May 25, 2020
BRISBANE – International payment technology services provider Global Payments has appointed
experienced payments and finance professional Brent Schmidt as Specialist Acquiring Lead.
Mr Schmidt will be based in the Brisbane head office for Global Payments Australia and New Zealand and
responsible for leading and driving specialist acquiring for the Global Payments business in Australia.
Global Payments has recently become a standalone merchant acquirer in Australia, which opens the
pathway to direct merchant relationships domestically.
Mr Schmidt has over 20 years working knowledge of complex acquiring and domestic payment solutions
including payment facilitators, third party processors and gateway solutions.
He joins Global Payments from Westpac after numerous roles with the banking group, most recently as
Relationship Director with a strong focus on understanding the changing business environment around
corporate governance, payments technology, compliance, risk and cash flow finance and solutions.
Mark Healy, Managing Director Global Payments Australia and New Zealand said that Brent brings with
him a widespread understanding of the third-party payments landscape.
“Brent has experience focused from the initial inception of a business model, to product design,
compliance and risk management, ultimately culminating in full production processing. He has conducted
more than 15 payment platform migrations.
“Brent has a deep knowledge of the changing business environment around payments technology,
schemes and regulatory compliance, business risks, and cash flow and uses this to provide insights and
support to payment facilitators.”
Global Payments is a principal member of both MasterCard and Visa in Australia and will be a sponsored
acquirer for EFTPOS for card present processing.
U.S.-based Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN) entered the Australian marketplace in 2014 through the
acquisition of an Australian payments technology company, followed by the purchase of a payment
gateway provider in 2016.
For media enquiries or interview requests with Global Payments in Australia please
contact:
Brenton Gibbs
M: 0419 828440
E: brenton@rgcmm.com.au
About Global Payments
Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) is a leading pure play payments technology company delivering
innovative software and services to our customers globally. Our technologies, services and employee
expertise enable us to provide a broad range of solutions that allow our customers to operate their
businesses more efficiently across a variety of channels around the world.
Headquartered in Georgia with nearly 24,000 employees worldwide, Global Payments is a member of the
S&P 500 with worldwide reach spanning over 100 countries throughout North America, Europe, Asia
Pacific and Latin America. For more information, visit www.globalpaymentsinc.com and follow Global
Payments on Twitter (@globalpayinc), LinkedIn and Facebook.
