Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), a leading worldwide provider of payment technology services, is pleased to introduce GlobalShield™, a comprehensive suite of security solutions designed for direct merchants.

The GlobalShield suite of products offers security for EMV POS, point-to-point encryption (P2PE), tokenization services, PCI-DSS merchant assistance, real-time fraud protection and other services to simplify security and implementation for all merchants and partners that can be sold separately or as packaged services. This new product suite complements Global Payments’ previously announced EdgeShield solution for integrated payments customers, which is delivered through its OpenEdge integrated payments division and designed to prepare POS developers for upcoming EMV mandates.

“As with all of our initiatives, GlobalShield and EdgeShield continue to reinforce our commitment to making sure that all merchants and application providers have access to the most secure processing options in the industry,” stated Jay Rising, President, Americas of Global Payments. “We are very pleased to offer products that provide enhanced value and meet the needs of all of Global Payments’ customers.”

About Global Payments

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

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia with 4,200 employees worldwide, Global Payments is a Fortune 1000 Company with merchants and partners in 28 countries throughout North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific region and Brazil. For more information about Global Payments, our Service. Driven. Commerce brand and our technologies, please visit www.globalpaymentsinc.com.