PARIS: Worldline, a European payment services company listed on Euronext under the ticker WLN, announced Monday that it has finalized the sale of its Indian payment operations to BillDesk, one of India’s leading payments companies, in a deal valued at an estimated €60 million in equity.
The deal was announced in a company statement Aug. 3.
Alongside the sale, Worldline said it signed a long-term technology and software agreement under which BillDesk will continue to use Worldline’s payment software. The company said the arrangement is designed to ensure operational continuity and maintain a lasting relationship between the two firms in what it described as one of the world’s fastest-growing payment markets.
Worldline said the partnership allows its former Indian business to keep growing under an established domestic operator with local market knowledge, scale and existing merchant relationships.
The company said it remains committed to India as a hub for talent and innovation. Under its North Star transformation plan, Worldline said it will continue to use its Global Competence Centres to support operations in Western Europe, while shifting those centers toward innovation work focused on building payment expertise and expanding automation and artificial intelligence capabilities, including generative and agentic AI.
Worldline put the enterprise value of the transaction at approximately €37 million, with an equity value of about €60 million. The company estimated the divested business accounted for roughly €90 million in annual revenue and €8 million in adjusted EBITDA, and said the deal would be neutral to free cash flow on a full-year basis.
The India sale is part of a broader divestment push. Worldline said combined net cash proceeds from all its recently announced sales — including its Mobility & e-Transactional Services unit, Worldline North America, Cetrel, PaymentIQ, Worldline Merchant Services India, Worldline New Zealand and ANZ Worldline Payment Solutions Australia — are expected to total between €590 million and €640 million. The company said it expects to receive those funds in 2026, which it said would strengthen its balance sheet, improve strategic flexibility and support reinvestment in its core business.
Worldline is scheduled to report third-quarter 2026 revenue on Oct. 27.
The company describes itself as Europe’s leading operator of critical payment infrastructure, serving more than 1.2 million customers. It reported €4 billion in revenue in 2025 and says it is pursuing a 2030 strategic plan aimed at becoming Europe’s primary payment partner for merchants and financial institutions.
