Processing timeline
9
days
Filed
3 June 2026
Decision Due
16 July 2026
Est decision date: 29 June 2026. Based on 9 decided Financial Services & Insurance notifications.
Acquirer(s)
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED ABN - 11 005 357 522
Target(s) or Vendor(s)
WORLDLINE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD ABN - 50 645 073 034, Worldline SA VATIN FR01378901946
Other parties
None listed
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited proposes to acquire Worldline SA’s 51% interest in their ANZ Worldline Payment Solutions joint venture via a share sale. This will result in ANZ group wholly owning the payment solutions provider, operating in the financial services and merchant acquiring industries.
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ), an entity within a group of companies ultimately held by ANZ Group Holdings Limited (ANZ group), proposes to acquire Worldline SA (WL)’s interest in Worldline Australia Pty Ltd, trading as ANZ Worldline Payment Solutions (ANZWL), under a share sale and purchase agreement. ANZWL is currently a joint venture between ANZ and WL (the Parties), with ANZ group holding 49% and WL holding 51% of the share capital of ANZWL. Following the acquisition, ANZ group will wholly own ANZWL. ANZ Group Holdings Limited is an ASX-listed financial services company. ANZ provides a range of banking products and services to retail and business customers in Australia and New Zealand, and to institutional customers globally. WL is a global merchant acquiring business, headquartered in France, and Europe’s largest merchant acquiring services provider. WL provides payment acceptance services and products to business customers internationally, including mobile authentication, digital banking, mobile payments and wallets, omni-commerce services, and account-to-account payments. ANZWL was established in April 2022 when ANZ divested its merchant acquiring services business and referred business customers who required merchant acquiring services to ANZWL. The joint venture was intended to deliver enhanced payment solutions to ANZ’s merchant customers, while allowing ANZ group to retain a significant ownership interest and an ongoing commercial relationship with the business. The Parties overlap in the supply of payment solutions, including merchant acquiring, acceptance and value-added services, to business customers in Australia.
The ACCC has prepared a questionnaire on the Acquisition. Submissions or information in response to the questionnaire should be provided by 11 June 2026 via email to mergers@accc.gov.au with the title Submission re: ANZ Banking Group - Worldline Australia . The ACCC’s ability to give detailed consideration to submissions received after this time may be limited.