Press Release: Mergers: European Commission approves acquisition of payment services provider RBS WorldPay by private equity firms Advent International Corporation and Bain Capital Investors

The European Commission has approved under the Merger Regulation the acquisition of RBS WorldPay, the merchant payment services business of Royal Bank of Scotland Group, by the private equity investment firms Advent International Corporation and Bain Capital Investors. The Commission concluded that the transaction would not significantly impede effective competition in the European Economic Area (EEA) or any substantial part of it.