--- ticker: FIS company: Fidelity National Information Services Inc. filing_type: 10-K year_current: 2026 year_prior: 2025 risks_added: 0 risks_removed: 1 risks_modified: 3 risks_unchanged: 30 source: SEC EDGAR url: https://riskdiff.com/fis/2026-vs-2025/ markdown_url: https://riskdiff.com/fis/2026-vs-2025/index.md generated: 2026-05-10 --- # Fidelity National Information Services Inc.: 10-K Risk Factor Changes 2026 vs 2025 > Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR) > Generated: 2026-05-10 > All data extracted directly from official filings. No hallucinated content. > **[AI-Generated Summary]** The paragraph below was produced by a language > model and may contain errors. All other content on this page is deterministically > extracted from the original SEC filing. > FIS removed its risk disclosure regarding the Worldpay Sale, indicating completion of that transaction's integration phase and resolution of associated uncertainties. The company substantively modified three critical risks, including heightened emphasis on digital banking security breaches affecting transaction volumes, increased focus on interest rate exposure to borrowing costs, and revised language addressing debt service obligations and financial flexibility constraints. --- ## Summary | Status | Count | |--------|-------| | New risks added | 0 | | Risks removed | 1 | | Risks modified | 3 | | Unchanged | 30 | --- ## No Match in Current: We may not achieve the anticipated benefits of our recently completed Worldpay Sale, and we may also be exposed to new risks following the sale. *This section from the 2025 filing does not have a high-confidence textual match in 2026. It may have been removed, merged, or substantially reworded.* We may not achieve the anticipated benefits of our Worldpay Sale, which we completed in January 2024. The anticipated strategic, financial, and operational gains may not materialize, and costs or revenue dis-synergies could exceed expectations. Additionally, we have entered into ongoing arrangements with Worldpay for transition services which have required, and are expected to continue to require, significant resources and could offset the impact of our cost-saving initiatives. While we retain a 45% equity interest in Worldpay, we do not have control of Worldpay, exposing us to certain risks including risks related to Worldpay's operations and merchant acquiring business. As a result of the Worldpay Sale, our revenue sources are less diversified, which could increase our exposure to adverse developments affecting financial institutions. Additionally, our common stock now represents a smaller company, with proportionally increased exposure to our remaining business risks. --- ## Modified: High profile digital banking security breaches or information system failures could impact consumer payment behavior patterns in the future and reduce our transaction volumes. **Key changes:** - Reworded sentence: "BRICS countries are working to reduce their reliance on the U.S." **Prior (2025):** We are unable to predict whether or when high profile digital banking security breaches or other information system failures will occur and, if they occur, whether consumers will reduce their digital banking service. If consumers reduce digital banking services, and we are not able to adapt to offer our clients alternative technologies, then our revenue and related earnings could be adversely affected. 18 18 18 Table of Contents Table of Contents **Current (2026):** We are unable to predict whether or when high profile digital banking security breaches or other information system failures will occur and, if they occur, whether consumers will reduce their digital banking service. If consumers reduce digital banking services, and we are not able to adapt to offer our clients alternative technologies, then our revenue and related earnings could be adversely affected. BRICS countries are working to reduce their reliance on the U.S. dollar and Western financial infrastructure due to sanctions, wars, and tariffs. BRICS is an international organization currently comprised of 11 countries, including Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Iran. Intelligence sources, along with peer assessments and other observers, suggest that cyber actors from some of the BRICS countries may conduct attacks on payment infrastructure, including third-party fintech services, to undermine trust in the Western financial infrastructure. --- ## Modified: Rising interest rates could increase our borrowing costs. **Key changes:** - Reworded sentence: "Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates to our short-term commercial paper borrowings and revolving credit facilities." - Reworded sentence: "A sustained higher interest rate environment could increase the cost of refinancing existing debt and incurring new debt, create challenges in accessing certain credit markets, and limit our flexibility in managing our debt portfolio composition, which could have an adverse effect on our financing costs and overall financial condition." **Prior (2025):** Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates to our short-term commercial paper borrowings and Revolving Credit Facility. In the future, we may have additional borrowings under existing or new variable-rate debt. Increases in interest rates on variable-rate debt would increase our interest expense. A rising interest rate environment could increase the cost of refinancing existing debt and incurring new debt, which could have an adverse effect on our financing costs. **Current (2026):** Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates to our short-term commercial paper borrowings and revolving credit facilities. Interest rates have increased significantly from recent historical levels and may remain elevated for an extended period. In response to the current interest rate environment, we may need to rebalance our variable debt instruments, potentially increasing our reliance on certain facilities while reducing others. In the future, we may have additional borrowings under existing or new variable-rate debt. Increases in interest rates on variable-rate debt would increase our interest expense. A sustained higher interest rate environment could increase the cost of refinancing existing debt and incurring new debt, create challenges in accessing certain credit markets, and limit our flexibility in managing our debt portfolio composition, which could have an adverse effect on our financing costs and overall financial condition. --- ## Modified: Our existing debt levels and future levels under existing facilities and debt service requirements may adversely affect us, including our financial condition or business flexibility, and prevent us from fulfilling our obligations under our outstanding indebtedness. **Key changes:** - Reworded sentence: "As of December 31, 2025, we had total debt of approximately $13.1 billion." **Prior (2025):** As of December 31, 2024, we had total debt of approximately $11.3 billion. Our level of debt, or any increase in our debt level, could adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results and operational flexibility, including as follows: (i) the debt level may cause us to have difficulty borrowing money in the future for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions or other purposes; (ii) our debt level may limit operational flexibility and our ability to pursue business opportunities and implement certain business strategies; (iii) some of our debt has a variable rate of interest, which exposes us to the risk of increased interest rates; (iv) we have a higher level of debt than some of our competitors or potential competitors, which may cause a competitive disadvantage and may reduce flexibility in responding to changing business and economic conditions, including increased competition and vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions; (v) there are significant debt maturities or maturities that may need to be refinanced, potentially at higher rates; and (vi) failure to satisfy our obligations under our outstanding debt or failure to comply with the financial or other restrictive covenants contained in the indenture governing our senior notes or in our credit facility could result in an event of default that could cause all of our debt to become due and payable. 24 24 24 Table of Contents Table of Contents **Current (2026):** As of December 31, 2025, we had total debt of approximately $13.1 billion. Our level of debt, or any increase in our debt level, could adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results and operational flexibility, including as follows: (i) the debt level may cause us to have difficulty borrowing money in the future for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions or other purposes; (ii) our debt level may limit operational flexibility and our ability to pursue business opportunities and implement certain business strategies; (iii) some of our debt has a variable rate of interest, which exposes us to the risk of increased interest rates; (iv) we have a higher level of debt than some of our competitors or potential competitors, which may cause a competitive disadvantage and may reduce flexibility in responding to changing business and economic conditions, including increased competition and vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions; (v) there are significant debt maturities or maturities that may need to be refinanced, potentially at higher rates; and (vi) failure to satisfy our obligations under our outstanding debt or failure to comply with the financial or other restrictive covenants contained in the indenture governing our senior notes or in our credit facilities could result in an event of default that could cause all of our debt to become due and payable, and cross-default provisions in our credit agreements could cause a default on one facility to trigger defaults across multiple financing arrangements, potentially accelerating repayment obligations beyond the initially defaulted facility. On January 9, 2026, FIS incurred debt of approximately $7.7 billion to finance the cash portion of the Issuer Solutions Acquisition. Accordingly, the indebtedness of FIS and its subsidiaries following completion of the Issuer Solutions Acquisition is substantially greater than FIS' indebtedness prior to completion of the acquisition. FIS' substantially increased indebtedness could have the effect, among other things, of reducing FIS' flexibility to respond to changing business and economic conditions. In addition, the amount of cash required to pay interest on FIS' increased indebtedness levels will increase, and thus the demands on FIS' cash resources will be greater than the amount of cash flows required to service the indebtedness of FIS prior to the acquisition. The increased levels of indebtedness following completion of the acquisition could reduce funds available to engage in investments in product development, fund working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes, and may create competitive disadvantages for FIS relative to other companies with lower debt levels. If FIS does not achieve the expected benefits from the acquisition, then FIS' ability to service its indebtedness, and thereby reduce its leverage levels, may be adversely impacted. 26 26 26 Table of Contents Table of Contents --- *Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Last updated 2026-05-10.*