# Worldpay

> Worldpay helps merchants and software platforms accept, protect, optimize and manage payments online and in person. Its merchant acquiring network, APIs, fraud tools and payouts support businesses from small retailers to international airlines. Global Payments acquired Worldpay in January 2026.

- **Founded:** 1971
- **Headquarters:** Cincinnati, United States
- **Founders:** Nick Ogden (Founder of the WorldPay internet payments business in 1997; the current group also traces its US predecessor to 1971)
- **Products:** Access Worldpay, Revenue Boost, FraudSight, 3DS Flex, Worldpay for Platforms
- **Notable:** Processed approximately $2.5 trillion in payments in 2024., Reported more than one million merchants in its 2025 corporate fact sheet., Access Worldpay developer portal reports 2026 TSG API Best of Breed recognition for Best Developer Experience and Best Emerging Technology.

## Products & services

- **Access Worldpay** — Developer APIs and hosted payment pages for payments, authentication, tokenization, alternative methods, account services and payouts.
- **Revenue Boost** — Payment optimization combining machine learning, network tokens and intelligent retries; launched July 2023.
- **FraudSight** — Fraud risk assessment for payments; Ravelin now powers fraud scoring within the product.
- **3DS Flex** — 3D Secure authentication; expanded Visa collaboration in June 2025 passes authentication data to issuers.
- **Worldpay for Platforms** — Embedded and integrated payment capabilities for software platforms, including onboarding, processing and reporting.
- **In-store and omnichannel payments** — Card acceptance through terminals and devices, with support for connecting store and online payment experiences.
- **Payouts and money movement** — Domestic and cross-border payouts to eligible bank accounts and cards, with foreign-exchange and account-management APIs.
- **Worldpay 360** — UK small-business payments and business-management offering, with merchant tools powered through a Yabie collaboration announced in May 2025.

## Achievements

- Processed approximately $2.5 trillion in payments in 2024.
- Reported more than one million merchants in its 2025 corporate fact sheet.
- Access Worldpay developer portal reports 2026 TSG API Best of Breed recognition for Best Developer Experience and Best Emerging Technology.
- Acquired Ravelin on February 21, 2025 for $151.6 million in cash.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Global Payments completed the Worldpay acquisition on January 9; completion announced January 12.
- **2026-01** — Worldpay announced continued collaboration with Google on Universal Commerce Protocol on January 28.
- **2026-06** — Worldpay’s news index published UK wellness-platform spending research on June 23. This was survey research, not Worldpay revenue.

## Links

- Website: https://worldpay.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/worldpay
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Worldpay_Global
- GitHub: https://github.com/Worldpay
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/worldpayglobal
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/worldpay/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worldpay/

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Last updated: 2026-10-22