# Worldpay for Platforms

> Worldpay for Platforms, formerly Payrix and now presented online as Global Payments for Platforms, provides embedded payment technology for vertical SaaS companies. Its referral, PayFac-as-a-Service and registered payment facilitator models let software businesses integrate merchant onboarding, processing and payouts while choosing how much operational responsibility to assume.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** Cincinnati, United States
- **Founders:** Benny Silberstein (Co-founder of Payrix), Boruch Greenberg (Co-founder of Payrix)
- **Products:** Integrated Payments / Referral Payments, PayFac-as-a-Service Pro / Payrix Pro, PayFac Developer, Payment APIs and merchant operations, Xero payment integration
- **Notable:** Founded as Payrix in 2015., FIS acquired Payrix on December 23, 2021 for a $777 million purchase price disclosed in subsequent financial statements; the acquisition was announced February 14, 2022., Worldpay for Platforms launched September 13, 2022, combining Payrix technology with FIS capabilities.

## Products & services

- **Integrated Payments / Referral Payments** — A referral-led model in which the provider handles the merchant payment relationship and operations. Current navigation uses Integrated Payments; developer links retain Referral Payments.
- **PayFac-as-a-Service Pro / Payrix Pro** — White-label embedded payments with platform control over sales, pricing and the customer experience, while the provider handles underwriting and core risk and compliance functions.
- **PayFac Developer** — Infrastructure for software companies operating as registered payment facilitators with their own payments, risk and compliance teams.
- **Payment APIs and merchant operations** — Merchant onboarding, card and bank payments, tokenization, billing, reporting, disputes and flexible payouts. Availability depends on market and model.
- **Xero payment integration** — Australia-only integration supporting invoice payment buttons, automatic debits and reconciliation.
- **Affirm integration** — Announced integration of Affirm payment plans into the embedded payments offering for eligible merchants and consumers.

## Achievements

- Founded as Payrix in 2015.
- FIS acquired Payrix on December 23, 2021 for a $777 million purchase price disclosed in subsequent financial statements; the acquisition was announced February 14, 2022.
- Worldpay for Platforms launched September 13, 2022, combining Payrix technology with FIS capabilities.
- Affirm reported more than 1,000 SaaS companies and 4.6 billion trailing-12-month transactions in October 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Affirm announced expanded embedded-payments partnership and reported Worldpay for Platforms scale metrics.
- **2026-01** — Global Payments completed its acquisition of Worldpay on January 9, 2026.
- **2026-10** — Research observation: platforms.worldpay.com redirects to platforms.globalpayments.com, which presents the business as Global Payments for Platforms.

## Links

- Website: https://platforms.globalpayments.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/worldpay-for-platforms/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/WP4Platforms
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WorldpayGlobal
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worldpay

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Last updated: 2026-10-27