Worldline SA/France

Worldline SA is engaged in the provision of payment and transactional services. The firm serves the retails and merchants, financial institutions, manufacturing, transport, and public sectors. It operates through the following segments: Merchant Services, Financial Services, and Mobility and e-Transactional Services. The Merchant Services segment offers commercial acquiring, terminal services, omnichannel payment acceptance, private label card and loyalty services, and digital retail services. The Financial Services segment comprises of issuing processing, acquiring processing, digital banking, and account payments services. The Mobility and e-Transactional Services segment refers to trusted digitization, e-ticketing, contact and consumer cloud, and connected living and mobility business division. The company was founded on July 31, 1990 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

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Past Might be Prologue for Worldline and for Merchant Acquirer Acquisitions

Worldline's stock climbed last week amid reports that it could be a takeover target. As Seeking Alpha noted Friday (Nov. 24), the French payments firm rose 5% on the news, which came from the British website Betaville.

Report: Worldline Could Be Private Equity Takeover Target

Worldline says its large merchant clients in France can now offer Apple's tap-to-pay. The payments firm announced Tuesday (Nov. 14) that merchants can use the iPhone-based payment method to collect payments via contactless credit and debit cards, Apple Pay and other digital wallets.

Worldline Offers Tap to Pay For Merchants in France

Rating change to BBB- by S&P Global Ratings Worldline maintains Investment Grade Paris La Défense, 08 November 2023 – S&P Global Ratings (S&P) lowered the issuer credit rating of Worldline (the “Company”) from BBB to BBB-, with a stable outlook. The company takes note of the decision, which is driven by a longer than expected deleveraging process.

20231108 - Worldline - Statement post S&P rating decision

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Worldline reports disappointing Q3 earnings results, leading to a sharp decline in its stock and impacting other payment companies. Over the last two weeks, shares in both Worldline and Paycom corrected sharply in the wake of earnings. So far, American fintechs such as Block and PayPal have fared slightly better, but that could change if the U.S. economy falls into recession.

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Worldline (EPA: WLN) share price is crawling back this week as investors buy the dip following last week's crash. The stock was trading at €12.25 on Tuesday, higher than last week's low of €9.15.

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Worldline's share price fell more than 50% after the company cut its full-year guidance due to a slowdown in its most important market, Germany. The company's new guidance suggests a stable operating margin and a decrease in revenue growth, resulting in lower margins. The market's reaction to the guidance cut is overblown, as Worldline's business model is not collapsing, and it's still profitable.

Worldline: An Uppercut After Q3 Results

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Contributing to a downbeat environment on Wednesday, the financial technology (fintech) sector suffered a major blow. Worldline (OTCMKTS: WRDLY ), a French multinational payment and transactional services firm, suffered a catastrophic loss in the market due to an outlook downgrade.

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Payments group Worldline unleashed fresh shockwaves through Europe's fintech sector on Wednesday as it warned of various challenges, including "increase in cybercrime and emerging fraudulent patterns." The French group's shares nosedived 58% to €9.60 as its third-quarter update showed revenue growth overall and at its largest division, the increase in cybercrime, fraudulent patterns, plus tighter regulatory guidelines and market constraints, led to it tightening its risk appetite policy.

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Worldline shares reached record lows Wednesday (Oct. 25) as the company reduced its sales forecast. The French payments FinTech announced it anticipates organic revenue growth of between 6% and 7%, down from an earlier prediction of 8% to 10%, causing its stock to fall 57% and wiping out $3.9 billion in market value.

Worldline Market Value Sinks on EU Economy

Shares of Worldline were cut in half on Wednesday after the Paris-listed payments company sharply cut its guidance, blaming a deteriorating environment in Germany.

Payment company's shares dive after profit warning as Germany deteriorates

Q3 2023 revenue Q3 2023 revenue: € 1,182 million, +4.8% organically Merchant Service up +7.6% 1

Worldline - Q3 2023 revenue - Press Release

New FlexCommissions payout feature is available now in North America for e-commerce payment partners FlexCommissions improves cash flow and provides growth opportunities for partners by providing the option to customize how they receive profits: daily, weekly, monthly, or whichever period works for their business, rather than the monthly/30-day industry standard for revenue sharing programs. NEW YORK , Oct. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Worldline (Euronext: WLN), a global leader in payment services, today announced the launch of FlexCommissions, a new flexible payout feature for its e-commerce solution that increases cash flow for partners across North America.

Worldline launches FlexCommissions, Enabling Increased Cashflow and Payout Customization for Partners

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Castles Technology, one of the world's top payment solutions providers is pleased to announce a partnership with Worldline (Euronext; WLN) for its first international deployment of a comprehensive range of Android payment terminals and associated services, including repair and staging. Through its global coverage, this partnership will empower Castles Technology to strength its leading position in the EMEA region as the third-largest global provider. Furthermore, it will.

Castles Technology to Support Worldline's international Deployment of Android Payment Solutions

Worldline has launched a consultancy service to help its eCommerce clients gain revenue and improve payment operations. The service, announced Tuesday (Sept.

Worldline Debuts Consultancy Service for eCommerce Clients

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Worldline - Bond issue results

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #crossborder--Globally, digital commerce fraud is expected to surpass $48 billion in 2023. According to a recent report, every one dollar in fraud experienced by a company will cost that company $3 in recovery and expenses.* In addition, the speed with which fraud is mutating to evade detection is alarming many companies engaged in global ecommerce. Now with the ability to employ artificial intelligence (AI) tools in fraud, the fraudsters themselves will be able to scale and continu.

FiveBy and Worldline Offer Solutions to Reduce Global Ecommerce Payment Fraud

Worldline SA is a large French payment services provider. It is still digesting the acquisition of Ingenico. This weighs on the results, as the transaction and integration expenses remain relatively high. On a normalized basis, the earnings and free cash flow results remain strong. Margins should increase further from here on.

Worldline: Strong Momentum Boosts Free Cash Flow Result

Press release Crédit Agricole and Worldline sign a binding agreement to create a major player in merchant services in France Montrouge, La Défense, July 28 th , 2023 – Worldline [Euronext: WLN] and Crédit Agricole [Euronext: ACA], announced today the signing of a binding agreement, a new step in the strategic partnership to create a major player in the French payment market. Following their exclusive negotiations announced last April, the Crédit Agricole group and the Worldline group have specified, in an agreement signed today, the outlines of their partnership project in the merchant payment services sector.

Crédit Agricole and Worldline sign a binding agreement to create a major player in merchant services in France

Amendment to the 2022 Universal Registration Document available Including the 202 3 half-year Financial Report

Worldline - availability of the amendment to the 2022 URD

Worldline SA (OTCPK:WWLNF) Q2 2023 Earnings Conference Call July 26, 2023 2:00 AM ET Company Participants Gilles Grapinet - CEO & Director Marc-Henri Desportes - Deputy CEO Gregory Lambertie - Group CFO Conference Call Participants Frederic Boulan - Bank of America Alastair Nolan - Morgan Stanley Hannes Leitner - Jefferies & Company James Goodman - Barclays Antoine Hucher - UBS Antonin Baudry - HSBC Operator Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Worldline H1 2023 Results Conference Call.

Worldline SA (WWLNF) Q2 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

H1 2023 results Strong business trends, solid first-half Revenue: € 2, 242 million, + 9 . 3 % organically , with + 9.4% in Q2'23 OMDA: € 519 million, 23.

Worldline - H1 2023 results - Press Release

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