Worldpay Has Clinched Payment Deal With Paddy Power Betfair

Global payments provider, Worldpay, has recently entered into a services partnership with the recently merged betting operator Paddy Power Betfair.

Under this deal, Worldpay will be providing a service payment processing service for the company’s various assets.

Worldpay, began floating on the London Stock Exchange early in March 2016, will also be enabling Paddy Power Betfair to make use their services in order to gain greater insight into payments, operational efficiencies and user learnings.

Ciarán Scallan the director of customer payments and fraud at Paddy Power Betfair said that they chose Worldpay because of their incredible industry expertise and that they look forward to growing their relationship in future

He continued that they continue to see incredible growth, with the football season coming towards an exciting conclusion and also the European Championships coming during summer, they were very keen to add this trusted advisor to their payments infrastructure.

Peter Wickes, who is the vice-president of business development for gambling and global e-commerce at Worldpay, stated that they process more gambling transactions than any of the other providers in Europe, and that they pride themselves on their market-leading expertise they offer to the gambling sector.

Their ability to process payments in great volume is valuable for bookmakers, and their unique insights they can offer Paddy Power Betfair utilising deep data analytics which will play an important role in helping to secure their future position to be at the forefront of the betting industry.