Payments giant Worldline to buy rival Ingenico in $8.6 billion deal

French payments giant Worldline has agreed to buy its domestic rival Ingenico in an $8.6 billion cash and stock deal. The deal value implies a premium of about 16% to Ingenico's closing market value on Friday. The acquisition would create the world's fourth-biggest payments services company with around 20,000 employees in approximately 50 countries, the companies said.