Global Payments Launches Genius for Higher Education

10/06/2025 – 08:30 AM

Genius solves for wide array of on-campus POS and commerce enablement needs

ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), a leading worldwide provider of payment technology and software solutions, today announced a Genius offering for higher education institutions in the U.S. and Canada. This unified POS solution is ideally suited for a range of campus use cases, including on-campus merchants, dining halls, recreational facilities, departments and clubs, stadiums, and more.

Genius drives commerce and simplifies back-end processes, centralizing transaction visibility campus wide while maximizing revenue streams, minimizing staff time, and streamlining compliance.

Genius fills a gap for many education institutions that lack simple and centralized commerce enablement solutions, including payment processing and reconciliation. Many universities do not have the appropriate digital payment infrastructure to move away from cash and checks, resulting in a lack of financial oversight and increased risk.

Retail Applications

For campus retail environments, features include all the built-in tools institutions need to make smarter decisions and grow commerce. Select highlights include:

Inventory management options to reduce dead stock and overbuying/underbuying with built-in tools that power efficiency and inform smarter decisions.
Easy-to-use technology, including a handheld device, with user-friendly workflows that eliminates the need to waste time managing complicated technology and training staff.
Advanced payment capabilities that help institutions accept cards, mobile wallets, and gift cards, both in store and on the go.

Restaurant and Food Service Management Applications

For campus-wide dining, Genius brings ease and order to the complexity of food service management with features that include:

Kiosk, mobile, and online ordering – supported by digital menus – that reduce wait times, eliminate ordering anxiety and deliver an exceptional experience to keep students coming back.
Back-end sophistication that supports meal plan rules and enables data-driven decisions to cut waste, shrink labor costs, and improve margins.
Centralized platform that enables order management and control across digital menus while ensuring compliance and reducing risk.

“Campuses are complex, fast-moving environments where commerce is conducted at high volumes, simultaneously,” said Terry Roberts, president of Merchant Solutions at Global Payments. “Our Genius solution for higher education institutions has market-leading capabilities that enhance the customer experience while tightening oversight and improving compliance control.”

Global Payments previously launched Genius for restaurant, retail, and enterprise customers and is now offering this POS solution for higher education institutions. It will be featured at COMTEC, the premier higher education technology conference hosted by TouchNet, a Global Payments company, in Kansas City from October 6-9, 2025.

For more information about Genius, visit globalpayments.com/industries/education.

About Global Payments

Global Payments (NYSE: GPN) helps businesses around the world enable commerce and provide exceptional experiences to their customers. Our payment technology and software solutions enable merchants, issuers and developers to deliver seamless customer experiences, run smarter operations and adapt quickly to change. Because if it has anything to do with commerce, we are already on it.

With 27,000 team members across 38 countries, we have the scale and expertise to help businesses grow with confidence. Headquartered in Georgia, Global Payments is a Fortune 500® company and a member of the S&P 500.

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