FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Sacchi Guido Francesco
(Last) (First) (Middle)
533 ORME CIRCLE NE
(Street)
ATLANTA GA 30306
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC [ GPN ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
EVP and CIO
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/26/2014
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 07/26/2014   A (1)   7,695 A $ 71.77 18,081 D  
Common Stock 07/26/2014   F (2)   1,327 D $ 71.77 16,754 D  
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. Represents shares of restricted stock issued as a result of the vesting of performance-based restricted stock units which were originally granted on July 26,2013 and were earned based on certain financial measures. 25% of the restricted shares vested immediately on the date of issuance, and the remaining shares will vest in 25% increments on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of issuance.
2. Represents the disposition of shares to the company to cover taxes on the vesting of awards.
Remarks:
See Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney.
/s/ David L. Green, attorney-in-fact for Guido F. Sacchi 07/28/2014
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC): SACCHI POA 
POWER OF ATTORNEY


	Know all by these present, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and 
	appoints David L. Green, Global Payments Inc.?s General Counsel and 
	Corporate Secretary, signing singly, his 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 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 her 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 her 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.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
	executed this 20th day of November, 2013.




						/s/ Guido F. Sacchi
						Guido F. Sacchi