FIS Global LLC, commonly known as FIS (Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.), is a global leader in financial technology (fintech) solutions. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, the company was founded in 1968 as Systematics. FIS is a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FIS), a member of the Fortune 500®, and included in the S&P 500® Index. As of April 2026, FIS reported approximately 45,965 employees, with reported revenue of US$14.51 billion in 2024.
FIS provides a comprehensive suite of products and services designed to power the financial world, specializing in payments, banking, and capital markets. Their offerings include core banking systems, digital banking channels, payment processing solutions, risk management software, fraud protection, regulatory compliance tools, and outsourcing services. Annually, FIS facilitates the movement of roughly US$9 trillion through the processing of approximately 75 billion transactions for over 20,000 clients, including 95 percent of the world's leading banks and more than one million merchants. Key product lines encompass core banking platforms, global payments processing, private capital suites (like Investran), commodity risk management, and securities finance trading and collateral platforms.
Based on available patent litigation data, FIS Global LLC operates as an operating company that defends against patent infringement claims. The company has been involved in one tracked case as a defendant and zero as a plaintiff. This posture indicates that FIS is primarily a target of patent assertions rather than an entity actively asserting its own patent portfolio.
The single notable tracked case for FIS Global LLC is Intellectual Ventures I LLC et al. v. Fidelity National Information Services Inc. et al., filed in the Pennsylvania Western District Court on May 24, 2013. Intellectual Ventures I LLC is recognized as a patent assertion entity (NPE), confirming FIS Global LLC's role as a defendant in litigation initiated by an NPE. The case name directly references Fidelity National Information Services Inc., which is the full legal name of FIS.