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Martin Sweeney and the problem that wouldn’t wait
At Hailo, Martin Sweeney needed to spot fraud before a taxi journey began. The problem became Ravelin, and a career spent deciding how to let the right customers through.
Cameron Bready and the arithmetic of doing less
He rose through finance, helped Global Payments grow by acquisition, and became its CEO. Now Cameron Bready is putting a larger company behind a narrower idea: make commerce simpler for the merchant.
Phillip McGriskin and the money that took the long way home
He helped businesses collect money around the world. Then Phillip McGriskin returned to insurance with a harder question: why was paying people still taking so long?
Collin Roche and the case for hiring the captain first
At GTCR, Collin Roche has spent three decades backing executives who know their industries. The Worldpay transaction shows what that conviction looks like when the company, the stakes and the deal itself grow larger.
Global Payments Inc.
The Atlanta payments veteran has rebuilt itself around one job: making commerce work for merchants. After the Worldpay deal, its reach runs from a food-truck handheld to the checkout systems behind global enterprises.
Global Payments
Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) is an Atlanta-based payment technology company that helps businesses accept and process payments across in-store, online and mobile channels. After acquiring Worldpay and divesting its issuer-processing business in January 2026, it became a pure-play merchant solutions company serving more than 6 million merchant locations across 175+ countries, handling roughly 94 billion transactions and $3.7 trillion in annual payment volume.