Worldline

HQ: France

Year founded: 1973

Worldline

Payments to grow your world.

Worldline [Euronext: WLN] is Europe's leading operator of critical infrastructure and payment services. With a presence across the entire value chain, the Group offers its customers unique expertise in processing and securing their payments, thereby promoting their growth. Worldline is leveraging its 2030 strategic plan and its technological innovation capabilities to build the European reference payment partner for merchants and financial institutions. With over 1.2 million customers, Worldline achieved EUR 4 billion in revenue in 2025. worldline.com

Solutions:

Technology vendor / Solution provider

Payment Service Provider

Acquirer

Countries:

World

Company information

Core solution

As a leader in digital payments, Wordline supports and contributes to ongoing initiatives related to digital currencies. We are working closely with financial institutions and central banks to shape tomorrow’s digital economy and drive innovation for a more secure and sustainable financial future. Worldline's digital currency suite is a ready-made solution for creating and managing a digital currency system. From issuance to peer-to-peer payments, we provide the tools for financial institutions to implement their digital currencies.

Target markets

Financial Institutions (Banks and Insurance)
PSPs
Fintechs
Brokers, crypto
Merchants (retail, digital, travel, transport)

Contact details

sales-fs@worldline.com /Thibault Pelé, Global Head of Virtual Assets

Number of employees

16,000 +

Geographical presence

Europe, Asia Pacific, North America, LATAM

Standards and certifications

PCI DSS, ISO 22301, ISO 27001, ISO 9001

Member of industry associations and/or initiatives

Founding member of European Digital Payments Industry Alliance (EDPIA), Board member in European Payments Stakeholder Group (EPSG), and Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), Active contributor and member in the European Automated Clearing House Association (EACHA), and in the European Payments Council (EPC) Payments to grow your world.

Clients

Future developments

Stablecoins (Partnership with Fipto)

Main clients/references

320+ financial institutions

Case studies

Digital Euro offline prototypes with ECB

PoC with the Bank of International Settlements (BIS)

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