Shiji Payment Solutions builds a native connection to Worldline, a European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, to allow customers the combined payment ecosystem of both companies.
MUNICH, Germany, August 3, 2021 – Shiji Payment Solutions has built a native connection to Worldline, a European leader in the payments and transactional services industry.
Shiji Payment Solutions is Shiji Group’s flexible, global platform for payment processing, focused on all aspects of the hospitality industry. With access to a global portfolio of payment partners, the modular design of Shiji Payment Solutions allows customers to quickly add partners and payment devices at any time.
Shiji Payment Solution’s platform integrates with all existing Shiji front-end management systems and business applications enabling efficient workflows and powerful, flexible business operations.
With this connection, Shiji customers using Concept Spa & Golf and Infrasys Cloud POS now have access to Worldline’s highly efficient and secure payment acceptance and acquiring global platform. The integration with the Worldline Hospitality Suite enables customers to access the combined payment ecosystem of both companies.
“Our partnership with Worldline is a great achievement for Shiji. We aim to provide our customers with the connections that they want and need, so adding Worldline to our portfolio will allow our customers to take advantage of their innovative payment solutions,” said Michael Balzer, Vice President Shiji Global Payment Solutions at Shiji Group.
“This collaboration offers a great opportunity for both our companies and our customers in the tourism industry’s post-pandemic acceleration. As a leader in the sector, Worldline provides sustainable, trusted and secure omnichannel solutions across the full payment value chain, and we are looking forward to the opportunity to offer our solutions to Shiji’s customers,” said Chris Lanckbeen, Head of Hospitality at Worldline.
About Shiji Group
Shiji Group is a multi-national technology company that provides software solutions and services for enterprise companies in the hospitality, food service, retail and entertainment industries, ranging from hospitality technology platform, hotel management solutions, food and beverage and retail systems, payment gateways, data management, online distribution and more. Founded in 1998 as a network solutions provider for hotels, Shiji Group today comprises over 5,000 employees in 80+ subsidiaries and brands in over 23 countries, serving more than 91,000 hotels, 200,000 restaurants and 600,000 retail outlets. For more information, visit www.shijigroup.com.
About Worldline
Worldline [Euronext: WLN] is the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry and #4 player worldwide. With its global reach and its commitment to innovation, Worldline is the technology partner of choice for merchants, banks and third-party acquirers as well as public transport operators, government agencies and industrial companies in all sectors. Powered by over 20,000 employees in more than 50 countries, Worldline provides its clients with sustainable, trusted and secure solutions across the payment value chain, fostering their business growth wherever they are. Services offered by Worldline in the areas of Merchant Services; Terminals, Solutions & Services; Financial Services and Mobility & e-Transactional Services include domestic and cross-border commercial acquiring, both in-store and online, highly-secure payment transaction processing, a broad portfolio of payment terminals as well as e-ticketing and digital services in the industrial environment. In 2020 Worldline generated a proforma revenue of 4.8 billion euros.
