are or want to go, our solutions help you get there.

Target markets

Merchants (retail, digital goods and services, self-service, petrol and energy, hospitality and travel, transportation); marketplaces; PSPs; fintechs; banks, brokers, crypto, FX

Contact details

infoWL@worldline.com

Geographical presence

Geographical presence in 40 countries and commercial activities in more than 170 countries.

  • Europe: Austria, Baltics, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey, the UK

  • North America: Canada, the US

  • Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile

  • Asia-Pacific: Australia, China, India, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan,  Indonesia 

Year founded

1973

Funding rounds and investors

Please refer to https://investors.worldline.com/en/home.html

Licence type

PI (Payment Institution) or API (Authorised Payment Institution)

Member of industry associations and/or initiatives

EMVCO, W3C, FIDO Alliance, EDPIA, EPI, MAG (ECB)

Standards and certifications

ISO 9001:2015, ISO 22301:2019, ISO 27001:2013, PCI, ISAE 3402 and ISAE 3000, SWIFT SIP 2021 certified

Brand tagline

Payments to grow your world.

Service provider type

Payment gateway

Yes

Payment service provider – acquirer

Yes

How do you define your company's primary category or technology market?

Worldline brings digital payments for a trusted world.

Channels

Online

Yes

POS/in-store

Yes

Payment capabilities

Hosted pages

Yes

White-label solution

Yes

Recurring payments

Yes

Payment methods supported

Yes, 150+

Tokenization

Yes

Payout/disbursements

Yes

Payment orchestration

Yes

Cryptocurrency payments solution

Yes

Reconciliation and reporting

Yes

B2B payments

Yes

Operational efficiency:

 - ERP integration - Yes
 - E-invoicing (automated) - Yes
 - Factoring - Yes

Reporting/dashboards

Consolidated data and reporting dashboard

Yes

Fraud and risk management capabilities

Chargeback management

Yes

Financial and compliance capabilities

Current account/settlement account

Yes

Embedded Finance/lending to SMEs or merchants

Yes

Embedded Finance/BNPL for consumers

Yes

Client onboarding (KYC/KYB)

Yes, for acquiring and collecting

Clients

Main clients/references

Subway, Lufthansa, Sephora, Trip.com, BNP Paribas, Commerzbank, ING, UniCredit, KBC, Knab

Case studies

BNP Paribas uses Worldline's Account Validation to reduce SEPA Direct Debit fraud - ThePaypers, Worldline Global | Open Banking Solutions

Awards

As part of the Future Digital Awards for Fintech & Payments 2023, Juniper Research awarded the Worldline Credit Insight Solution gold in the Open Banking innovation category, recognising its industry significance, myriad benefits, and the broad range of applications for the modern financial landscape.

Worldline Greece has been awarded Fintech of the Year at Digital Finance Awards 2023 and gained four more awards for the Smart POS app, our tap-on mobile service. 

Worldline was awarded Top Employer 2023 in Europe and Asia.

Transactions

Transaction volume

30.6 billion acceptance and acquiring transactions per year

12.5 billion issuing processing transactions

13.1 billion acquiring processing transactions

23 billion account payments transactions