WORLDLINE_REGISTRATION_DOCUMENT_2017

B

Worldline positioning and strategy Competitive Strenghts

PAYMENT SERVICE PROVIDER (PSP) RANKING INEUROPEANUNION2016 EUROPEANTURNOVER (IN € MILLION)

The wide variety of participants in the payment transaction processing industry and the variations among such participants in their coverage of sub-markets within this industry make it difficult to compile specific and reliable market share data. The following chart summarizes the company’s estimates with respect to the competitive positions of certain participants in the payment transaction processing industry in Europe only.

Worldline*

NETS

First DATA

WorldPay (Net)

SIX Payment Services

Ingenico**

Wirecard

Global Payments

ConCardis

SIA

B+S

TSYS

0

500 1,000 1,500

* European turnover excluding payment terminal revenue ** Global revenue from “transactions” Source: company estimates.

Competitive Strenghts B.2

Amajor player in Europe with an expanding global footprint,

B.2.1

especially in emergingmarkets

The Group is one of Europe’s largest payment service and Lines characterized by long-standing and diversified electronic transaction providers in terms of revenue across its relationships. This positioning provides the Group with a strong three Global Business Lines and, in addition to its strong home platform from which to pursue both organic and inorganic market position in France, it holds market leadership positions in growth opportunities which are expected to arise in the sector. Belgium, in the Netherlands, in Germany, in Italy, in Latvia and in The Group’s track record of successful inorganic growth Lithuania. The Group’s status as one of Europe’s leading players (Banksys in Belgium, Equens in The Netherlands, Germany and is coupled with its strong and growing presence in emerging Italy, Digital River World Payments in USA, Brazil and Sweden, markets such as India, China and certain countries in Latin First Data Baltics in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Venture Infotek America, where it benefits from local growth and knowledge. and MRL Posnet in India and the strategic alliance with More generally, the Group’s scale is reinforced by the strong Komercni banca in the Czech Republic) further underlines its backing of the Atos group, itself one of the largest IT services ability to seize such inorganic growth opportunities and providers in Europe with a significant global footprint. This scale consolidate its competitive position and scale.

helps the Group to drive innovation, be price competitive (thanks to economies of scale), and attract large multi-national clients looking to outsource mission critical payment activities or other digital data processing services. The Group maintains a particularly broad base of customers across Global Business

Please refer to Section A.6.1. for a description of the acquisition of First Data Baltics, Digital River World Payments and MRL Posnet.

32

Worldline 2017 Registration Document

Made with FlippingBook - professional solution for displaying marketing and sales documents online