Payments are based on paper money.
The use of checks and bank transfers becomes widespread.
The number of bank accounts explodes, leading banks to automate procedures.

Wins the first contract ever made for the processing of card-based banking transactions (Carte Bleue).
The history of expertise in payment processing has begun....

International expansion of IT Services companies.
The use of electronic payment expands at high speed, IT activities grow equally fast.
The needs are enormous and apply to every area of private and professional activity.
 

Continues its development in the processing of payment transactions by bank card.

Launch in France of the Minitel videotex service by the statecontrolled administration PTT (today La Poste and France Télécom): it enables access to remote services, the most popular being the electronic directory and mail-order selling.

Forerunner of the first e-services: launch of the online service business based on Videotext technology with an in particular historical customer: Wolters Kluwer and the Teleroute service.
 

Smart cards attract the financial sector because of their security potential. First introduction of smart cards for national debit cards.

Creation of the first and only technical payment infrastructure in Belgium.

The smart card gives rise to electronic purses.
The scope of capabilities of landline telephones expands, the opportunities for related services explode before opening the way to mobile telephony in the late 90s.
The World Wide Web is born. In January 1992, the Internet Society (ISOC) is created followed by the appearance of the first Web browser in 1993. By the end of the decade, the Internet will have reinvented remote payment.

Precursor to the development of electronic cash in Germany.

Creation of the very first centralised technical architecture for interactive voice services, operators of the first online services based on IVR  technology.

Initiation of the first e-purse services such as Proton in Belgium, Mon€o in France and Geldkarte in Germany.

Integrates web technology to its know-how and with its precursor customers opens the first BtoB and BtoC online services accessible via the Internet.

Breakthrough worldwide of accessible mobile services (from the first mobile phones to PDAs).
Start-up of the first secure payment services over the Internet with SIPS.

The merger of Atos and Origin results in the creation of Atos Origin.
 

The euro becomes an everyday fact on 1 January 2002. The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) also standardises other types of payments in Europe towards the end of 2010.

Adaptation of services related to payments in euro (terminals, cards and technical infrastructure) in advance over the rest of the European Union.

Atos Origin acquires the Sema Group from Schlumberger, giving birth to one of the leading international IT services.

Creation of the Atos Worldline legal entity by merging the activities of the Atos Origin Group in payment services and transactional eServices. With a major footprint in France and Germany, Atos Worldline confirms its leadership in high technology transaction services, based on 30 years of expertise.
 

Extension of the scope of Atos Worldline to Belgium, strengthening the group's ‘payment' know-how and anticipating European issues related to SEPA: Atos Worldline integrates the Banksys and Bank Card Company (BCC) companies, specialising in payment solutions and systems.

Extension of the scope of the group's skills to services for the financial markets: Atos Worldline integrates the Clearing & Settlement and Capital Markets activities from the joint venture between Atos Origin and NYSE Euronext.

Launch of the ‘HTTS' development strategy on the international market, backed by the global scope and scale of Atos Origin: high-tech transactional services are extended to France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and open towards Asia...