 Fiserv has been named as 2020 Fortune World's Most Admired Companies, the seventh consecutive year it has earned this recognition and 10 times in the last 12 years.Fiserv dates from July 31, 1984, from the merger of Sunshine State Systems, Inc. (Tampa, Florida) and First Data Processing (Milwaukee, Wisconsin).In 1986, Fiserv went public as a $70 million data processing company.