# Who does Global Payments Inc. pay? Who are its key suppliers?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/global-payments · Facet: suppliers · Updated: 2026-09-24T10:16:39.225989+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: Global Payments Inc.'s confirmed suppliers/cost counterparties include Visa Inc, Mastercard Incorporated. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 2 cost edges, backed by 1 dated sources, 1 of them primary filings (as of 2026-09-24).

### Worldpay Holdco, LLC (high)
- metric: Contract value $24.3B · announced 2025 · Total Worldpay acquisition value including $1.55 billion of anticipated tax assets
- note: Global Payments acquired 100% of Worldpay from FIS and GTCR in January 2026. The announced transaction value was $24.25 billion including anticipated tax assets, and the acquisition closed simultaneously with the sale of Issuer Solutions to FIS.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-20) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000112336026000008/gpn-20251231.htm: "In January 2026, we acquired 100% of Worldpay Holdco, LLC from FIS and affiliates of GTCR LLC."
- [mentions] Investing.com Korea (KO, news, published 2025-07-16) https://kr.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/article-1550571: "It came less than three months after Global Payments agreed to acquire Worldpay from FIS and GTCR for $24.3 billion."
- [confirms] FXC Intelligence (EN, research, published 2025-04-24) https://www.fxcintel.com/research/reports/ct-fis-global-payments-worldpay-gtcr-issuer-solutions-acquisiton-deal: "Global Payments will acquire Worldpay from the two companies for $24.25bn in cash and stock."

### Visa Inc (high)  → /visa.md
- note: Global Payments must maintain direct membership or registered merchant-processor status to process Visa transactions, and Visa network fees reduce transaction revenue. Visa-specific payments were not disclosed.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-20) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000112336026000008/gpn-20251231.htm: "Our revenues on a transaction generally reflect the merchant discount, less interchange fees and payment network fees."

### Mastercard Inc (high)  → /mastercard.md
- note: Global Payments must maintain direct membership or registered merchant-processor status to process Mastercard transactions and bears network fees charged to processors. Mastercard-specific payments were not disclosed.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-20) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000112336026000008/gpn-20251231.htm: "From time to time, the card networks, including Visa and Mastercard, increase the fees that they charge processors."

Reverse side: https://valuechain.wiki/global-payments/customers.md · Ripple: https://valuechain.wiki/global-payments/ripple.md

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