Talk:Global Payments

S&P 500 missing article
This is one of only 4 companies in the S&P 500 that does not have an article (and the *only* company not first added in 2017).
 * It is now one of only 2 companies without an article. There have been articles about Global Payments in the NYT, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, WIRED, CNN, many other sources Mparrault (talk) 05:35, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

How to Review this Article
I will admit that this article has a chequered past. Previous versions of this article have been deleted/CSDed, and in fact the name of the company has been blocked in the article namespace (see Global Payments). The current version of the article has had some copyright issues as well, although these have been cleared up. Despite the history, IMO, this article should easily meet the threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia. In terms of significance, Global Payments is the only company in the S&P 500 not to have its own article, which should qualify it for an article on its own (what sort of encyclopedia has an article about all 500 items in a category except one? It is like listing all countries except Seychelles). It has revenues in the billions, and around 10,000 employees. In terms of sources, as I said above, there have been articles about Global Payments in numerous national newspapers, including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. I would ask the AfC reviewer to look at this article with an open mind, and ignore the history. - Mparrault (talk) 17:53, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Yeah I did take a look and did note that. Galobtter (pingó mió) 17:57, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

no need for duplications of both content and references
(copied from from User Talk:Mparrault) "Please read the History of Edit Summaries at Global Payments and self-revert. Ping me at Talk:Global Payments if you want to discuss further. X1\ (talk) 19:40, 19 October 2018 (UTC)  Got impatient.  X1\ (talk) 21:29, 19 October 2018 (UTC)"


 * (moved from User Talk:X1\) Hi X1, I have reverted your deletion of content for this article. I realize most of your changes were re-organizing the article, but some content got deleted.  Please stop reverting me.  -Mparrault (talk) 14:03, 20 October 2018 (UTC)


 * See Edit Summaries in View History. X1\ (talk) 19:41, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
 * (moved from User Talk:Mparrault) Please detail exactly what was deleted at Talk:Global Payments. X1\ (talk) 19:47, 20 October 2018 (UTC)


 * What was deleted was exactly the 1102 bytes which I restored in my original October 16th edit. X1, could you detail what was duplicated?  -Mparrault (talk) 14:48, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
 * As has been documented in my edit summaries, and can be seen in the edits, and as I have previously stated: nothing was deleted, only added. You have detailed exactly nothing.  Your byte count does not explain the situation, only what amount you duplicated:


 * As of 2017, 40% of revenue was derived from vertical and omnichannel services.
 * As of 2016, 75% of Global Payments revenue was from North America, 18% was from Europe, and 7% was from Asia-Pacific.
 * Both Global Payments and its subsidiary Heartland Payment Systems were among the leading credit card processing companies in 2016, according to Business Insider.
 * An RFC will be my next step, if you don't self-revert. X1\ (talk) 23:47, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
 * OK, I've found where the material was duplicated, and I've deleted it. Sorry for the hassle. X1\, it would have been helpful if you had indicated earlier where the material was duplicated (which you never actually did), not just that it had been duplicated.  -Mparrault (talk) 13:05, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
 * On the other hand, I really should have used auto-search for the content earlier (I only manually searched before now). -Mparrault (talk) 13:18, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

History section mass deletion
History

Global Payments was founded in 2000 and spun off from National Data Corporation, its former parent company, in 2001. Global Payments has been an independent, publicly-traded company on the New York Stock Exchange having the ticker symbol “GPN” since its spin off.

In 2009, it paid $75 million for United Card Service, Russia's leading credit card processing company.

In 2011, Global Payments's United Card Service bought Alfa-Bank's credit card processing unit.

In October 2012, it acquired the smaller Accelerated Payment Technologies for $413 million.

In October 2014, it purchased Australian payment processing company Ezidebit for $305 million.

In January 2015, it bought Payment Processing (also known as PayPros), a California company, for $420 million.

On April 25, 2016, Global Payments completed the acquisition of Heartland Payment Systems for $4.3 billion. Both Global Payments and its subsidiary Heartland Payment Systems were among the leading credit card processing companies in 2016, according to Business Insider. Its headquarters moved from Sandy Springs, Georgia to Atlanta, Georgia in 2016.

In 2017, Global Payments initiated acquiring divisions of Active Networks.

In 2018, Global Payments completed acquisition of AdvancedMD.

In 2018, Global Payments completed acquisition of Sentral Education.

On May 28, 2019, Global Payments announced a $21.5 billion merger with TSYS. The merger is expected to trigger a Federal Trade Commission investigation.

X1\ (talk) 23:22, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

Edit Request
NOTE: I am proposing this edit for FleishmanHillard on behalf of Global Payments I am a paid editor and aware of the COI guidelines. I am submitting this edit request to propose edits that would correct out-of-date information and add further information about the company. I’ve provided an overview of proposed edits below. Thanks for your time and consideration. Taylorcanderson (talk) 04:51, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Business


 * First paragraph of business section: Propose adding more detailed information about the work of Global Payments, as well as adding a sentence on TSYS, their issuer solutions business. Updated changes would appear as follows (additions/changes in bold):

Global Payments offers payment technology and software solutions to merchants, issuers and consumers.. They are the country’s fifth biggest merchant acquirer, helping businesses accept traditional payment methods, such as credit, debit cards, as well as newer payment options such as digital '''and contactless payments. ''' . They provide payments services both directly to merchants, and indirectly through other financial organizations. Global Payments also provides other supporting ("vertical") services and analytics ("omnichannel") to customers of its main payment processing services. Through TSYS, their issuer solutions business, they help banks manage their credit and debit card portfolios, for everything from card authorizations to detecting fraud and calculating rewards.


 * Second paragraph of business section: Propose adding up-to-date and specific information on the location of Global Payments operations, as well as up-to-date financial performance information from this year. Updated changes would appear as follows (additions/changes in bold):

Operating in more than 100 countries, Global Payments reported total revenue of $3.6 billion for the first half of 2020 and serves 3.5 million merchants as well as 1,300 financial institutions. Global Payments processes more than 50 billion transactions annually


 * Third paragraph of business section: Propose adding the most recent reported revenue information. Updated changes would appear as follows (additions/changes in bold):

As of the end of 2019, 64% of the company’s revenue was derived from Merchant Solutions, roughly 25% from Issuer Solutions, and 11% from the Business and Consumer Solutions segment, which operates as NetSpend. 80% of Global Payments Merchant Solutions revenue was from North America, 15% was from Europe (p 8 of Feb 2020 earnings), and 5% was from Asia (p 8 of Feb 2020 earnings) .Our Asian merchant business, which accounts for roughly 5% of segment revenue, continued to deliver double-digit constant-currency growth excluding Hong Kong.


 * Fourth paragraph of business section: Propose adding up-to-date employee numbers post-merge with Total System Services. Updated changes would appear as follows (additions/changes in bold):

After merging with Total System Services (TSYS) in 2019, Global Payments has nearly 24,000 employees worldwide.

It is a Fortune 1000 company.

History


 * Propose updating the details of acquisitions and adding missing acquisitions, as well as the location of Global Payments headquarters. Updated changes would appear as follows (additions/changes in bold):

Global Payments was founded in 2000 and spun off from National Data Corporation, its former parent company, in 2001.[citation needed] Global Payments has been an independent, publicly-traded company on the New York Stock Exchange having the ticker symbol “GPN” since its spin off.

In 2009, it paid $75 million for United Card Service, Russia's leading credit card processing company.

In 2011, Global Payments' United Card Service bought Alfa-Bank's credit card processing unit.

In October 2012, it acquired the smaller Accelerated Payment Technologies for $413 million.

In October 2014, it purchased Australian payment processing company Ezidebit for $268 million.

In March 2014, Global Payments bought Payment Processing, Inc. (Paypros), a California company, for $420 million.

On June 2, 2015, Global Payments finalized the acquisition of FIS gaming business .

On April 25, 2016, Global Payments completed the acquisition of Heartland Payment Systems[8] for $4.3 billion.[12] Both Global Payments and its subsidiary Heartland Payment Systems were among the leading credit card processing companies in 2016, according to Business Insider.[13] Global Payments moved its headquarters to Atlanta in 2016.

Global Payments completed its acquisition of ACTIVE Network in Sept. 2017.

In 2018, Global Payments completed its acquisition of AdvancedMD.

In 2018, Global Payments completed its acquisition of Sentral Education.

In 2018, Global Payments acquired SICOM Systems for $415 million from LLR Partners.

'''On May 28, 2019, Global Payments announced a $21.5 billion merger with TSYS. On June 26, the merger cleared FTC investigation. The deal officially closed on September 18, 2019'''.

Taylorcanderson (talk) 04:51, 1 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Hi . I'll look through these edits and sources and provide some feedback. At first glance, most look doable. --FeldBum (talk) 17:49, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Going through these one by one.
 * "Solutions" is very marketing speak and doesn't really explain anything to readers. Is it software? Service? Both? I can infer from the WSJ article that the acquisition offered them more than just "insight" into consumer and issuer markets. How about "Global Payments provides payment technology and services to merchants, issuers and consumers"
 * I don't see fifth-largest in either https://www.digitaltransactions.net/global-payments-shows-glimmers-of-optimism-in-the-face-of-covid-19-lockdowns/ or https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/729065/millennials-payandgo-trend-to-push-these-5-stocks-higher. Did I miss something in those sources or look at the wrong ones?
 * Can you confirm that the Bloomberg article mentions rewards and fraud?
 * I'd rewrite as "Global Payments operates in more than 100 countries and serves 3.5 million merchants as well as 1,300 financial institutions. In the first half of 2020, the company reported total revenue of $3.6 billion. Global Payments processes more than 50 billion transactions annually."
 * I'll keep adding to this response --FeldBum (talk) 13:24, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Since it's been a few months and your account has been inactive since posting this request, I'm setting the answered parameter (right at the top of this paragraph) to yes in order to remove this from the requested edit queue. Feel free to change it to no should you ever return to address the points raised.  Angry Harpy   talk 13:00, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: Hello, I share the same concerns as the editor before me.

Cheers,  Heart  (talk) 06:15, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) Seeking Alpha is generally considered an unreliable source, can you provide a different source.
 * 2) Your claim of "they are the country's fifth-biggest merchant..." is not only vague (which country), but not supported by the source cited.
 * 3) The specificity of some of these are very WP:PROMO like when the sentence can be significantly condensed.
 * 4) The history section also seems promotional,n, not just your additions, but the whole section. Why are these acquisitions significant.

Clarification on Edit Request
Thank you both for your responses and apologies for the delayed response on my end. We’ve answered the questions outlined and made updates to the copy and references per FeldBum’s feedback below. Thank you for your consideration! Taylorcanderson (talk) 18:15, 14 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Change the first sentence in business section to FeldBum’s suggested language

Global Payments provides payment technology and services to merchants, issuers and consumers.


 * Add source to back up fifth largest claim in second sentence of first paragraph of business section

They are the country’s fifth biggest merchant acquirer, helping businesses accept traditional payment methods, such as credit, debit cards, as well as newer payment options such as digital and contactless payments.


 * Add source to back up “rewards and fraud” claim in last sentence of first paragraph in business section

Total System Services (TSYS), their issuer solutions business, they help banks manage their credit and debit card portfolios, for everything from card authorizations to detecting fraud and calculating rewards.


 * Change sentence in second paragraph of business section to FeldBum’s suggested language

Global Payments operates in more than 100 countries and serves 3.5 million merchants as well as 1,300 financial institutions. In the first half of 2020, the company reported total revenue of $3.6 billion. Global Payments processes more than 50 billion transactions annually.

Updated Edit Request
NOTE: I’m proposing the following edits for FleishmanHillard on behalf of Global Payments. I am a paid editor and aware of the COI guidelines. I’m submitting the following edit request to update outdated (2017) information in the Infobox and provide sourced information for the Business section due to most information being currently unsourced and outdated. Please let me know of any questions or comments as you review. Thanks for your time and consideration. Jon Gray (talk) 21:08, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Infobox
 * Propose updating the following information in the infobox to reflect the latest figures available. Related sourcing is below as well.


 * Revenue: US$ 7.4 billion (2020)
 * Operating income: US$ 893 million (2020)
 * Net income: US$ 605 million (2020)
 * Total assets: US$ 44.2 billion (2020)
 * Total equity: US$ 27.4 billion (2020)

Business
 * Propose replacing the existing first sentence with the following (proposed revision in bold):

Global Payments provides payment technology and services to merchants, issuers and consumers.


 * Propose replacing the existing second sentence with the following (proposed revision in bold):

The company processes payments made through credit cards, debit cards and digital and contactless payments.


 * Propose replacing the existing third and fourth sentences in this section with the following (proposed revision in bold):

'''They provide payments services both directly to merchants and indirectly through other financial organizations. Global Payments technology-enabled services also support integrated payments, e-commerce, and omni-channel services. '''


 * Propose adding the following info to the business section following the aforementioned revisions to the first paragraph (proposed additions in bold):

Through Total System Services (TSYS), their issuer processor business, Global Payments helps banks manage credit and debit card portfolios.

'''Global Payments operates in more than 100 countries and serves 3.5 million merchants as well as 1,300 financial institutions. The company processes more than 50 billion transactions per year. After merging with TSYS in 2019, Global Payments has nearly 24,000 employees.'''


 * Propose replacing the existing second paragraph in the Business section with the following up-to-date information regarding the company’s revenue breakdowns:

'''In 2020, 63% of the company’s revenue was derived from Merchant Solutions, 26% from Issuer Solutions, and 11% from the Business and Consumer Solutions segment, which operates as NetSpend. 80% of Global Payments Merchant Solutions revenue was from North America, 15% was from Europe, and 5% was from Asia.'''


 * Global Payments was named to the Fortune 500 list in June 2021. As such, recommend revising the final sentence of this section to read:

In June 2021, the company was named to the Fortune 500.
 * ✅. The updates to the business section were moved to a new Services and operations section in keeping with Wikipedia's layout. Any other edits were language-based. Thanks, Heartmusic678 (talk) 16:05, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

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