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Retail’s favorite financial infrastructure

Offer the best experience possible to your customers

Scattered payments infrastructure slows you down. When your payments infrastructure runs lightning-fast, it creates more customer loyalty.

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Scattered payments infrastructure slows you down. When your payments infrastructure runs lightning-fast, it creates more customer loyalty.

of customers abandon purchases when payment is too slow

shop more with brands that reward loyalty

prefer retailers that let them shop on social media

The Adyen advantage

Unified commerce

Connect all sales channels (online, in-store, app, agentic) in Adyen’s unified platform for consistent customer experiences and centralized data.

AI-powered payment optimization and fraud prevention

Balance conversion, risk, and cost automatically using Adyen’s machine learning tools — leading to higher conversion rates and reduced fraud.

Unmatched payment stability

Adyen offers industry-leading uptime with features like Store and Forward for offline payments, so you don’t lose sales because of technical issues.

L'Occitane unified 3k+ locations on one platform

20% reduction in reconciliation time
98%+ global authorization rate
40 new payment methods now available across markets

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Turn checkout friction into your strategic advantage

Disconnected channels, slow checkouts, and fraud drain your bottom line. Discover how Adyen’s single platform unifies unified commerce, automates reconciliation, and drives measurable revenue growth.

Unify your payments and make growth easier

Turn your financial infrastructure into a competitive advantage with Adyen’s unified platform.

Move money across channels Get a cohesive view of payments and customers across every channel, including in-store, online, mobile, agentic, and social commerce.

One integration, every channel

Power every sales channel with one platform, even when you need to add new ones.

Unified customer data

Track purchase history across every touchpoint. Drive repeat purchases and increase lifetime value.

Increase conversions, not complexity Don’t let slow payments slow down sales. Process transactions in seconds across 200+ payment methods.

AI-powered optimization

Approve more transactions and reduce fraud with Adyen Uplift. Automatically balance conversion, risk, and cost.

Automated financial reconciliation

Free up your finance team to focus on driving growth instead of manual reporting processes. Reconciliation that used to take days now takes just a few hours.

Don’t lose sales to downtime With Adyen’s 99.999% average uptime, your checkout stays live during peak traffic and network issues.

Offline payments

Stay open and keep payments flowing even when the internet is down. Store and Forward and multiple connectivity options make it possible.

Unparalleled stability

Adyen owns and operates our entire infrastructure. Zero third parties means a resilient, robust, system that can handle anything.

Bigger margins, fewer costs

Move money more efficiently with Adyen’s connected financial infrastructure.

Average reduction in payment cost

Average cost savings on cross-border transactions

Average cost savings with local payment methods

Built for every retail business

No matter what you sell or where you sell it, retail runs better on Adyen.

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Large format retail

Handle high transaction volumes across departments and locations while maintaining unified visibility.

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Two women with shopping bags talking outside a store, using a payment terminal provided by Adyen.

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Tools to take control of your payments

Find the right solution for managing and moving money across your entire business.

Tools to take control of your payments

Find the right solution for managing and moving money across your entire business.

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INTELLIGENT MONEY MOVEMENT

Money that moves as fast as you do Accept payments in-store and online, settle instantly across borders, and pay out suppliers in real time. Unify your payments, move money faster, and unlock new revenue.

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EMBEDDED FINANCE

Payments that power your platform’s growth White-label Adyen’s infrastructure so retailers can accept payments, access capital, and issue cards — all under your brand.

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IN PERSON PAYMENTS

Easily accept payments in person Accept payments at every terminal across every market. With Adyen, you can combine hardware, software, and operations in one system at a global scale.

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A connected partner ecosystem

Adyen keeps every part of your business moving together. We offer direct integrations with the tools you already use.

Engineered for excellence

Every feature inside of Adyen is designed to compound. Together, it forms the most intelligent money movement architecture available.

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Dynamic identification

Our unified data infrastructure means we recognize 95% of shoppers. Our AI systems can use reliable data to make faster fraud decisions and move more trusted shoppers through checkout.

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Banking licenses

Our banking licenses in the US, UK, and EU mean your money stays with one provider. There are no third parties to interrupt your experience.

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Single platform

We’ve built our entire platform in house. It’s a single, unified tech stack that gives you more data, control, and inter-operability.

Lessons for leading retailers

Discover the trends shaping the future of retail, learn how retailers use payments as a strategic tool, and see how you can grow.

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Discover the trends shaping the future of retail, learn how retailers use payments as a strategic tool, and see how you can grow.

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Intelligent Payment Routing for US debit cards

Regulatory changes in the US are opening up massive opportunities when it comes to debit cards. Here’s how retailers can use it to their advantage.

Retail trends reshaping how customers shop

AI influences purchases. TikTok drives sales. Gen Z and Boomers expect different payment methods. We surveyed 55,000 people to find where the market moves next.

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Adyen recognized as a leader among merchant payment providers

The right payment partner helps you scale faster, expand globally, and increase revenue. Forrester Research, Inc. named Adyen a Leader in its latest merchant payments evaluation.

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Agentic commerce and control: Getting the balance right

Agentic commerce is moving fast. This hub is regularly refreshed with the latest insights on how to prepare without losing the customer relationship.