Global Payments Inc. spent most of last year launching its Genius point-of-sale platform, and now its focus is on reaping a return on that substantial investment, part of a $1-billion technology program the Atlanta-based processor embarked on earlier this year. That initiative also comes as the company focuses on integrating Worldpay, a massive processor it acquired in January from FIS Inc. for $22.7 billion.

Early Wednesday, the company’s top executives said progress has been encouraging on both of these fronts. Having launched Genius for Restaurants a year ago, followed by Genius for Retail in June and Genius for Enterprise in September, Global’s most recent product on that platform is a mobile version, which Global chief executive Cameron Bready said has attracted 500 locations in less than 60 days.

“We continue to see strong momentum for Genius, ” he told equity analysts on a call to discuss Global’s March-quarter results. “Bookings have nearly doubled year-over-year. Clients are willing to pay for its differentiated capabilities.” He said interest has also developed among financial institutions, where sales of the platform is now a “key priority” and an initiative set to start next year.

Though Global does not break out results for Genius, Bready said sales in the March quarter nearly doubled the performance seen early last year. Sales so far have been encouraging enough for the technology to be “a central pillar of our growth strategy,” Bready said. Now, with Genius Mobile as the latest salient, he said Global is “very bullish” about Genius’s “ability to scale from the smallest merchant to enterprises.” Small merchants will likely become a bigger pool of prospects as Global now moves to sell Genius through the independent sales organization channel.

Another major initiative at Global, as it is at most payments platforms, is adoption of artificial intelligence technology, a plan that embraces Genius. “We have a plan to embed AI more deeply in our products. Genius is an example,” Bready said, though he backed off saying more about the matter, noting that announcements are forthcoming. “On agentic commerce, it’s very nascent,” he said. “We’re obviously building all the connective tissue to allow agentic commerce to grow at scale.” At the same time, the company is working out “what platforms to grow, and what to shut down,” he added.

The integration of Worldpay will likely boost Genius sales further, Bready said. For all of Worldpay’s heft and economies of scale, “the bigger opportunity with Worldpay in the U.S. is to unlock their financial-institution channel and ISO channel,” he said.

For the quarter, Global reported $2.86 billion in net revenue, up 29.5% from a year ago, with adjusted operating income rising 22.1% to $1.14 billion. Net income, at just shy of $809 million, rose 21.6%