<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-23-026359.txt : 20231030
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20231030162201
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-23-026359
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20231026
FILED AS OF DATE:		20231030
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20231030

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Kliphouse Kirsten Marie
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001948684

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-16111
		FILM NUMBER:		231360623

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		531 SOUTH SPRING STREET
		CITY:			BURLINGTON
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27215

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001123360
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389]
		IRS NUMBER:				582567903
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			GA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3550 LENOX ROAD
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30326
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7708298030

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3550 LENOX ROAD
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30326
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    <periodOfReport>2023-10-26</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>1</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001123360</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>GPN</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001948684</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Kliphouse Kirsten Marie</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>3550 LENOX ROAD NE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ATLANTA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>GA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>30326</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ David L. Green - attorney-in-fact for Kirsten M. Kliphouse</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-10-30</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>doc1.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC): POA
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY                                               EXHIBIT 24


Know all by these present, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of David L. Green, Global Payments Inc.'s Senior Executive Vice
President, Chief Administrative and Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary,
and Joshua J. Whipple, Global Payments Inc.'s Senior Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer, signing singly, to act as the undersigned?s true
and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5 relating
to shares of Global Payments Inc., in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Form 3, 4
or 5 and the timely filing of such form with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any other authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
his discretion.

The undersigned grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do
and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and
proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as such attorney-in-fact might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming any of the
undersigned?s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed this 26th day of October, 2023.



					 	      /s/ Kirsten M. Kliphouse
						      Kirsten M. Kliphouse




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