wpg industry electronic payment services founded 1989 as streamline headquarters london united kingdom key people sir michael rake chairman philip jansen ceo services payment services payment gateway revenue 3 963.0 million 2015 1 operating income 340.5 million 2015 1 profit 29.8 million 2015 1 number of employees 4 500 2015 2 website www.worldpay.com worldpay formerly rbs worldpay is a payment processing company . it is listed on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse 100 index . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit worldpay started as an electronic payment system called streamline which was first released by centrefile in 1989 in the uk but has extended into mail order telephone order unattended payments and handling secure payments over the internet through merger and acquisition of several other companies . 3 worldpay first provided international multi currency processing in 1992 and internet payment services in 1994 making it one of the first providers of such services in the world . centrefile was formed in 1965 but had become a wholly owned subsidiary of national westminster bank nwb before 1985 . in 1995 the streamline system was reabsorbed into the bank when the rest of centrefile was sold to ceridian . it was acquired in 2002 by the royal bank of scotland group rbs 4 which renamed the business rbs worldpay . rbs expanded the business significantly by acquiring and merging a number of payment solutions companies from different countries . over the next five years it was combined with seven leading retail payment solutions brands streamline streamline international paymenttrust netherlands based bibit riskguardian and us based lynk . by 2007 worldpay was the largest merchant acquirer in europe and one of the largest globally operating in more than forty countries 120 transaction currencies and fourteen settlement currencies . that year worldpay processed 4.4 billion transactions worldwide . 5 as a condition in the european commission s clearance in december 2009 of state aid to rbs worldpay was to be sold as part of a plan to divest selected businesses from the group . on 6 august 2010 advent international and bain capital agreed to acquire worldpay for 2.025 bn including a 200m contingent consideration . the rbs group retained a 20 % stake in the newly independent business 6 with advent international and bain capital owning 40 % each . the sale completed on 1 december 2010 . rbs worldpay was renamed worldpay as part of the deal . 7 on 21 december 2010 almost immediately following on from the sale worldpay acquired cardsave one of the uk s leading independent sales organisations distributing credit and debit card processing services to small retailers . 8 in may 2011 worldpay acquired envoy services limited a leading provider of alternative payment solutions to ecommerce merchants worldwide for an undisclosed amount . 9 in june 2013 worldpay launched worldpay zinc a mobile card processing terminal which connects to smart phones . 10 in september 2013 worldpay revealed it had acquired us payment processing company century payments . 11 in november 2013 royal bank of scotland said it had sold its remaining stake of about 20 percent in worldpay to the payment processing firm s majority shareholders private equity firms advent international and bain capital . 12 the company listed on the london stock exchange through an initial public offering ipo in october 2015 . 13 operations edit the company provides payment services for mail order and internet retailers as well as point of sale transactions . customers are a mix of multinational multichannel retailers with the majority being small business merchants . it also provides loans to small businesses . 14 references edit a b c preliminary results for year ended 31 december 2015 pdf . worldpay . retrieved 27 march 2016 . company overview . worldpay . retrieved 27 march 2016 . worldpay about us worldpay launches london s biggest float of 2015 with bosses set for 100 million bonanza . standard . worldpay media centre rbs announces worldpay sale . pehub . august 2010 . worldpay 1 december 2010 . rbs completes sale of rbs worldpay . . retrieved 25 january 2011 . sophie baker december 20 2010 . worldpay acquires cardsave . fstech . worldpay acquisition of envoy services . worldpay . mobile chip and pin device launch to help sole traders . worldpay press release . june 27 2013 . worldpay us purchases century payments . yahoo finance . september 30 2013 . tasim zahid november 27 2013 . rbs sells remaining worldpay stake to advent bain capital . reuters . worldpay floats in largest london ipo this year . the telegrpah . 13 october 2015 . retrieved 6 november 2015 . ftse 100 newcomer worldpay begins expanding its territory by offering loans to small businesses just weeks after it floated . this is money . 4 december 2015 . retrieved 6 december 2015 . external links edit official website v t e ftse 100 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