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Worldline Mulls India Unit Exit
Hindustan Times Lucknow
|May 13, 2025
French payments company Worldline has hired investment bank BNP Paribas to explore a potential sale of its India business, two people aware of the matter said.
MUMBAI:
Discussions are at a preliminary stage, and the deal size could be above $200 million, one of the two people said on the condition of anonymity.
"The sale is expected to happen through an auction process among a wide buyer pool, including strategic players in the payments space in India," the person added.
This story is from the May 13, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Lucknow.
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