Worldline agrees to buy Ingenico, creating new European payments leader
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PARIS (Reuters) - Payments company Worldline agreed on Monday to buy French peer Ingenico, in a deal which the companies said would create the fourth-biggest payments company in the world and a new European champion in the sector.The takeover of Ingenico by Worldline, in which French company Atos has a large stake, is the latest example of consolidation in the payments sector. The increasing use of smartphones for online payments has led to more competition, with mergers and acquisitions..