Worldpay Group earnings climb 8 pct in debut annual results

British payments processor Worldpay reported an 8 percent rise in underlying earnings to 406 million pounds ($578.3 million) last year in its first results since listing in London in October. The company, which was the biggest flotation on the London Stock Exchange last year, also said it swung to a profit before tax of 19 million pounds after a loss of 47 million in 2014, when it invested heavily in technology. Private equity (LSE: 0QLS.L - news) companies Advent International and Bain Capital