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Cardsave

UK payment processing company acquired by WorldPay

CardSave was a British payment processing company based in Grimsby. It was renamed as WorldPay in February 2014 after being acquired by WorldPay in December 2010. It has head office is in Grimsby, England, with offices in London and Nottingham.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1995Founded1

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CardSave was a British payment processing company based in Grimsby. It was renamed as WorldPay in February 2014 after being acquired by WorldPay in December 2010.2

Corporate structure

Cardsave is part of a group headed by Worldpay. 3 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Worldpay Wilmington, Delaware, United States
    • Cardsave Grimsby
    • VANTIV ISSUER CORP. Subsidiary · Symmes Township, Delaware, United States
    • Jeanie Owned · United States

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Cardsave was formed in 1995 by an independent retailer to negotiate lower rates for credit card processing, their aim was to reduce the processing charges that were set by the main commercial banks. Although they offered their services to various businesses, their main clients were tyre fitters and hairdressers.

In 2007 Clive Kahn, former Chief Executive of foreign exchange company Travelex, led a £72m buyout of Cardsave, backed by private equity firm, Exponet.

In March 2010, Cardsave acquired TNS, a UK POS terminal hire business, which mainly provides terminals to petrol stations. On 21 December 2010 Cardsave was acquired by a former partner company, the UK card processor WorldPay.

Cardsave was re-branded to WorldPay in February 2014.

From Wikipedia’s article on Cardsave, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

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Sources

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