Worldline recognised as European Top Employer 2022 in 9 countries, improving last year’s performance with 4 new countries and a joint venture branch joining

Paris la Défense, 20 January 2022 - Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, is proud to announce that it has been awarded for the second time with the “European Top Employer” 2022 prestigious certification by the Top Employers Institute, a global authority that recognises excellence in people management.

New Card Stop number: 078 170 170

The new number 078 170 170 comes into effect today. It is a normal number that entails no additional charges. The old number 070 344 344 will remain in service for the next few years to ensure a smooth transition to the new number.

Electronic transactions record broken right before Christmas

Brussels, 24 December 2021 – After the record number of electronic transactions registered on Saturday 18 December, Worldline - the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry - registered a new record of 11.8 million electronic transactions on Thursday 23 December in brick-and-mortar and online shops, as well as a record number of transactions per minute on Friday 24 December with a peak of 22,963 transactions at 11.30 am.

Black Friday & Cyber Monday: Worldline registered new records in e-commerce during these two days, in Benelux & DACH regions

Bezons, France, 10 December 2020 - The COVID-19 crisis has accelerated the growth of e-commerce across Europe and with the closure of so-called “non-essential” shops, consumers have turned to online shopping. As a result, Black Friday sales volumes have reached new heights. Worldline, the European leader in the payment and transactional services sector and number 4 on a global scale, recorded a significant increase in e-commerce transactions during the two days of Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping season in Benelux and DACH regions.

Worldline’s partnership with PayMyTuition opens doors for more payment options across five continents

San Francisco, 7 December 2020 - Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry has partnered with PayMyTuition in its mission to simplify tuition payments for international students and the universities they attend. Worldline provides its services through Ingenico which is part of Worldline since October of 2020 and offers merchants smart, trusted and secure solutions to empower commerce.

Worldline reinforces its climate commitment alongside the city of Paris by signing the Paris Climate Action Charter at the "Platinum" level

Bezons, 7 December 2020 - Worldline [Euronext: WLN], Europe's leading provider of payment and transaction services, is proud to announce the renewal of its partnership with the City of Paris by signing the "Platinum" level of the Paris Climate Action Charter, the highest level of commitment to climate action of the Paris Climate Action Charter. Through this initiative, Worldline reaffirms its ambition to fight against climate change by setting itself the goal of achieving carbon neutrality over the long term.

Worldline and P3 Financial Group to empower payment ecosystems of the future in Nordics and the EU

Bezons, 3 December 2020 – Worldline (Euronext: WLN), the European market leader in payment and transaction services and #4 player worldwide, today announced a partnership with P3 Financial Group, a Fintech from Helsinki, Finland and the winner of Worldline’s E-Payments Challenge Special Prize in 2019. The two companies come together to make P3’s PSAAS (Payment System as A Service) operational in 13 European countries and offering real time commerce and payment service across the market.

With a score of 86/100, Worldline obtains the “Platinum” medal as part of its 5th assessment by EcoVadis

With this new recognition, Worldline confirms its leading position among the TOP 1% of the most sustainable companies all industries included

EPI: The European Payments Initiative

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) enters the next phase with Worldline and Nets becoming shareholders of the EPI Interim Company, as the first third-party acquirers to join the initiative. EPI is also glad to announce the appointment of Dr. Joachim Schmalzl as chairman of the board and Martina Weimert as CEO of the Interim Company.

equensWorldline becomes one of Europe’s leading Open Banking providers

Utrecht, 24 November 2020 – equensWorldline SE, a subsidiary of Worldline [Euronext: WLN], European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, has become one of Europe’s leading Open Banking providers since the formal start of PSD2 a year and a half ago. An increasing number of banks and third party providers are exploring the benefits of equensWorldline’s Access 2 Account TPP Services. These services connect the third party provider to more than 2.800 banks in 16 countries and rapidly increasing.

Worldline welcomes Ingenico, creating a new world-class leader in payment services

Bezons, 30 October 2020 – by combining forces with Ingenico, Worldline will become Europe’s new world-class leader in payment services and joins the league of international payment leaders. Worldline is committed to operating payment solutions that enable viable economic growth and reinforce trust and security in our societies. With its global footprint and its dedication to excellence, innovation and sustainability, Worldline is set to accelerate the development of the European payments industry, further shaping new ways of paying, living and doing business.

More than 1 in 3 payments in Belgium are now contactless

• Since January 2020, the market share of contactless payments has almost tripled in Belgium: 37% of electronic transactions are now contactless, as against 13% in January; • 262 million Bancontact contactless payments were made between January and September 2020, a year-on-year increase of 216%; • The COVID-19 crisis has ramped up the adoption of contactless payments; • Belgians made 4.5 times more contactless payments during Customer Weekend compared to the same period last year.

Worldline joins forces with Alstom Transport UK Ltd and South Western Railway to compete in the RSSB’s Dynamic Train Planning Competition

London, 28 September 2020 - Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, teams up with Alstom Transport UK Ltd and South Western Railway, a First Group company, in a consortium to respond successfully to the challenge laid out in The Rail Safety and Standards Board’s (RSSB) Dynamic Train Planning Competition.

Worldline and Unwire join forces to transform the way we use public transport

Worldline joins forces with social impact fintech Worldcoo to boost charitable donations for coronavirus response through its ca. 100.000 e-commerce customers

BNP Paribas Fortis has chosen Worldline to set up and operate its omni-channel Contact Service Center

Worldline joins the 1st decile rank of the industry leaders in sustainability and is recognized with a prime status and B- rating from ISS

Leading EU-headquartered digital payments specialists launch new EU trade body: The European Digital Payments Industry Alliance - EDPIA

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

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

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

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

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

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

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