US firm FIS buys Worldpay for US$35 billion in payments deal bonanza

By Justin George Varghese, Rachel Armstrong and Pamela Barba on Mar 19, 2019 7:15AM

Biggest deal to date in fast-growing electronic payments industry.

Fidelity National Information Services Inc (FIS) said on Monday it has agreed to buy Worldpay for about US$35 billion, with the US financial services provider striking the biggest deal to date in the fast-growing electronic payments industry. The financial technology sector is consolidating ...

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