European payments provider Unzer is strengthening its collaboration with payment technology specialist Verifone as it expands its in-store point-of-sale capabilities, signalling a broader push to deliver fully integrated commerce solutions for merchants.
The initiative builds on Unzer’s strong digital payments infrastructure and extends its offering into physical retail environments. By combining payment acceptance, data integration and hardware, the partnership aims to provide businesses with a single system capable of managing transactions across both online and in-store channels.
Moving beyond online payments
Unzer has built a significant merchant base through its digital processing platforms, handling millions of transactions each month. Expanding into in-store acceptance allows the company to support merchants throughout the entire payment journey, from online checkout to face-to-face purchases.
CEO Robert Bueninck described the move as a natural evolution, noting that businesses increasingly require consistent payment experiences regardless of where a purchase takes place. Integrating in-store solutions enables merchants to streamline operations while improving customer convenience.
Delivering enterprise-grade tools to SMEs
A key objective of the rollout is to make advanced payment capabilities accessible to small and medium-sized businesses. Through a unified platform, merchants gain access to consolidated reporting, real-time data insights and streamlined reconciliation processes.
By reducing technical complexity, Unzer aims to allow businesses to focus on customer experience and growth rather than managing multiple payment systems.
Verifone powers the in-store experience
The partnership leverages Verifone’s widely deployed payment terminals and software alongside Unzer’s strengths in acquiring, processing and data integration. Together, the companies offer a cohesive system designed to simplify payment acceptance across channels.
Gert Vido, Head of DACH at Verifone, said the collaboration brings together complementary strengths to create a seamless payment experience for merchants and their customers.
Advancing unified commerce
The expanded collaboration forms part of Unzer’s wider unified commerce roadmap, which centres on connecting online and offline sales into a single ecosystem. By consolidating transactions and data flows, merchants can gain clearer insights into customer behaviour and operational performance.
Unzer plans to continue enhancing the integration between physical and digital payments, enabling businesses to manage all sales channels through one platform.
Building a complete payment ecosystem
Through its subsidiaries and technical infrastructure, Unzer provides acquiring, gateway services and payment processing to tens of thousands of merchants across Europe. The partnership with Verifone strengthens the physical payment layer of this ecosystem, ensuring stability and scalability for in-store transactions.
With hundreds of employees and a growing merchant portfolio, Unzer’s deepening alliance with Verifone reflects a strategic ambition to control the full payment lifecycle — from e-commerce checkout to the point of sale.
As retail increasingly converges across channels, partnerships that combine software, hardware and data capabilities are becoming central to delivering seamless commerce experiences.
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