[Press Release] Global Payments and Ingenico Group offer SMBs technology that enhances their customers' payment experience

SMBs can now offer an enhanced payment experience to their in store customers through a partnership between two leading payment providers, Global Payments Inc. and Ingenico Group.

ATLANTA – September 17, 2018 – Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), a leading worldwide provider of payment technology and software solutions, announced that Heartland, its U.S. payments and payroll business, has partnered with Ingenico Group to deliver an advanced terminal to enhance the consumer payment experience. This offering joins Heartland’s technology and software with Ingenico Group’s Desk/3500 terminal, the first of its Telium Tetra solutions newly certified in the U.S., and is designed specifically to meet the needs of SMB customers.

The solution offers a seamless and enhanced payment experience for customers and is PCI PTS 4.x certified, exceeding the industry standard for transaction devices from the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council. The device provides customers with an intuitive applications menu and compact design, making it easy to handle while providing a small footprint. A first for our US business, Heartland has developed the entirety of the software solutions in the smart terminal, including APIs and end-to-end encryption support to ensure that customer transaction data is always protected. Heartland stands behind the card data encryption technology on the Desk/3500 with the Heartland SecureTM Breach Warranty.

Tony Capucille , President, Global Payments US. Payments and Payroll business said, “We know that improving the customer experience at the point of sale is an important objective for SMBs. As demonstrated by being the first to market with Desk/3500, Heartland has the best solutions available to SMBs to create lasting customer experiences.”

About Heartland

Heartland delivers fast, secure omnichannel payment processing and business solutions to more than 400,000 business locations nationwide. Product offerings include payments, payroll, point of sale, customer engagement and lending. Heartland pioneered the Merchant Bill ofRights, a public advocacy initiative to educate merchants about fair payment processing practices. Heartland Payment Systems is a Global Payments company (NYSE: GPN).heartland.us

About Global Payments

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) is a leading worldwide provider of payment technology and software solutions delivering innovative services to our customer needs globally. Our technologies, solutions and employee expertise enable us to provide a broad range of products and services that allow our customers to accept all payment types and operate their businesses more efficiently across a variety of distribution channels in many markets around the world.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia with more than 10,000 employees worldwide, GlobalPayments is a member of the S&P 500 with customers and partners in 31 countries throughoutNorth America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific region and Brazil. For more information about GlobalPayments, our Service. Driven. Commerce brand and our technologies, please visitwww.globalpaymentsinc.com.

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