Adyen, the global fintech platform of choice for major businesses, is expanding its in-person payment offering with Tap to Pay on Android. The software-based solution enables businesses to turn any compatible Android device, including smartphones, tablets, kiosks and wearables, into a payment terminal and accept contactless payments, eliminating payment friction for businesses. Adyen Tap to Pay on Android will be available in the US and Singapore at launch.
Adyen’s device-agnostic solution for Tap to Pay on Android enables businesses to securely enhance their customers’ checkout experience, streamline processes and reduce hardware costs. This means that retailers who use handheld devices in-store to check inventory can now easily accept payments on the device, eliminating the need to check out and slowing down the checkout process. Similarly, platform companies can allow delivery personnel to use their logistics hardware to accept payments at the door of deliveries, creating ease and mobility in processing payments.
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“The launch of Adyen’s Tap to Pay on Android is part of our commitment to expand software-based solutions for in-person payments,” said Edgar Verschuur , Adyen’s global director of payments. “Tap to Pay on Android is the latest example of how we’re enabling hardware diversity for more businesses and giving them the freedom to deliver the fast, easy-to-use checkout experiences their customers want.”
Improving checkout experiences for the food and beverage industry, and beyond
As part of the initial implementation, Adyen partnered with Oracle Food and Beverage, a leading provider of point-of-sale systems to restaurants and sports and entertainment venues worldwide, to integrate Tap to Pay on Android into commonly used systems. in the hotel industry. Oracle currently serves customers in 180 countries and processes more than $150 billion in transactions annually. As part of this program, Oracle will add Adyen’s Tap to Pay on Android to its Oracle Payment Cloud Service powered by Adyen for Platforms.
“Continuing our partnership with Adyen through our adoption of Tap to Pay on Android provides our Oracle Payment Cloud Service customers with an intuitive checkout process and reduced hardware footprint,” said Simon de Montfort Walker, executive vice president and general manager . from Oracle’s Food and Beverage Unit. “These are all critical issues for business owners and IT managers in the restaurant industry. That’s why we’re so excited to bring this much-desired feature to market.”
SOURCE: PRNewswire