CASE STUDY

Innovation that Delivers Best-In-Class Fan Experience

Developing and Launching a Strategy to Grow Global Payments Presence in Sports & Entertainment

Global Payments, a Fortune 500 company, desired to develop a new strategic vertical within sports and entertainment for their best-in-class payment technology solutions. Integrity 9 collaborated with Global Payments business units to developing an approach to identifying, securing and executing growth opportunities within S&E.

With Swannies, we found an apparel partner that produces high quality affordable gear that our fans can wear on the golf course, in the office, or out to dinner.

Randall Wells, RangeGoats General Manager

Global Payments Integrated at More Than 70 Sports Venues

The strategy launched in a partnership with Mercedes Benz Stadium in 2021 in which Global Payments became the Official Commerce Technology Partner for the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United.

Over the past four years, Global Payments has deployed its payments technology across more than seventy sports venues across the U.S., U.K., and Europe.

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