Fidelity National Information Services(FIS) - 2023 Q1 - Quarterly Report

The U.S. and Europe, the two largest geographic areas for our businesses, are experiencing slower economic growth than in recent years. In 2022, we began to experience lengthening sales cycles in Banking and Capital Markets, particularly across large transactions with a total contract value in excess of $50 million. We also experienced, and continue to experience, higher rates of inflation in these markets, including increasing wage and benefits rates, which management believes is in part due to inflation a ...